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- noun Plural form of
insolvency .
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Examples
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It not only protects your wealth (because in the next round of insolvencies, which is expected shortly, savers will have to bleed too, they can't expect the taxpayer to compensate them endlessly), but also destroy that vampire squid we call Banking.
henrymakow.com 2010
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The middle of the market -- excluding forced sales such as insolvencies or white-knight bids, in which a friendly suitor helps a company fend off a hostile takeover -- is also expected be thin.
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Personal insolvencies in England and Wales dropped to 28,973 in the fourth quarter, from 30,219 in the third quarter, the Insolvency Service said.
Stock markets rise on surprise US jobs boost and UK services optimism 2012
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The government's squeeze on health and social care spending has led to a near-50% increase in company insolvencies in the sector and forced other operators struggling to stay solvent to cut back the investment needed to provide the best care.
Firms going bust in social care sector up by 50% amid spending cuts 2011
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Someone said there might be a second round of bank insolvencies because of this and there might need to be more TARP.
Rep. Brad Miller: 'There is no chance that Congress would pass more TARP' Ezra Klein 2010
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There were also signs that strains on households had eased slightly as the number of insolvencies fell at the end of last year, although experts warned the improvement could be short lived.
Stock markets rise on surprise US jobs boost and UK services optimism 2012
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Sarah Bell, a partner at MCR, said cuts in local authority's budgets, rising rents, uncertain regulation and increasing operating costs had caused a "perfect storm" which led to a 49% jump in insolvencies in the first-half of the year.
Firms going bust in social care sector up by 50% amid spending cuts 2011
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The price of failure, German officials know, is a wave of national insolvencies in a swath of the euro zone, which could plunge Europe into a depression and batter the global economy.
Merkel Calls for More 'Concrete' Union William Boston 2011
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These accounts would be segregated from the member bank's balance sheet, so that any bank insolvencies would not be a factor with regard to these segregated euro deposits.
Warren Mosler: Proposal for the Fed -- Start a Euro Depository Account for Member Banks Warren Mosler 2011
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It is inevitable that if there continue to be more insolvencies within the industry, the levy will increase, it says.
More than 40 travel agencies crashed in 2012 thanks to downturn and disasters 2011
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