A few towns with bigger cash cushions are doing more to help the elderly.

It now has a cash cushion of $865 million.

Even for customers with a cash cushion, the disruption was hardly welcome.

Its cash cushion was a paltry $114.1 million at the end of the third quarter.

The airline said last fall, for example, that it would have a cash cushion of close to $1 billion going into the winter season.

That's why it's crucial to have a cash cushion, she says, and that should be the Flakes' first priority.

With such a cash cushion, Apple is able to lead the market no matter what the economic conditions.

With business travelers returning, it is earning record profits and has built up a cash cushion of more than $800 million.

United, by contrast, has a $1.9 billion cash cushion.

Chrysler also is sitting on a cash cushion of $3 billion.