1.   Mesh was in talks to buy the troubled company but pulled out at the last minute.

2.   An expert on saving troubled companies, he writes with the assurance of a half-century in business.

3.   Amroc, a private, New York-based seller and buyer of securities of troubled companies, sued BT Alex.

4.   Analysts said the move could signal a turnaround at the troubled company, where earnings have faltered and reorganization costs soared.

5.   And for an acquirer, buying a troubled company can be very attractive, because rapid growth is easier to achieve than in a more stable, profitable operation.

6.   Angelo, Gordon, a private firm, focuses on investing in financially troubled companies.

7.   Appelbaum is not throwing away her list of troubled companies anytime soon.

8.   Apple officials say the move will allow the troubled company to focus on its chief product, the Macintosh desktop computer.

9.   At the moment, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors are troubled companies, but they are not particularly attractive acquisition targets because of their large debt burdens.

10.   At the same time Korean banks, struggling to repay billions of dollar of foreign debt, often refused to lend more money to troubled companies.