meltdown

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The facility had been offline since Japan pulled the plug on nuclear power after a colossal earthquake and tsunami sent three reactors at the Fukushima atomic plant into meltdown.

From Barron's

Picking through the debris of the recent software stock slump, bitcoin’s regular winter meltdown, the dollar’s ongoing malaise and the memification of precious metals reveals an interesting, although perhaps not surprising, discovery.

From Barron's

Friday’s gains could mark a lasting recovery from the market meltdown of recent weeks, or could be what market followers call a “dead-cat bounce,” and the cat is still dead.

From Los Angeles Times

The latest meltdown shows how holding on to such volatile assets can come at a steep cost.

From Barron's

India isn’t entirely insulated from the AI meltdown.

From Barron's