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Potential default threatens to push up borrowing costs, and is negative to stocks as well. – Zeng Yan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think central banks have gone too far...certainly the ECB (European Central Bank) and the BoJ (Bank of Japan) have gone into negative territory and I think there are long-term consequences for that, the closeness to the zero-bound (interest rates) basically robs savers of their ability to earn money and threatens business models, such as insurance companies and banks in terms of their margin - and certainly, pension funds in terms of their ability to earn money. – Bill Gross	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Today Donald Trump tweeted a threat to the owner of the Chicago Cubs, when we have a candidate that threatens people... This is not American. This is not equal justice. This is not who were are. – Glenn Beck	Found on CNN 8 years ago
This case is about much more than a single phone or a single investigation, at stake is the data security of hundreds of millions of law-abiding people, and setting a dangerous precedent that threatens everyone's civil liberties. – Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This case is about much more than a single phone or a single investigation, at stake is the data security of hundreds of millions of law-abiding people, and setting a dangerous precedent that threatens everyone’s civil liberties. – Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This case is about much more than a single phone or a single investigation, so when we received the government’s order we knew we had to speak out, at stake is the data security of hundreds of millions of law-abiding people, and setting a dangerous precedent that threatens everyone’s civil liberties. – Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
While consumers are embracing an apps-based approach that offers a variety of content on more than 450 devices, the FCC has chosen to go down a path that threatens the very competition and innovation that has led to this vibrant marketplace. – Bob Quinn	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
But if Donald Trump files the lawsuit that he threatens, that lawsuit will be frivolous. – Ted Cruz	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Today, a country that threatens the existence of Israel, denies the Holocaust, destabilizes the Middle East, subjugates its own people and supports terror across the globe is being strengthened by the international community, the lifting of sanctions strengthens Hezbollah, it strengthens (Syrian President Bashar al-) Assad, it strengthens terrorists across the region who benefit from Iranian support. – Yair Lapid	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Jason is a proven leader in standing up against the Obama administration’s devastating anti-coal, anti-energy agenda that threatens hardworking Montana families. – Steve Daines	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It not only means that American institutions can't do business with those entities... but it also threatens to cut off anybody who continues to provide them services from the U.S. financial system, the more designations that come out, the more meat, the more power, the more strength it gives to the legislation. – Matthew Levitt	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
To begin flight operations at this new airfield in a disputed area raises tensions and threatens regional stability. – State Department spokesman John Kirby	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The two heroes spend a winter overseas and manage to get to know each other in great detail, something that could not happen on the disputed land, perhaps their ability to surmount the obstacles of the Middle East conflict is what threatens the Education Ministry. – Dorit Rabinyan novel	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If they have to share that customer with someone else, it threatens their long-term viability. – Ben Bajarin of Creative Strategies	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In short, this agreement will mean less of pollution that threatens our planet. Full implementation of this agreement and will pave the way for more progress in stages over the years. It sends a powerful signal: a low carbon future, in clean energy at a scale we have never seen before. – President Obama	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
When you treat campus sexual assault as a public relations problem, then you have to shut people up because it gets in the way of your message and it threatens the brand, what I think is so tragic about this is there are so many people who are not going to say anything because they're afraid for their jobs. – Carol Stabile	Found on CNN 8 years ago
North Stream-2 actually threatens not only Ukraine's survivability and their resources, but it is a risk to fuel diversification in Europe, especially southeastern Europe. – Energy Diplomacy Robin Dunnigan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
A major national STEM objective is to increase the participation of women, when one of the most prominent scientists repeatedly commits sexual harassment, it threatens this national objective. – David Charbonneau	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The climate of fear created by such attacks threatens vital human rights work carried out throughout Afghanistan. – Nicholas Haysom	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This is a human catastrophe unfolding before our eyes and it is a catastrophe that now threatens the integrity of a whole group of countries throughout the region. – State John Kerry	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It’s a good lesson for anyone who threatens our community, that there are consequences. – Hanif Mohebi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I am just a grandmother with two eyes and a brain and I know what is happening in the world is going to have a big effect on my daughter and especially my granddaughters, you don't have to be a scientist to take on this urgent challenge that threatens us all. You just have to be willing to act. – Hillary Clinton	Found on CNN 8 years ago
While the president's Iran deal may have been applauded at the United Nations, I think he faces serious skepticism here at home, let me just assure you that members of Congress will ask much tougher questions this afternoon when we meet with the president's team, because a bad deal threatens the security of the American people. – House Speaker John Boehner	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Members of Congress will ask much tougher questions this afternoon when we meet with the president's team, and because a bad deal threatens the security of the American people, we're going to do everything possible to stop it. – Representatives Speaker John Boehner	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

Potential default threatens to push up borrowing costs, and is negative to stocks as well.

– Zeng Yan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think central banks have gone too far...certainly the ECB (European Central Bank) and the BoJ (Bank of Japan) have gone into negative territory and I think there are long-term consequences for that, the closeness to the zero-bound (interest rates) basically robs savers of their ability to earn money and threatens business models, such as insurance companies and banks in terms of their margin - and certainly, pension funds in terms of their ability to earn money.

– Bill Gross

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Today Donald Trump tweeted a threat to the owner of the Chicago Cubs, when we have a candidate that threatens people... This is not American. This is not equal justice. This is not who were are.

– Glenn Beck

Found on CNN
8 years ago

This case is about much more than a single phone or a single investigation, at stake is the data security of hundreds of millions of law-abiding people, and setting a dangerous precedent that threatens everyone's civil liberties.

– Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

– Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This case is about much more than a single phone or a single investigation, so when we received the government’s order we knew we had to speak out, at stake is the data security of hundreds of millions of law-abiding people, and setting a dangerous precedent that threatens everyone’s civil liberties.

– Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

While consumers are embracing an apps-based approach that offers a variety of content on more than 450 devices, the FCC has chosen to go down a path that threatens the very competition and innovation that has led to this vibrant marketplace.

– Bob Quinn

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

But if Donald Trump files the lawsuit that he threatens, that lawsuit will be frivolous.

– Ted Cruz

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Today, a country that threatens the existence of Israel, denies the Holocaust, destabilizes the Middle East, subjugates its own people and supports terror across the globe is being strengthened by the international community, the lifting of sanctions strengthens Hezbollah, it strengthens (Syrian President Bashar al-) Assad, it strengthens terrorists across the region who benefit from Iranian support.

– Yair Lapid

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Jason is a proven leader in standing up against the Obama administration’s devastating anti-coal, anti-energy agenda that threatens hardworking Montana families.

– Steve Daines

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It not only means that American institutions can't do business with those entities... but it also threatens to cut off anybody who continues to provide them services from the U.S. financial system, the more designations that come out, the more meat, the more power, the more strength it gives to the legislation.

– Matthew Levitt

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

To begin flight operations at this new airfield in a disputed area raises tensions and threatens regional stability.

– State Department spokesman John Kirby

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The two heroes spend a winter overseas and manage to get to know each other in great detail, something that could not happen on the disputed land, perhaps their ability to surmount the obstacles of the Middle East conflict is what threatens the Education Ministry.

– Dorit Rabinyan novel

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If they have to share that customer with someone else, it threatens their long-term viability.

– Ben Bajarin of Creative Strategies

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In short, this agreement will mean less of pollution that threatens our planet. Full implementation of this agreement and will pave the way for more progress in stages over the years. It sends a powerful signal: a low carbon future, in clean energy at a scale we have never seen before.

– President Obama

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

When you treat campus sexual assault as a public relations problem, then you have to shut people up because it gets in the way of your message and it threatens the brand, what I think is so tragic about this is there are so many people who are not going to say anything because they're afraid for their jobs.

– Carol Stabile

Found on CNN
8 years ago

North Stream-2 actually threatens not only Ukraine's survivability and their resources, but it is a risk to fuel diversification in Europe, especially southeastern Europe.

– Energy Diplomacy Robin Dunnigan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

A major national STEM objective is to increase the participation of women, when one of the most prominent scientists repeatedly commits sexual harassment, it threatens this national objective.

– David Charbonneau

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The climate of fear created by such attacks threatens vital human rights work carried out throughout Afghanistan.

– Nicholas Haysom

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is a human catastrophe unfolding before our eyes and it is a catastrophe that now threatens the integrity of a whole group of countries throughout the region.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It’s a good lesson for anyone who threatens our community, that there are consequences.

– Hanif Mohebi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I am just a grandmother with two eyes and a brain and I know what is happening in the world is going to have a big effect on my daughter and especially my granddaughters, you don't have to be a scientist to take on this urgent challenge that threatens us all. You just have to be willing to act.

– Hillary Clinton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

While the president's Iran deal may have been applauded at the United Nations, I think he faces serious skepticism here at home, let me just assure you that members of Congress will ask much tougher questions this afternoon when we meet with the president's team, because a bad deal threatens the security of the American people.

– House Speaker John Boehner

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Members of Congress will ask much tougher questions this afternoon when we meet with the president's team, and because a bad deal threatens the security of the American people, we're going to do everything possible to stop it.

– Representatives Speaker John Boehner

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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