fiasco
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Private credit has been a prime beneficiary owing to banking regulations enacted after the Enron fiasco of the early 2000s and the 2008-09 financial crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
It’s hard for us mortals to know what that’s like, to have the burden to always win, and anything less is labeled a fiasco.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
After the fiasco with Chapek, Disney turns to someone with a track record of successful succession planning at Morgan Stanley: James Gorman.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
“This edict, combined with the current delay fiasco, has built a ‘wall’ for employers and employees who are already in the process of stamping.”
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025
The first trial, of a Los Alamos device code-named Bravo, was a fiasco, though one that brought a sort of perverse credit to the Los Alamos lab.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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