breaker, circuit breaker. man the barricade, in fine fettle. The Barricades on la Rue Saint-Maur, Paris, France, 1848, during the Year of Revolution that shook the reactionary regimes of old Europe and which inspired Karl Marx to write The Communist Manifesto.

The Barricades on la Rue Saint-Maur, Paris, France, 1848, during the Year of Revolution that shook the reactionary regimes of old Europe and which inspired Karl Marx to write The Communist Manifesto. It is also claimed to be the first ever photo used to illustrate a newspaper story. See less

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U.S. stocks plummeted as the market reopened Monday after a tumultuous weekend that saw crashing oil prices add to global fears over the new coronavirus.

Oil price war adds to coronavirus fears, sending S&P 500 down 7%

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US stock meltdown triggers circuit breaker

Google Gets Ready to Man the Barricades
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By Sara Forden and Jeff Bliss Google has a problem: How can the Internet giant concentrate on crushing the competition when an army of government agencies is investigating whether it's crushing the competition? Google disclosed on June 24 that the US ...

UK policy breaker

Election 2010: Lib Dem 'common ground' with rivals

David Cameron has said the Conservatives and the Lib Dems share a number of policy aims. Gordon Brown has said he is also ready to talk to the Lib Dems, pointing to "substantial common ground". So how do the three parties' key policies compare?
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Battered Barclays May Lose ABN Bid

The subprime mess has clobbered the stock of the British bank, but President Bob Diamond insists it's in fine fettle
BBC《金融時報》報道，巴克萊銀行（Barclays）因技術故障向英國央行英格蘭銀行的緊急儲備借款，這是巴克萊在一周多以來的第二次。
報道說，巴克萊結算金融市場交易的系統出現故障，使其無法在周三（29日）晚使用銀行同業拆息貸款承擔一個交易盤，被迫向央行的緊急儲備求助。

標准普爾表示巴克萊的信用評級沒有問題

報道引述巴克萊的聲明說，"若非出現技術故障，這情況根本不會出現"。
巴克萊向投資者和存戶發表聲明強調沒有任何財政問題。
巴克萊銀行在8月初公布半年業績，稅前的利潤上升12%至41億英鎊（相等於83億美元）。
《金融時報》報道，標準普爾評級機構證實巴克萊的信用評級沒有問題，標準普爾說，美國次級按揭信貸危機對巴克萊的影響有限。
英國的結算公司Crest和英格蘭銀行的系統在周三曾中斷了一小時，影響了英國所有銀行的結算。



fettle
OLD-FASHIONED INFORMAL
in fine/good fettle healthy or strong, or in good condition:
"How was Jane?" "Oh, she was in fine fettle."

美國股市跌太多，股市暫停15分鐘之後再交易
斷路器（英語：Circuit Breaker，簡稱CB），廣泛使用於工業生產和日常生活中，主要功能是合上和斷開迴路（ON/OFF POWER）。別名:空氣開關、保險掣、無熔絲開關。斷路器會在短路和嚴重超載的情況下切斷電路，從而有效的保護迴路中的電器。
遮断器（しゃだんき、英語: circuit breaker）は、電力回路・電力機器の正常動作時の負荷電流を開閉するとともに、保護継電器と連携して事故電流（特に短絡事故電流）などを遮断することにより負荷側の設備を保護し、上流側への事故波及を防止する開閉器である。


breaker
n.

1. One that breaks, as a machine for breaking up or crushing a substance, such as rock, coal, or plant fibers.
2. A circuit breaker.
3. A wave that crests or breaks into foam, as against a shoreline.
4. One who break dances.

美國股市周一開盤幾分鐘后，標普500指數較前一交易日收盤價下跌7%，這觸發了熔斷機制，整個股市暫停交易15分鐘。


brea·ker² (brā'kər)
n. Nautical
A small water cask, often used in lifeboats.

[Alteration of Spanish barrica. See barricade.]

n. 1. a heavy sea wave that breaks into white foam on the shore or a shoal.
2. a person or thing that breaks something: a code-breaker.

barricade
(băr'ĭ-kād', băr'ĭ-kād')
n.

1. A structure set up across a route of access to obstruct the passage of an enemy.
2. Something that serves as an obstacle; a barrier. See synonyms at bulwark.

tr.v., -cad·ed, -cad·ing, -cades.

1. To close off or block with a barricade.
2. To keep in or out by means of a barricade.

[French, from barrique, barrel, from Old Provençal barrica, from Vulgar Latin *barrīca. See embargo.]

barricader bar'ri·cad'er n.