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  • The new Hotel Paracas is likely to put this fascinating stretch of shoreline back on the map as a perfect post–Machu Picchu or post-Lima wind-down destination.

    Debut Alexander Lobrano 2010

  • But they do stipulate that both banks need to develop detailed emergency plans in case bankruptcy makes a wind-down inevitable.

    Swiss Publish 'Too Big To Fail' Bank Rules Associated Press 2010

  • Acting Comptroller of the Currency John Walsh said the plans "will provide large companies with a much-needed and much-improved understanding of their corporate structures and operations" and help with a wind-down, if needed.

    FDIC Drafts Rule on 'Living Wills' for Banks Victoria McGrane 2011

  • This ever-present technology can interfere with pre-sleep wind-down routines, and with sleep itself.

    Dr. Michael J. Breus: The Serious Risks of Low Sleep in Teens Dr. Michael J. Breus 2011

  • The Fed and the FDIC can even order a firm to sell any assets or operations that regulators determine would stand in the way of an orderly wind-down of the company.

    FDIC Drafts Rule on 'Living Wills' for Banks Victoria McGrane 2011

  • Acting Comptroller of the Currency John Walsh said the plans "will provide large companies with a much-needed and much-improved understanding of their corporate structures and operations" and help with a wind-down, if needed.

    Financial Briefing Book: March 30 Victoria McGrane 2011

  • It's an amazing way to wind-down from a crazy day.

    Sarah Maizes: 10 Tips for Being a Happy Mom in 2012 Sarah Maizes 2012

  • The Journal then subtracted that remaining exposure from the potential payout each investor might receive under Lehman's various wind-down plans to estimate potential profits.

    Paulson Plays the Lehman Bust Matt Wirz 2011

  • Its wind-down cost, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, amounts to £11.3m.

    Jeremy Hunt's UK Film Council plan criticised by audit office 2011

  • The piecemeal effort represents a tactical shift from a comprehensive, speedy wind-down of the mortgage-finance giants introduced earlier in March by a top Republican lawmaker.

    GOP Ideas On Fannie, Freddie Criticized Nick Timiraos 2011

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