1.   And its deposits have actually grown in the last three months as people have switched money out of other, more troubled institutions.

2.   As chairman and chief executive of Bank of San Francisco, he nursed the troubled institution back to health before selling it to a Missouri bank last year.

3.   Bonds also fell earlier in the day, before paring losses, on concern the plunge in stocks will prompt troubled financial institutions to sell bonds to generate cash.

4.   A second alternative would be the promotion of assisted mergers between troubled financial institutions and other banks.

5.   A state bank took over the troubled institution, ending the crisis.

6.   Clinefelter, the current director, has extensive experience dealing with troubled institutions.

7.   Experts and credit analysts say Japanese banks are threatened with being downgraded partly because the commitment of monetary authorities to bailing out troubled financial institutions is uncertain.

8.   In some cases, for-profit hospitals are buying troubled institutions that have been poorly managed for years.

9.   Japanese bonds rallied as stocks pared early losses and eased concern troubled financial institutions may have to sell bonds to generate cash.

10.   Japanese bonds fell as stocks extended a slide, rekindling concern troubled financial institutions may have to sell bonds to make up for losses in equities.