near-shutdown

Last week, we took a break from chronicling the lives of your presumed 2012 candidates because all anyone wanted to talk about was the crazy Friday night near-shutdown of the federal government.

The 2012 Speculatron Weekly Roundup The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

Governments in the United States and Europe have failed to address some of the core problems that sparked the recent financial crisis and may have made some of them worse by taking such extensive steps to rescue ailing banks and other companies, the International Monetary Fund concluded in a study of how the developed world responded to the near-shutdown of the global economy.

IMF says response to global economic crisis may have deepened some problems 2011

Big oil companies and Wall Street banks have stopped trading crude with Libya in response to sanctions against the country, threatening a near-shutdown of exports from the North African country and driving oil prices even higher.

West Shuns Libyan Crude Guy Chazan 2011

At such a low altitude, the pilots would have had little time to respond to a near-shutdown of engines.

Bird Strike Is New Suspect in Helicopter Crash 2009

The mining companies are keeping the construction industry humming, in contrast to a near-shutdown of construction elsewhere in the state.

Gold-Plated Economy in Nevada Town Becomes Rare Beacon for the Jobless 2009

Ross Andreson/Elko Daily Free Press The mining companies are keeping the construction industry humming, in contrast to a near-shutdown of construction elsewhere in the state.

As State Suffers, Elko Prospers 2009

I'm incapable of writing anything, even something as basic as an LJ post, because my brain is at near-shutdown.

gah yendi 2003

The best that can be said for the dramatic near-shutdown is that it's the best that can be expected as politicians switch from the easier task of giving voters things to the harder one of taking them away.

Breaking News: CBS News 2011

Investors were spooked by the near-shutdown of the federal government, Standard & Poor's downgrade of the U.S. credit rating and the spreading financial crisis in Europe.

SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Chronicl kpender@sfchronicle.com (Kathleen Pender 2011

But after the near-shutdown of the U.S. government and a new credit-rating report this week questioning the country's fiscal health, Treasury bills and bonds are losing luster.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011