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  • In fact, the more stocks rise, the less it appears like a crisis - which plays into the hands of those who won't want to do what they need to do to end it, aka a big-bang rescue and restructuring that creates a central European monetary authority.

    MarketWatch.com - Top Stories 2011

  • "The news stories about a big-bang recapitalization of EU banks are overdone," says Sony Kapoor of Re-Define, a financial think tank he has set up.

    Plan to Recapitalize Banks Remains Thin on Details Stephen Fidler 2011

  • The meeting of the European People's Party sets the tone for a month of rapid-fire diplomacy aimed at shaping a big-bang answer that has so far eluded Europe.

    Europe's Conservative Leaders Call for Conditions on Bailouts Charles Forelle 2011

  • Our system of bicameralism, and the staggered elections for the Senate – were both designed to prevent a single big-bang election from resulting in sweeping changes (unlike a Parliamentary system, e.g., the U.K. after the 1945 election).

    Actually, I agree with both Reynolds *and* Yglesias. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

  • The mergers & acquisition contours of the new draft policy, as suggested by an internal committee of DoT, recommend a lower market share and spectrum threshold compared with the current guidelines, putting paid to big-bang mergers that would have brought economies of scale to many beleaguered big players hit by dipping average user revenues and bare-bone price wars.

    Deals India: Morning News Roundup Deals India Staff 2011

  • Most of the reactions have been positive, with many going so far to describe them as "big-bang" and "game-changing".

    SEBI Tinkers With the Takeover Code Samita Sawardekar 2011

  • Or maybe the jumbled prints and wierd colors are proof that the big-bang theory is really true.

    Alfred Augustus Glendening 1861-1903 2009

  • The mergers & acquisition contours of the new draft policy, as suggested by an internal committee of DoT, recommend a lower market share and spectrum threshold compared with the current guidelines, putting paid to big-bang mergers that would have brought economies of scale to many beleaguered big players hit by dipping average user revenues and bare-bone price wars.

    Deals India: Morning News Roundup Deals India Staff 2011

  • "A big-bang unification comparable to the German model is not an option for Korea," he says.

    Economic Health of Pyongyang a Concern 2011

  • This is just pathetic, and bound to end in a fizzle, rather than a big-bang dramatic ending in the middle of a busy intersection with terrified women donned in furs and jewels, men in fedoras and oversized suits firing away at me with their zip guns, laying waste to this misunderstood beast.

    Coffee-Stained Fangs (excerpt) Chris Miller 2011

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