1.   But with their loose management and shaky finances, they became the Chinese equivalent of the U.S. savings and loan debacle.

2.   For a while, Colombia was, too, but shaky finances knocked it out last August.

3.   MedPartners filed for bankruptcy protection in February after state regulators seized the firm because of what they claimed were its shaky finances.

4.   Plagued by escalating cost estimates and shaky finances in Russia, the future of the international space station is at a precarious juncture.

5.   Plagued by escalating cost estimates and shaky finances in Russia, the future of the international space station may be precarious.

6.   Some students said Wednesday that the new charges would put an almost unbearable strain on their already shaky finances.

7.   The Clinton administration strongly supported the massive bailout on the condition that Moscow put its shaky finances in order by cutting spending and improving tax collection.

8.   The merchant bank was one of nine ordered to close by the government and given until the end of the month to sort out their shaky finances.

9.   The papers had meager staffs, rickety equipment and shaky finances.

10.   Today, the IMF expresses its concerns privately to governments with shaky finances.