Sentence examples for faced collapse from inspiring English sources

In some cases, banks that were otherwise solvent faced collapse.

After LTCM faced collapse in 1998 amid a global financial crisis, its officials approached Mr. Buffett — and he again passed.

Nearly three years after they faced collapse, Korea's banks are still in a mess.Banks' loan books still look dreadful and many companies are kept afloat only by the government, which has strong-armed banks into bailing them out.

The convoluted European bailout in March of Cyprus, whose banks faced collapse after attracting vast amounts of Russian money, also shows Switzerland's ability to attract money stretches well beyond maintaining secrecy, local bankers say.

As financial firms that faced collapse without government support have returned to making big profits, their employee bonuses, some of them staggering, have become a political issue on both sides of the Atlantic.

Once Lehman collapsed, rivals were so concerned it been overstretched by the acquisition of ABN Amro the previous autumn that it too could have faced collapse, say government sources.

Iran's currency faces collapse.

Without Germany's participation, Schengen faces collapse.

An indicted bank would almost certainly face collapse.

Russian economists are now debating how long before the economy faces collapse.

However, none was forthcoming and Leigh arrived just as it was facing collapse.