Sentences with phrase «economy tanks»

The first e-reader was marketed by Amazon in 2007, the global economy tanked in 2008 and China emerged as a cheap competitor in book printing, sending business offshore.

And if the global economy tanks, there's a real possibility that we may be in a 1929 scenario — you wake up tomorrow morning and the Dow Jones goes down by some incredible number and we suddenly find ourselves in a whole different world.

Short sighted pols, digging in to hold their positions that have no place in this debate, will find another scapegoat next month when the US economy tanks again and the slow recovery spirals downward.

If your money is in the US and the US economy tanks, you could be out of your job and your investments.

After the entire U.S. economy tanked in 2008, Kortney and David Wilson found themselves scrambling for any work that paid the bills.

So, when America's economy tanked in 2008, and western consumers stopped buying TVs and sneakers, the region was hit hard.

After the high of the now - infamous 2008 Sotheby's auction where # 111 million of Hirst's work sold, the artist's prices nosedived as the global economy tanked, and a 2012 show at London's White Cube was savaged by critics.

The energy crisis gave way to an endless cycle of ups and downs, with sales bottoming out anytime fuel prices soared or the economy tanked.

In any case, she suggests, the SBA's role in the American economy is statistically insignificant — less than 1 percent of all businesses receive SBA loans each year — yet constitutes unfair competition to businesses that don't need such help and a potentially huge liability to taxpayers should the economy tank.

They'll say the economy tanked.

When the economy tanked in 2008, enrollment in Olya Losina's fledgling art school began to wane.

Lomax says that there are two occasions after which his congestion indicators predictably show improvements: when a city invests significantly in transportation, and when the economy tanks.

Nor is it unreasonable to contemplate the possibility of Trudeau facing re-election as the economy tanks, which was the fate that befell his former adversary in 2015.

Then, when the economy tanked in 2008, Centre reacquired the growing company at an enterprise value of $ 600 million.

And I don't even live in a particularly rural area, in fact I live in town, just not many jobs, particularly not after the economy tanked (not much population density, but compared to some areas in the states we are packed).

The new ERISA funding requirements were imposed at the same time that the economy tanked, oil shocks spiked inflation, and we entered the now infamous period of «stagflation.»

Obama is the first president in my lifetime who has been about the American people and not about wasting 8 years accomplishing nothing (or accomplishing the wrong thing: letting the economy tank, starting a war in the wrong country, making America an international embarrassment).

The same John McCain who said the fundamentals of the American economy were sound before suspending his campaign to run back to Washington after the economy tanked in order to do nothing?

If the economy tanks — I mean if it hits a sharp downturn — then the Republican will win — whomever they nominated will win.

Economy tanked — people stopped giving — pastor took money from earmarked building fund for other uses — disillusionment set in — lots left - but many stayed??

Baby formula's consistent position on the top of shoplifting lists year after year brings into focus a problem faced by increasing numbers of families with a new baby as the economy tanks.

What if the economy tanks, the Tories descend into Civil War over Europe or a Bullingdon War when George Osborne and Boris Johnson bite.

After the economy tanked under Jimmy Carter and his programs only served to make the problem seem worse in most cases, the GOP was able to brand the Liberal label that many prominent Democrats claimed, as something to be shunned.

He also rejected the argument the city can afford to pay more because it's flush with revenue, saying socking away reserves is necessary because the city won't get help from the feds or state when the economy tanks.

But what if the economy tanks, or remains stagnant?

Greek workers were invariably branded workshy spendthrifts when their economy tanked, but they actually worked longer hours than any other Europeans, clocking up 2,017 hours a year, just behind South Korea and Chile in the international rankings.

But since the economy tanked, both construction and the city's economic development director position have faded away.

When the economy tanked!

The requirements on businesses will also go away if the economy tanks — a provision that will allow Quinn to say that the new version of the law satisfies her stated concern about the old one.

He said pols are discussing options including a lower wage for the youngest workers and provisions to cancel wage hikes if the economy tanks.

Brown's plan includes an option to reset the phase - in if that state's economy tanks.

Syracuse — School officials in Central New York were generally pleased with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget proposals today — especially given the deep cuts they endured as the economy tanked.

The only previous times carbon emissions have dropped were when the economy tanked, like in the 2008 financial crash.

Nicole Anderson: Getting laid off in 2009 when the economy tanked.

A producer literally stumbled upon my first shop in SoHo and me, pregnant and distraught because I was starting a family and a business right as the economy tanked.

It wasn't until the economy tanked and I was unemployed that I discovered graphic design, and I couldn't be happier where I've landed.

Post-graduation, Cori landed a spot at a top hospitality design firm and happily worked there for a few years, only to witness the economy tank.

It was a year we all wanted to be entertained than have to face the dreariness of our normal lives, what with the wars and the economy tanking, The Hangover, for better or worse, was the movie we went to when we needed a laugh.

December 1, 2016 • Mining once boomed in Mongolia but as commodity prices fell, the economy tanked and companies went bankrupt.

The Free Press reported: «She said the district got itself of out an $ 8 million deficit and while test scores were down in 2008, like other districts, the city lost 46 percent of its taxable value when the economy tanked, hurting revenue to the school district.»

«When the economy tanked and we were told we weren't getting a raise, we thought we are lucky to have a job and we need to do our part and take the hit.

«Non-teachers have been hired at an alarmingly high rate, but when the economy tanked, they were retained more frequently than teachers,» Scafidi said.

The Volvo C30 was orders of magnitude a better car, however it came out right as the economy tanked and as such never caught on.

the world is not north america anymore soon that market will shrink with the economy tanking and the debt problems.

When the economy tanked and magazines had to trim budgets, Flynn was among those laid off.

Even if the economy tanks it's still worth a few hundred thousand dollars.

In my final year in New York (2009), the economy tanked, Doubleday was folded into Knopf, and layoffs ensued.