1.  Any future merger, which most analysts have said may be the only hope for the ailing companies, would almost certainly require consolidated management.

2.  Bahrain-based Investcorp invests funds from wealthy Arab families into ailing companies, nurses them to profitability and typically sells them.

3.  A board room revolt at Sunbeam led by some of his hand-picked directors decided the ailing company needed a new boss.

4.  A spokesman for Samsung Aerospace said the company will not make an announcement today about a possible bid for the ailing Dutch company.

5.  Brincat was replaced by William Brandt Jr., whose Chicago-based Development Specialists Inc. works to restore ailing companies back to health.

6.  Brown called for development of such industries as advanced transportation and to offer aid whenever possible to ailing aerospace companies through tax breaks and regulatory relief.

7.  Brincat was replaced by William Brandt Jr., whose firm Development Specialists Inc. works to bring ailing companies back to health.

8.  But whether debt forgiveness will really help ailing companies to regain their footing is a matter of much debate here.

9.  By acquiring the ailing company, Student Advantage emerged as the overwhelming leader in its market niche.

10.  By then, a firm called Grisanti, Galef and Goldreff, which specializes in resuscitating ailing companies, had been brought in.