After all , shortly after mr. buffett and his company , berkshire hathaway inc. , went on a financial-industry spending spree in 2008 , the banks and brokers teetered on the edge of collapse .
Think back to that frantic week in september 2008 when lehman failed , aig teetered , money-market funds verged on a meltdown , and even great corporations like ge feared no longer being able roll over their short-term debts .
A government apartment block that was once home to saddam hussein 's second wife , samira shabanda , was heavily damaged . The 12-storey finance ministry building that she used to see from her balcony teetered on its outer columns .
But if italy , europe 's third-largest economy , teetered , a rescue would test both europe 's economic resources and the will of healthier countries such as germany to shoulder the costs .
He also kept his cool as his company teetered on the edge of financial ruin .
当自己的公司在破产边缘摇摇欲坠时,他同样也是举重若轻。
As the securities firm teetered in mid-march , j. p. morgan chase & co.asked mr. fink to value bear stearns 's assets to help the big bank formulate a buyout offer .
Having teetered on the brink of bankruptcy one moment , jal seemed to have secured an improbable lifeline the next , only for its hopes to be dashed once again .
经历过徘徊于破产边缘的境况,日本航空看起来不可思议的保住了公司,但这个梦想只会再一次破灭。
In " the big short : inside the doomsday machine , " lewis takes the reader on a thrilling ride into the near abyss - as our economy teetered on collapse .