All of these ventures failed, costing me a total of £450,000.
Ultimately, the savings and loan failed, costing taxpayers $161 million in a federal bailout.
But within months, the furnace failed, costing $1,500 to repair.
Both efforts failed, costing us close to a billion dollars each time.
[C14.] Cruise Ship Project Fails Two years after the government announced an ambitious program to build two passenger cruise ships, the project has failed, costing the government $187 million.
President Obama gambled taxpayers' money on his campaign supporter's solar energy company, Solyndra, which then failed, costing approximately 1,000 people their jobs.
The I.R.S. went four decades with the same system because two previous modernization attempts, the most recent in the mid-1990's, failed, costing taxpayers $4 billion.
By 1992, following a failed cost-cutting joint venture with Renault, Volvo had launched the front-wheel drive, five-cylindered 850.
They attempt to revive their mother and failed, costing Edward his left leg, and Alphonse his entire body.
The shows that fail cost the networks tens of millions of dollars, and spectacular risks often backfire even more spectacularly.
