This would boost the economy by making cheaper loans available to cash-hungry enterprises.

So it's not clear what the Grins' longtime game plan is for this tiny cash-hungry company.

Demand from cash-hungry banks, particularly for the ECB cash, was hefty as lending between banks on money markets remained virtually paralysed.

The group says the mobile unit will hand out 85 percent of net profit to shareholders - including, of course, a cash-hungry parent.

Yar'Adua's critics say he risks undermining Nigeria's hard-won reputation for fiscal discipline if he fails to keep cash-hungry state governors from squandering the savings.

For a sector heavy with cash-hungry junior and mid-tier companies, crumbling stock valuations serve a further blow, cutting off a source of project funding.

But it could further complicate Toshiba's ability to raise money from markets or banks, in particular to feed its cash-hungry memory-chip business, jeopardizing its competitiveness.