11.   The cash squeeze left Mercury unable to repay maturing loans, putting all of its debt into default.

12.   The first is a severe cash squeeze resulting from continuing reductions in operations after they were suspended last week when the deadly hijackings took place.

13.   The lack of funds caused a cash squeeze that strangled activity.

14.   The schools, which have minuscule endowments by American standards, are facing a cash squeeze as cost-conscious governments stem the flow of subsidies.

15.   The retailer has been in a tight cash squeeze for some time.

16.   Today, with payroll tax revenues far outpacing pension outlays, the government faces no imminent cash squeeze.

17.   While that might help the company in the long run, that could exacerbate the current cash squeeze, investors said.

18.   Critics called the bonds a way for Buenos Aires Province to find short-term relief when it has few other means to surmount a cash squeeze on the entire country.

19.   Lites denied reports Green was responding to a cash squeeze.

20.   Shares in the beleaguered Swiss-Swedish industry group ABB Ltd. dropped sharply Friday amid fears that the company faces a cash squeeze.