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Squeezing these out of cash-strapped governments is going to be much more difficult than it was even a year ago.

It is impossible to estimate how much money this bounty could generate for Greenland's cash-strapped government.

The service was given away for free and we all know just how much our cash strapped college students love the word FREE.

Across the country, cash-strapped state governments are shutting down business for a day at a time to save money.

Cash-strapped governments find it easy to cut spending on cultural events, or spectacular new public buildings.

The central bank decided to cut interest rates back to record lows to avert a recession and took big steps to help cash-strapped banks.

AMZ still needs to raise funds for building it at a time when gaming companies are cash-strapped as a result of the global financial crisis.

This large check is especially attractive to cash-strapped college students, who are easy to target with ads in college newspapers.

As if cash-strapped consumers didn't need any more bad news, it seems the weekly food shop is getting more expensive.

Hamouly said the weak economy was a large factor in consumers' attitude toward shopping, with many feeling cash-strapped.

Her classmates were the children of cash-strapped single mothers, middle-class professionals and the rich.

Borrowing costs for cash-strapped governments continued to rise, with Italy auctioning five-year bonds for a euro-era high of 6. 47%.

Saab has been cash-strapped much of this year, halting production under massive debt to suppliers and unable to obtain financing.

School dropouts will have to cope with a life of cash-strapped insecurity. But the graduate elite will have the world at its feet.

The cash-strapped United Nations is about to embark on a $2bn refurbishment to bring its Manhattan headquarters up to date.

Taking a flight back home for the winter holiday is a luxury for cash-strapped students . So they have to take the train instead .

In less than a week, two Chinese state-owned companies have offered more than US$20bn in total to buy into cash-strapped Australian miners.

His position as party nominee will release funding for his previously cash-strapped campaign, as well as a wealth of polling data.

The retail appetite for corporate bonds has been a fillip for other cash-strapped European borrowers.

School dropouts will have to cope with a life of cash-strapped insecurity.

A cash-strapped Ford had already sold its other European premium brands, and was determined to offload Volvo.

There are few investors ready to swoop in to keep cash-strapped companies running.

A 14. 4% profit margin might be fine for a branded-goods firm but looks indecent for a business that caters to cash-strapped government.

Many have found that, when natural resources are scarce and consumers are cash-strapped, greenery can be a lucrative business strategy.

But they wouldn't be quite as cash-strapped if their politicians were willing to consider at least some tax increases.

Cash-strapped developers may jump at the chance to diversify funding, even if that means selling properties into a Reit at a discount.

Farther out, the Beijing model of banking is in any case probably beyond the capacity of the cash-strapped Indian state.

In Britain, for instance, a contingency fund to help cash-strapped local authorities facing pressure on public services has been scrapped.

No one thought it could happen -- there's no way this debt-laden, cash strapped Italian company will win in an international court of law.

The fact that things are not working efficiently on this cash-strapped Caribbean island is hardly news.

Cash-strapped households in Belgium might rather like the idea that competition can lower their bills.

The Independent investigated some of the most innovative and useful ideas for cash-strapped filmmakers to survive through difficult times.

Meanwhile, other parts of the economy, especially cash-strapped firms, are being starved of the loans they need.

But bankers think this will be difficult, as several cash-strapped international banks have begun to sell down holdings in Chinese banks.

Cash-strapped authorities encourage detainees to move on to Athens before their claims have been processed.

Can't agree on a state budget for cash-strapped California? Fine: state workers will now be working for minimum wage.

Practically every developing country, however cash-strapped, has done something (often a lot) to help farmers.

Cash-strapped governors from the state of Washington to Indiana have proposed deep budget cuts for public universities.

There were even talks that cash-strapped companies would have to sell part of their business to plug their funding gap.

This year, cash strapped states are going to be much slower in issuing your refund.

The survey found that higher-calorie, energy-dense foods are the better bargain for cash-strapped shoppers.

They're looking to sell off-the-shelf energy-monitoring products to cash-strapped consumers looking to lower their bills.

In the first few months of 2010, revenues have come in ahead of projections in a number of cash-strapped states.

U. S. and European sanctions -- some directed at Assad and his top aides -- could make things worse for the cash-strapped country.

InBritain, for instance, a contingency fund to help cash-strapped local authorities facing pressure on public services has been scrapped.

It is true that many skilled migrants have been educated and trained partly at the expense of their (often cash-strapped) governments.

Launched on the cusp of the financial crisis, sales soared as cash-strapped Brits opted to cook meals at home rather than eat out.

The move is part of the fast-food chain's efforts to woo cash-strapped customers by making its restaurants more convenient and convivial.

Many in Germany feel that even temporary help for cash-strapped partners should be provided by the IMF only, and on strict terms.

We will push the nation's top mortgage lenders to provide maximum support to help cash-strapped, but credit-worthy customers.

With credit lines to cash-strapped businesses drying up , it is the question that many of us are asking at the beginning of 2009.

The deal is the latest in which a cash-strapped Australian mining company has turned to Beijing for capital as China seeks raw materials.

That's especially in a cash-strapped city, where people have been furloughed or even lost jobs.

And if policy is to be tightened in the developed world, far better it be done by cash-strapped finance ministries, not central banks.

This may be a new phenomenon, as cash-strapped shoppers turn to more affordable Asian products.

Some cash-strapped states have reduced the number of meals they serve to prisoners from three to two a day.

S. pressure on its Arab allies to step up their financial commitments to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority.

Although interest rates have been slashed and the Fed has lavished liquidity on cash-strapped banks, the crisis is deepening.

The rise of commodity-fuelled sovereign wealth funds gives cash-strapped emerging governments alternative lenders of last resort.

But how could the infrastructure funding gap be closed without putting an additional fiscal burden on already cash-strapped governments?

Cash-strapped companies may be forced to raise capital on poor terms or cut investments if banks tighten funding.

They grabbed some of the market for syndicated loans from cash-strapped Western banks.

The triple world champion was mentor to Barrichello whose racing career endured an inauspicious, cash-strapped beginning.

Now cash-strapped newspapers want to put legal pressure on what they see as parasitical news aggregators.

To save money, the cash-strapped state has closed government offices today and on two other Fridays a month.

He added that his hospital, the Xintai Mental Health Center, was cash-strapped and welcomed government-subsidized patients.

"At present, the cake served to overfed and cash-strapped consumers is too large to be digested, " Mr Muller says.

Jostling with them for limited funds will be a fast-growing number of cash-strapped non-financial firms.

In March, a cash-strapped Greek government announced stiff austerity measures, including pension reform.

One cash-strapped Indian city has launched a unique collection service to dislodge payment from tax deadbeats: Door-to-door eunuchs.

China, according to the panglossian scenario, will save the world by buying up all the goods cash-strapped Americans can no longer afford.

For the most part, they are welcomed by cash-strapped Cubans tired of scraping by on an average monthly salary equivalent to $20.

Retailers will have to eat those higher cost without passing them on to cash strapped consumers.

Retail sales showed meagre growth last month as cash-strapped consumers cut back spending despite summer sale discounts.

But the hard choices are piling up for cash-strapped states like Michigan.

The legislation proposes extending emergency short-term loans to cash-strapped General Motors and Chrysler.

valuable especially for those audiences whose local media are too cash-strapped, or too bullied, to give the full picture.

Other cash-strapped states may follow Mr. Schwarzenegger in turning to Washington for more help, some budget experts said.

Home prices reversed in October for the second consecutive month as cash-strapped developers became desperate to unload homes.

Some cash-strapped libraries still use atlases showing fossils such as the Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic.

Cash-strapped airlines even asked for a government bailout.

Without further help from the federal government, cash-strapped states will sack employees and cut benefits next year.

But not all companies that have put their jets up for sale are cash-strapped.

Other retailers are also preparing to slash the prices of players to lure cash-strapped consumers into their stores.

Today even cash-strapped innovators can reach markets that were once the prerogative of giant organizations.

Cash- strapped theme park Euro Disney is set to receive financial support from Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal.

The credit crunch has exacerbated the impact of falling demand, pressing cash-strapped firms to cut costs more quickly.

clamouring to win the attention of cash-strapped consumers through discounting and promotions.

Fixers working for Chinese companies report a steady stream of inquiries from cash-strapped European firms.

Milwaukee wants to raise water rates for existing customers to support its cash-strapped water supplier.

Beijing already extends financial assistance to the most cash-strapped local governments.

LONDON (Reuters) - For cash-strapped Europe, China is an appealing source of financing.

For some, including China's cash-strapped local authorities, they may be working too well.

Cash-strapped investors may find this offer appealing, but could regret it if Mr Picard recovers lots of assets later.

KGB officers watched the oligarchs get super-rich while they stayed cash-strapped and sometimes even unpaid.

But nor does it seem just the desperation of a cash-strapped regime.

It is not clear whether this car-mini-home will be a viable choice for cash-strapped consumers.

But overall, cash-strapped consumers are buying more burgers in paper bags and fewer steaks served on white linen.

The local McDonald's restaurants help the cash-strapped district by paying the $1, 600 cost of printing the report card jackets.

Cash-strapped, busy and increasingly modern in their outlook, more Shanghainese are tempted to accept such arguments.

As for Ted Turner, the merger liberates his lofty ambition from the shackles of cash-strapped circumstance.

The drinks industry is used to being seen as an easy touch by cash-strapped governments.

Four decades on, the cash-strapped government led by David Cameron is taking a bet that Britain still feels that way.

Cash-strapped hospitals are banning hundreds of women from having a caesarean birth, it emerged today.

Game wardens will enforce the fishing restrictions for the cash-strapped state.

But this year, cash-strapped North Americans and Europeans are staying at home.

The cash-strapped new company struggled every month to pay its basic expenses.

Cash-strapped consumers may be eating in more, but that hasn't stopped them from enjoying a glass of wine with dinner.

The winter sales, usually in January, came too late for cash-strapped Christmas shoppers.

The Belarus plan also gives Russia a bargaining tool with the cash-strapped regime in Minsk.

Cash-strapped companies are skimping on research and development.

State media have carried reports of cash-strapped SMEs borrowing from underground lenders at annualised rates of 60 per cent.

Of this about $1 billion will subsidise loans to cash-strapped exporters.

A growing concern now is China's cash-strapped property-development industry, which is clamoring for new credit even as business dries up.

A cash-strapped Mr McCain gave up running ads in Michigan the day Mr Obama spoke there last week.

The introduction of Reits could help cash-strapped developers because it would give them an alternative to bank finance, officials said.

More missions abroad and rising costs of kit have left all Nordic forces cash-strapped.

The outlook for cash-strapped Greece is looking increasingly bleak.

In more than 20 states, cash-strapped legislatures are talking about cutting funding or have already done so.

Over the past decade, Mansudae has built dozens of statues and monuments for cash-strapped African countries.

Silicon Valley is the promised land for cash-strapped politicians.

Commuting by airplane is a long-standing and, some say, necessary practice for this cash-strapped industry.

The phone, codenamed the Pulse, is a touchscreen device but it is designed to appeal to cash-strapped consumers.

This week, the government announced convoluted plans for public funds to be used to buy shares in cash-strapped smaller companies.

Some cost money, so may not suit cash-strapped business owners.

There are income limits to qualify for Medicaid, and cash-strapped states are limiting coverage.

A cash-strapped FDIC may yet be forced to tap a $500 billion credit line with America's Treasury.

To start with, they are crucial to the finances of cash-strapped universities.

If the project can reduce usage by 70 percent, the returns for cash-strapped homeowners will be sizable.

As many wags pointed out, that's more than the cash-strapped U. S. government has left.

After the cash-strapped dad takes a job moonlighting for a drug company, however, Jack's suspicions about his mate nurse come roaring back.

Although 2012 has not come yet, but the cash-strapped we even have the mood to die.

Goldman returned the favour in 2003, injecting Y150bn of preferred shares into the cash-strapped SMFG.

The move that is helping cash-strapped municipalities trim expenses is also raising concerns with government transparency advocates.

Electrical items were 2. 6 per cent down year-on-year as retailers dropped prices to attract cash-strapped consumers.

McDonald's is enticing cash-strapped diners with meals for as little as $1.

For everybody else, such as infrequent readers and the young and cash-strapped, the mobile phone may become the preferred e-reader.

He also bought a 20% stake in his company from cash-strapped Merrill Lynch in July for $4. 5 billion.

Among the cash-strapped periphery, Italian bonds again rose above 7% and Spanish yields surged to 6. 358%, according to Tradeweb.

Now even rich nations are cash-strapped, and it's unclear whether private groups, such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will step in.

In the meantime, firms with uninvested capital are exploiting opportunities to buy assets from cash-strapped investors.

Cash-strapped states like California are tempted by offers not just of technology, but also vendor financing, from Beijing.

Its cash-strapped employees still depend for various services, such as transport, on the oil companies they are supposed to monitor.

Is the People's Bank of China providing some relief for cash-strapped smaller banks?

If one or two members playing the hui get too cash-strapped to keep contributing to the fund, the whole enterprise can fall apart.

Cash-strapped Rio, which has almost $40bn of debts, must repay a $8. 9bn bond in October.

It's a gamble for card companies to lend more to people who are turning to relatively expensive debt because they're cash strapped.

Reforms that bring no cost to Spain's cash-strapped treasury, such as to the labour market, may come first.

Training staff will be a lot of work, and it will be expensive for cash-strapped school districts.

It is high time someone explained how cash-strapped middle Britain can be saved from going the American way

Stock markets surge as fears for the euro force concerted emergency action to aid cash-strapped banks

(Aid to cash-strapped state and local governments, which are slashing spending at precisely the worst moment, is also a priority. )

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