cash-strapped

• “Backers say Wowereit has helped turn Berlin's weaknesses into strengths, famously calling the cash-strapped capital "poor but sexy" for attracting hordes of tourists and creative types to one of Europe's most affordable cities.”

  Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

• “Some cash-strapped states, however, have passed legislation requiring Internet retailers to collect tax if they have marketing affiliates in those states.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Amazon Threatens to Cut Affiliates in California

• “Cut-cost deals, it is true, will need central approval, but the demands of cash-strapped GP consortiums that are refusing patients treatments they cannot afford could be hard to resist.”

  The Guardian: Health service reform: Perils of the cut-price knife | Editorial

• “At the height of the credit crisis in October 2008 the ECB decided to provide cash-strapped banks with as much liquidity as needed through its normal and extraordinary refinancing operations at a fixed rate.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Trichet to Talk Tough on Inflation

• “Adding currency to an economy helps get money in the hands of cash-strapped citizens.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Foreign Exchange Gone Wild

• “Since late last year, however, investors have been selling these bonds amid fears that cash-strapped states and municipalities might not be able to make their bond payments.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Who's Afraid of Munis?

• “In a move that may surprise some of their residents, given the current austere economic climate, a number of cash-strapped councils are enthusiastistically promoting the big day.”

  The Guardian: Royal wedding fever divides along political boundaries

• “I'm pretty sure that I'm the most cash-strapped person at the red carpet events I attend on a regular basis as a Los Angeles freelance reporter, but I do meet the coolest, most interesting people and once in awhile I even get dinner.”

  The Huffington Post: Cassandra M. Bellantoni: Jane Seymour Opens Her Malibu Mansion For Charity

• “The ICC will use variable-priced tolling, a relatively novel concept that is expected to become common on new highways, high-occupancy toll lanes, and some existing highways as cash-strapped governments seek new revenue.”

  The Washington Post: First stretch of Intercounty Connector toll road in Maryland to open Feb. 22

• “The first is ID Theft, a picture set up at Warner Bros. that would see Morgan playing “a cash-strapped father who sees a shortcut out of his struggles when the credit card of a suburban dad lands in his lap.””

  Tracy Morgan Lines Up Two New Comedies | /Film

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