1.   And small companies tend to have fewer alternative markets for their products if the U.S. economy sours, because they focus more on domestic markets.

2.   As the economy sours and nerves get frayed, companies need to overcommunicate with workers about what is going on.

3.   But retiree migration is a wobbly economic foundation, subject to crumbling if the economy sours up North or interest rates drop or the pool of retirees shrinks.

4.   Economists everywhere are perplexed how real estate continues to be sweet while the rest of the economy sours.

5.   If the economy sours, Ebersol predicts the losses could be double.

6.   If the economy sours, he could be branded as the man who presided over the end of a prolonged expansion.

7.   If the Chinese economy sours, Zhu could be put out to pasture.

8.   If the economy sours, the pressures will only increase.

9.   In all, nearly half predicted they would reduce their donations at least somewhat if the economy sours.

10.   Moreover, leveraged buyout funds are typically backed by pension funds and endowments, which can be counted on to be much more cautious as the economy sours.