1.   Cost cutting had enabled the organization to survive a previous cash crunch.

2.   The cash crunch also prevented the family from fully stocking its remaining stores.

3.   As a result, Argentina came under rising pressure to devalue its currency as the outflow of funds led to a cash crunch which strangled economic activity.

4.   As recently as two months ago, the United Nations faced a cash crunch because of unpaid dues, mainly from the United States.

5.   Aura has been footing the bill for its subsidiary and now wants to pass that role to investors as it faces its own cash crunch.

6.   Banks and construction companies paced gains as the government took steps to ease a cash crunch that is driving record numbers of companies into bankruptcy.

7.   A business CEO would understand a cash crunch, however, and the federal government has one.

8.   A cash crunch, declining government revenues and soaring joblessness all ensued.

9.   A lingering cash crunch put it in violation of certain loan agreements, and the company had to defer interest payments on its debt late last year.

10.   A rebound in oil prices this year and tough new fiscal policies have given Saudi Arabia a respite from its cash crunch, bankers and economists said.