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By that measure, people at basket-case banks like BofA might want to start looking for jobs at places like JP Morgan -- and they are.

Charles Gasparino: Wall Street: In the Dumps Charles Gasparino 2011

I'm a worrier anyway, and when he deploys I will truly be a basket-case ... but only on the inside.

That Dry Spell - SpouseBUZZ 2009

Asda almost collapsed in the early 1990s; sleepy Sainsbury's was slow in building big hypermarkets later the same decade and then performed so badly it was regarded as a near basket-case; and Morrisons suffered severe indigestion after buying Safeway in 2004.

Every little bit hurts: share slump is not the only thing to worry Tesco 2012

Euro-zone finance ministers meet today to discuss the terms under which they will continue to prop up basket-case economies after 2013.

Europe's Banking Blindfolds 2011

Twenty years ago, it too was perceived as a basket-case economy, dependent on American largesse, protected by the American security umbrella, and quietly seeking approval from Europe.

Step Up to the Plate 2010

"We are being rewarded in that we are no longer a basket-case and we are being run properly," Mr. Aquino said.

Philippine Leader Touts U.S.'s Asia Role James Hookway 2012

No, in his estimation, the thing which makes a nation-state a basket-case or not is actually first and foremost, rule of law and, secondly, respect for private property rights.

Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Capitalism and Developing Countries 2010

So China may well manage to get from its former basket-case status to true economic powerhouse, if it continues to develop a true middle-class.

Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Capitalism and Developing Countries 2010

This is hardly surprising given the large number of basket-case enterprises that were bound to fail whoever ended up owning them.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

This is hardly surprising given the large number of basket-case enterprises that were bound to fail whoever ended up owning them.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011