But the Hypo near-collapse changed that perception.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hypo Only Tip of Europe's Troubles] Reference

Under fire for his role in the near-collapse of Citigroup Inc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jonathan Tasini: Robert Rubin: Coward or Liar -- or Both?] Reference

One example of many: the near-collapse of Chrysler three decades ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jerry Flint: A Vigorous, Vibrant Original] Reference

That's something that might have helped in the Bear Stearns near-collapse.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2008] Reference

RBS is expected to turn in its first profit since its near-collapse in October 2008.    From Wordnik.com.  [Government warns banks over bonuses and dividend payouts] Reference

The unit's woes pushed the company to near-collapse, forcing the government bailout.    From Wordnik.com.  [AIG Faces Growing Wrath Over Payouts] Reference

And the perpetrators of that near-collapse are being allowed to avoid accountability.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arianna Huffington: Why It's Wrong When Wrongdoers Are Allowed to Admit No Wrongdoing] Reference

Bear's near-collapse as its access to cash ran dry no doubt encouraged bearish investors.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Case for a Better Deal?] Reference

Last summer's protests by patriotic Americans around the country caused its near-collapse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert A. Levine: A Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy?] Reference

She had been in a state of near-collapse by the time her mother, the last of their guests, had left.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unforgiven]

Which showed me that Oliver Stone's film essentially foretold the 2008 near-collapse of the economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marshall Fine: A glimpse of the future from 1987] Reference

His approval rating sank to the mid-20s as he struggled to respond to the near-collapse of the economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [In difficult midterm election, Democrats back to bashing George W. Bush] Reference

The way you might really feel it is if you don't see future headlines like the Bear Stearns near-collapse.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2008] Reference

However, he reportedly was not assigned to review matters directly related to the company's near-collapse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Administration eyeing defense lawyer Cole as deputy AG] Reference

Asset-based lenders Don't let the near-collapse of CIT, one of the nation's largest factoring firms, fool you.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Alternative Sources of Funding] Reference

So while the financial system was on a fast track to near-collapse, the SEC was taking its hand off the brake.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arianna Huffington: Why It's Wrong When Wrongdoers Are Allowed to Admit No Wrongdoing] Reference

Then there was a crisis atmosphere, and indeed, in the case of Bear Stearns's near-collapse, a genuine crisis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bear Market Brings] Reference

Have we learned anything from the near-collapse of the financial system, or are we worse off now than when we started?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terry Keenan: Lehman Lament] Reference

Asian economies have showed some of the strongest recoveries after the near-collapse of the global financial system in 2008.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Crisis of Confidence' Sparks a Commodities Selloff] Reference

Of course, many of those securities are now worthless and they were the prime cause of the banking industry's near-collapse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Burry: The Unlikely Investing Genius In Michael Lewis's Latest Book] Reference

But too many voters recall that the near-collapse of capitalism occurred under this motto not long ago, in September of 2008.    From Wordnik.com.  [Martin Nolan: The GOP Platform: No Muslims, No Mexicans] Reference

The outcry over Sir Fred's pension was especially fierce because he is viewed by many as the architect of RBS's near-collapse.    From Wordnik.com.  [RBS's Goodwin Shreds Pension] Reference

We need fundamental reform of the financial system to correct the problems that led to the near-collapse of our banking system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Andrew Duck] Reference

Preoccupied first with the Gazelle and then with Hanan, he'd completely forgotten Ronyon's near-collapse before all this had started.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angelmass]

And Russia has much that it wants in order to continue erasing the memory of its '90s near-collapse after the fall of the Soviet Union.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama's Nuclear Strategy and the Russian Resurgence] Reference

The overall Bear Stearns firm, after its near-collapse, last week officially became a subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Deal Maker.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bear Buyout Arm] Reference

The near-collapse of U.S. investment bank Bear Stearns Cos. earlier this month also has made European banks less willing to lend to one another.    From Wordnik.com.  [Europe's Central Banks Inject More Funds] Reference

In the past two trading sessions, Lehman shares have fallen 15% and 19%, respectively, as part of the fallout from Bear Stearns Cos. 'near-collapse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lehman Brothers Net Falls 57%] Reference

Richard Fuld Jr., fought off rumors about a cash crunch in 1998 that were triggered by the near-collapse of hedge fund Long Term Capital Management.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lehman Wants] Reference

And with the financial crisis and near-collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, policy leaders are also rethinking the government's role in all of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Americans Rethinking Home Ownership And Role Of Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac] Reference

ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON (D), DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: We're seeing the near-collapse of the Federal Protective Service, comparable to what we saw with FEMA.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 14, 2008] Reference

Monday's session was volatile from the start, with global equity markets roiled by the near-collapse and sale of Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns & Cos.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brazilian, Canadian Stocks Sink] Reference

Meanwhile, lawmakers and others are growing impatient at the relatively small number of senior executives charged in connection with Wall Street's near-collapse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Judge Won't Approve Citi-SEC Pact] Reference

AUDIE CORNISH, host: With the financial crisis and near-collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, policy leaders are also rethinking the government's role in all of this.    From Wordnik.com.  [Post-Mortgage Meltdown, Where Do We Go Now?] Reference

That issue, of course, flared with the near-collapse of Bear Stearns in March, when federal officials helped orchestrate a rescue of the investment bank by J.P. Morgan Chase.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barging Ahead] Reference