Scottish football clubs were particularly ripe for takeover due to their weak finances and corporate structures.

Some of United's problems are unique to the company's long history of labor strife and weak finances, helping to explain why no other truly national carrier finds itself in such a precarious condition.

The paper's purpose according to Motilal was 'to wage war against autocracy' and to 'think aloud for India', but from the very beginning the paper suffered from weak finances.

The 100-unit co-op at 288 Lexington Avenue, at 36th Street, for example, decided recently to approve a tenant whose relatively weak finances would have disqualified her as a buyer.

How this will sit with employees is unclear; some airlines, notably American and USAir, have been telling workers they need concessions because of weak finances.

For companies with severe pension deficits and weak finances over all, the change could cover up the weakness longer.

Because of weak finances, it was found impossible to call a new pastor, and before long not one of the villagers dared venture near the church or the parsonage which adjoined it.

But for companies with weak finances and worrisome pension funds, the new rule would emphasize how hard it might be to make good on all their promises.

In addition, many developing countries have weaker finances and wouldn't be able to respond to a new crisis as vigorously.

It became defunct in 1958 due to weak finances.