101.   Construction companies rallied as the banks are now more likely to extend loans to ease their financial difficulties.

102.   Companies in financial difficulty could use them as a valuable chip, trading employee stock ownership for union concessions or wage givebacks from employees.

103.   Compounding the financial difficulties is Niyazov himself, whose centralized control of the economy and capricious habit of firing his own trade ministers has scared away potential investors.

104.   Daiwa is just one of many Japanese banks with financial difficulties.

105.   Deadbeat Diplomats in New York City At any given time, several diplomatic offices in New York are having financial difficulties.

106.   Despite those gains, the San Francisco company has had financial difficulty.

107.   Deutsche Bank acquired stakes in dozens of companies over many years, often as a result of letting corporate borrowers convert loans to stock when they faced financial difficulties.

108.   During periods without work, the family frequently faced financial difficulty, and often went without health insurance.

109.   Dworman denies that he was in financial difficulty, according to his spokesman.

110.   Earlier this year, CCSI closed another psychiatric hospital in Chicopee, citing financial difficulty.