It was at this point that the previously cash-strapped company was able to put the Metro into production.

For cash-strapped companies, short sabbaticals - say, six weeks or so - provide a low-cost perk for employees.

But he had a hard time persuading cash-strapped companies to pay him to reinvent their wheels.

The winnings enabled the cash-strapped company to meet payroll the following Monday.

Peter Sprague, an entrepreneur, gained control of the cash-strapped company around 1970, in what some have termed a hostile takeover.

As it happens, more cash-strapped companies are eliminating dividends than at any time since the same year.

And in a global recession, mafiosi thrive even more, meeting cash-strapped companies' increased demand for loans and buying up struggling businesses on the cheap.

Pixar was losing money every year and Jobs was supporting the cash-strapped company through a line of credit with his personal guarantee.

While this practice is not unknown at cash-strapped companies, Comparator relied upon it to an unusual degree.

And many of the cash-strapped companies that ordered the fish in better times cannot afford to have them removed.