unwinds

As the whole show "unwinds," financial institutions and their investors are out many trillions.

Printing: What's a Young Person to Do In These Times? 2008

The suggestion was that these 'unwinds' were done at fire sale prices and that the banks involved got fat on the trades.

Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2009

As fossil fuels are burned, their complex structure of hydrogen and carbon atoms unwinds; order tends to disorder, and waste heat is lost.

Bill Shireman: What I Learned from My Dead Grandfather Bill Shireman 2010

It unwinds by looking at different kinds of lies: the principled subterfuge of wartime resistance, the truth-fudging of diplomacy, the tawdry disguises of advertising.

The Children's Hour; Plenty; The Heretic – review 2011

As fossil fuels are burned, their complex structure of hydrogen and carbon atoms unwinds; order tends to disorder, and waste heat is lost.

Bill Shireman: What I Learned from My Dead Grandfather Bill Shireman 2010

EADS also faces a shift in its governance in the coming years as a 2007 shareholder pact unwinds, and there has been speculation that the French and German governments may seek to create a golden share giving them power of veto to shield the company from becoming the target of an unwelcome suitor.

EADS Sees Profitability Improving by 2012 David Pearson 2011

Even if the Supreme Court unwinds part of the law, the changes occurring now aren't likely to stop because the pressure to reduce the price of health coverage won't go away.

The Future of U.S. Health Care Anna Wilde Mathews 2011

AIG, once the world's largest insurer, has repaid the last $21 billion it owed on a Federal Reserve credit line and swapped the Treasury's preferred stake for common stock as the United States unwinds its investment in the New York-based company.

Citigroup earnings and other business news Post 2011

Mr. Maliki, who came to power in 2006 after Saddam Hussein was toppled in a U.S.-led invasion, is scheduled to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House and try to reassure the West over Iraq's independence and stability as the U.S. unwinds a nine-year war.

As U.S. Exit Nears, Iraq Leader Vows Calm Sam Dagher 2011

The default rate on the loans will erase all of my profits from interest and I expect to take a loss on my $4000 over the next 2 and a half years as the portfolio unwinds.

Amateur Bank Lending, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009