1.   Unwise investment can spell financial ruin.

2.   Anywhere else, such stories of stuttering progress and future perils might spell political ruin for their author.

3.   Creditors want the company to seek court receivership, a move that could spell ruin for thousands of subcontractors and drive up unemployment.

4.   For many, AMT has spelled financial ruin.

5.   The rule could spell economic ruin for an obscure American enclave wedged between Manitoba and Ontario.

6.   Which could spell the ruin of all those companies making logo-festooned mouse pads.

7.   With millions of dollars in production and marketing costs at stake, failure to get a film before the public in a timely fashion can spell financial ruin.

8.   For many Ecuadoreans, harsh economic measures spell ruin.

9.   Such destruction would have spelled financial ruin for thousands of farmers and thousands more meat industry workers.