And he reduced his risk just before the stock market mounted a recovery, which limited the amount of money he was able to make.
With the stock market mounting a huge rally this afternoon and ending up almost seven per cent on the day, I take back what I said about President Bush's speech to Wall Street being a bad idea.
Wal-Mart, meanwhile, has capitalized on its reputation as a bargain-hunter's paradise in the midst of continued weakness in the housing market, mounting job losses and tight credit markets.
GMAC has sharply reduced its lending after losses soared because of the housing slump, tight credit markets, mounting customer defaults and falling vehicle sales.
With the tally of casualties from the turmoil in the financial markets mounting, analysts are rethinking their predictions of a gradual cooling of the local economy.
But in today's climate of falling home prices, frozen credit markets, mounting layoffs and weakening incomes, that approach has backfired.
He streamlined and accumulated, discounted and marketed, mounted audacious takeover after audacious takeover and, by the time he was 40, Ratners was the biggest jeweller in the world with 2,500 shops, and he was a master of the universe.
In the wake of crumbling stock markets, mounting bad debt and rising unemployment, policymakers are scrambling to devise strategies to restore stability and lay the groundwork for new growth.
Washington When you think of Washington State, you probably think Seattle, with its coffee, Pike Place Market, Mount Rainier and ferries... but there's more to Washington than the Emerald City.
Some sellers have chosen to market a mounted flat-screen television as part of an apartment sale.
[C2.] RISE IN BANKRUPTCIES Bankruptcy filings increased in February as Americans struggled with higher energy prices, a weakening housing market and mounting personal debt.
