21.   A federal jury in Syracuse found Lawrence guilty of illegally using company assets for his own benefit and to save his failing companies.

22.   And it is low because Consignia is a failing company.

23.   Bangkok yuppies who strutted with mobile telephones and designer handbags are scurrying to withdraw funds from failing companies in half-empty high rises.

24.   Bankruptcy proceedings against failing state companies will be accelerated, and police will go after those who have avoided paying taxes on such high-revenue items as alcohol.

25.   EU Transportation Commissioner Neil Kinnock said those conditions made the aid package a prudent investment rather than a mere prop for a failing company.

26.   Heisley, a Chicago entrepreneur who made his fortune by buying and rejuvenating failing companies, has also suggested he would like to continue owning the franchise.

27.   It also shut down some failing companies and merged others into successful ones.

28.   Lambert said the Iberia aid reflects a prudent investment decision rather than a simple prop for a failing company.

29.   Mahathir has repeatedly denied allegations that a government-run company had bailed out a failing company owned by one of his sons.

30.   St. Louis Blues owner Bill Laurie met Tuesday with Heisley, who made his fortune by buying and rejuvenating failing companies.