crisis
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While the focus is currently on western Europe, the EU's crisis management chief warned conditions elsewhere on the continent could see new fires.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Guggenheim Partners got into the insurance business after America’s 2008 financial crisis, spotting investment opportunities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
After the 2008-09 financial crisis, people stayed in cities because that’s where good jobs were.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
But experts are warning that an unprecedented crisis of misinformation could be looming.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Later, whenever Eisman set out to explain to others the origins of the financial crisis, he’d start with his dinner with Wing Chau.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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“The relative calm in the S&P 500 suggests that investors have learned that geopolitical crises have usually been good buying opportunities,” he told clients in a note on Thursday.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Such an outcome would rank among the largest humanitarian and economic crises in history.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
After studying terrestrial wildlife, he visited coastal fishing communities in 2018 and encountered what scientists describe as one of the world's least-known conservation crises.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, who took over at the helm of the U.S. plane maker in 2024, has been pushing to stabilize the American company’s finances after multiple crises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
With so many crises competing for Roosevelt’s attention, the Uranium Committee continued to just crawl along.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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