1.   They are the men and women who start vibrant new companies, turn around failing companies, and shake up staid ones.

2.   Who wants to buy a computer from a failing company?

3.   Also known as Philip Kaplan, Pud runs a potty-mouthed Web site where bitter employees leak information about failing companies and make fun of dot-com dreams.

4.   And IBJ, in particular, has often been called on by the government to promote mergers and bail out failing companies.

5.   Banks subsidized failing companies.

6.   Because the Examiner is an economically failing company, Hearst could buy its rival Chronicle and close or sell the Examiner without violating antitrust laws, Halling said.

7.   Beijing seems determined to save other failing companies.

8.   A PGA Tour executive said the main reason for ending the relationship was the perception of being involved with a failing company.

9.   Bush briefly took over management of the failing company, which was bought by a firm in Massachusetts.

10.   But the coverage is spotty, and many failing companies still pay little or nothing to their former employees, leaving them to fend for themselves.