Silberman figured it would be worth everyone's while to help debtors--mostly small businesses--stay afloat rather than sucking them dry.
In contrast, Qwest was seen to be making its bid as a last ditch-effort to stay afloat in the increasingly competitive telecommunications industry.
He's been struggling to stay afloat, with new-car sales down 50% from a year ago.
But Grady proved a fast talker able to do a few private high-tech deals to stay afloat and make powerful allies when he came to look for his next move.
Market participants agree that banks in many fiscally stressed euro-zone countries are relying on the central-bank loans to stay afloat, although the situation in Spain has become the focus in the past month.
During a "jobs tour" across Ohio, he unveiled a plan to help rescue small-business owners struggling to stay afloat in the sinking economy.
Factories have shed thousands of jobs and cut back on investment to stay afloat, moves which many economists fear may have long-term implications.
This market has burgeoned as increasingly debt-laden companies sell paper at a 13-14% discount to face value in an effort to stay afloat.
Any stock selling above 25 times earnings (the current multiple on the 12-month forward earnings projection) needs constant upward earnings revisions to stay afloat.
The once-influential Out and The Advocate have been struggling for years to stay afloat and in any case feel irrelevant in a way one could never have imagined in their heyday.
We expanded unemployment insurance at a time when it was absolutely vital for people as they were trying to stay afloat. (Applause.) More than a quarter-million of your members -- of your neighbors.
Bear's woes will only exacerbate worries about highly-leveraged hedge funds, an increasing number of which are finding it hard to stay afloat as their prime brokers jack up margin calls.
The injury-riddled team is getting healthy and depth on all four lines has helped keep them stay afloat.
But it does offend our values when executives of big financial firms -- firms that are struggling -- pay themselves huge bonuses, even as they continue to rely on taxpayer assistance to stay afloat.
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