91.   Slim has built an empire ranging from tobacco and auto parts to telephones and retailing in part by buying troubled companies whose fortunes he then restores.

92.   Some investors in troubled companies say the nature of these restructurings means that conflicts will be inevitable.

93.   Still, Kucharvy worried about the wisdom of merging two troubled companies.

94.   Stuck with some troubled companies, Buffett decided to get involved in managing some of them and he has not proved adept at that.

95.   Stoller and his supporters are not blind to these risks but say that they are far outweighed by the way the Internet empowers the shareholders of troubled companies.

96.   South Korean stocks were mixed as gains in Hyundai Motor Co. and other exporters offset declines in Kia and Jinro Group and other financially troubled companies.

97.   Syncronys Chief Executive Rainer Poertner knows about troubled companies.

98.   That jibes with the overall message Blue Cross has been trying to convey, that the troubled company has turned a corner.

99.   The agreement saved the troubled company from seeking bankruptcy protection, which could have led to hundreds of lost jobs.

100.   The Bankers Association plans to set up a panel to promote prompt disposal of nonperforming loans and to help troubled companies work their way out of debt problems.