HSBC, which has not sought capital from the British government, said it would stop writing consumer loans in the United States and wind down the unit, formerly called Household International, which it renamed HSBC Finance, in the next five years.
After a recession ends, it is always a judgement call when to wind down the emergency benefits program and limit eligibility to twenty-six weeks.
It was a major call, allowing France to wind down the clock beyond the range of Wilkinson's boot, their familiar tormentor having landed a remarkable touchline penalty from at least 55 metres.
To wind down: The trial of Barry Bonds, in which prosecutors are expected to call only three more witnesses.
He called it an "extraordinary admission of failure" in Mr. Obama's plan to wind down the war by 2014.
As the shot clock wound down, the referee called a foul on Bass.
As the deadly day wound down, the Muslim Brotherhood called for a week of daily protests, a move that all but guarantees the violence will continue.
Jon M. Huntsman Jr., a former Utah governor, has called for winding down the war to focus on rebuilding at home, and Representative Ron Paul, representing a more isolationist strain of thinking, has called for a swift withdrawal.
Larry Rohter (NYT) EUROPE NORTHERN IRELAND: RALLIES WIND DOWN -- A call by the Orange Order in Portadown for continued provincewide demonstrations against the ban on its march through a Catholic neighborhood went largely ignored, and the Protestant group's leader in Belfast said the protests should end.
As the trial wound down, the defense actually seemed to be in trouble after it called zero witnesses.
India has called those demands its "touchstones" for any move toward winding down the conflict.
