DETROIT — With the federal government preparing for the likelihood of a Chrysler bankruptcy within a week, General Motors Thursday announced a massive shutdown of its factories over the next three months to reduce inventories and head off the risk of an "uncontrolled shutdown" from the financial crisis at bankrupt supplier Delphi.
Keen to end a long standoff and head off the risk of a wider Middle East war, the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany came close to winning concessions from Tehran on its nuclear activity in return for some sanctions relief at negotiations in Geneva earlier this month.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis spoke by phone with his Turkish counterpart, Fikri Isik, on Tuesday, White said, reiterating the U.S. pledge to seek to head off additional risks to Turkish security.
Aventis and the seed companies might have a hard time fending off liability for the expenses of farmers, grain elevators, millers and food companies in sorting out the mess if they did not do enough to head off foreseeable risks that mixing would occur.
Adding to the problem is the E.C.B.'s obsession with maintaining its "impeccable" record on price stability: at a time when Europe desperately needs a strong recovery, and modest inflation would actually be helpful, the bank has instead been tightening money, trying to head off inflation risks that exist only in its imagination.
Innovative use of buildings could help head off such risks and make a positive contribution at the same time.
Persistently low inflation across the eurozone has prompted growing calls for the ECB to cut rates to head off deflation risks.
Silvio Berlusconi, a controversial former Italian prime minister, may face a ban from politics if a tax-fraud conviction is upheld on July 30th, an event that could spark turmoil.The underlying problem for investors is that immense efforts by central banks have stabilised the financial situation, heading off the risk of a euro-zone break-up and preventing a 1930s-style slump in GDP.
To head off that risk, the agencies recommended a list of 18 steps they said would reduce — but not eliminate — the risk of shortages.
But the Fed chairman's crystal ball has been cloudy lately; remember how he urged Congress to cut taxes to head off the risk of excessive budget surpluses?
