1.   Eckstein, who expected prices to fall, was quickly depleting capital, struggling to meet margin calls.

2.   Further, Putnam and others say, the fallout from depleting social capital affects a host of problems that Americans typically mislabel.

3.   If the capital of the firm is depleted, partners can be required to pay in more to restore its financial health.

4.   New York-based Anchor sold warrants to the FDIC after the acquisition of several failed thrifts depleted its capital.

5.   Other IMF loan conditions include tougher loss provisioning that will compound write-offs of bad loans, further depleting capital.

6.   Rushing to comply with those rules, many banks have depleted their capital.

7.   That would allow the banks to write off more bad debts, a painful step that cuts into earnings and depletes their capital.

8.   That would allow them to write off more bad debts, a painful step that cuts into earnings and depletes their capital.