The whole league, starved for cash, would be forced to go out of business.

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Some early-stage, start-up exposure might be just what the doctor ordered for return-starved, sub-optimized portfolios.

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But the slowdown is not yet having any effect on what all the estate agents report to be a record-breaking period for sun-starved Britons buying houses in Europe, cashing in on a strong domestic economy and the weakness of the euro.

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But in much the same way that a malnourished sapling will struggle to be a strong tree, so too for a startup starved of cash.

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This would be particularly valuable to early stage companies who are cash starved and looking for any opportunity for additional capital efficient funding.

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If it wasn't for the crew on board, all of us would be severely injured, starved or crazy.

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For as long as government suppliers continue to be unpaid and banks undercapitalised, the cash-starved economy has no prospect of moving again.

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Raj Patel, author of "Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System, " says the right to food should be seen as a human right.

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To state the obvious, capital assets and consumer goods prices rise and fall all the time, and their fluctuations are essential for telling the markets what economic concepts should receive capital in abundance, and which ones should be starved of it.

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