41.   Many banks in Mexico stopped granting consumer loans during the past two years as high interest rates made it difficult for cash-strapped debtors to meet financial obligations.

42.   Padres officials, more concerned about ridding themselves of the financial obligation, agreed quickly on Jodie and Blakely, both marginal prospects.

43.   Our home is free end clear and we have no outstanding financial obligations.

44.   Police think he had a heart attack while trying to stage a kidnapping in an effort to get himself out of financial obligations or other problems.

45.   Service, who has been hired as interim manager of Indian Wells, said the company plans to meet all its financial obligations to its trade partners.

46.   Soaring interest rates and a slowdown in economic activity prompted many companies to stop paying their taxes, as well as other financial obligations such as bank loans.

47.   Some were unable to meet financial obligations to contractors and suppliers.

48.   Soaring interest rates and a slowdown in economic activity last year made it almost impossible for many debtors to pay their financial obligations.

49.   Still, the insurer faced huge financial obligations, including large debts to vendors and Massachusetts hospitals.

50.   The action will ensure the government can meet its financial obligations through the end of the year, Rubin said.