Luke Johnson's investment trust, Intrinsic Value, has warned of the "extreme volatility" in stock markets and says "the potential for significant setbacks is considerable".
The potential for serious economic setbacks in a country considered one of this region's success stories was a central concern among government officials on Tuesday.
But NASA is prepared for potential funding setbacks that may get in Clipper's way, Niebur says: "It's all part of the risk and glamour of space exploration".
NEW YORK TIMES Yahoo Deals eBay a Blow | Yahoo's hiring of Scott Thompson means a potential setback for eBay, whose PayPal unit accounted for about 37 percent of the company's revenue in the third quarter of 2011, The New York Times Bits blog writes.
That could be a boost for defense teams, but a potential setback for individual users whose data may be in question.
So did the potential for yet another embarrassing setback for the government when it comes to prosecuting white-collar crime.
HONG KONG — The Alibaba Group, the e-commerce giant, said Wednesday that it was under investigation by United States securities regulators over its accounting practices, a potential setback for a company long seen as a symbol of China's growing technological might.
WASHINGTON - A spending measure passed by the House on Wednesday to keep the government operating through September requires that the Postal Service maintain a six-day mail delivery schedule, a potential setback for the agency, which announced last month that it planned go to five-day deliveries to cut costs.
The report marked a potential setback for a program that Superintendent John Deasy last year heralded as a civil rights initiative to help his district's largely disadvantaged students, but which has since emerged as a political controversy.
Democrat U.S. Rep. William Delahunt, who represents Cape Cod, said allowing the project to move forward will open "a new chapter of legal battles and potential setbacks" for the wind power industry.
