Never take cash advances or payday loans. The annual interest rates on these types of predatory loans can calculate into the triple digits. The national average fee for them is $18 per $100 borrowed for each two-week period.

Five Stocks to Buy When Cash Is King (Morningstar.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Strong balance sheets will anchor these companies in times of turmoil.

Lehman Cash Crunch Caused by Lender JPMorgan, Creditors Say (Bloomberg)
Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) — Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ’s main lender and clearing agent, JPMorgan Chase & Co. , caused the liquidity crisis that led to Lehman’s collapse, creditors said.

JPMorgan Caused Lehman Cash Crisis, Creditors Say (Update3) (Bloomberg)
Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. , the main lender and clearing agent for Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. , caused the liquidity crisis that led to Lehman’s collapse, creditors said.

Women say NY’s dollar-dance clubs have darker side (AP via Yahoo! News)
As neon lights bathe the dance floor of the darkened nightclub, a group of young women from Latin America sit at tables, sipping water or soda and waiting for men to approach and hand them cash.

Women say dollar-dance clubs have darker side (The Pantagraph)
NEW YORK — As neon lights bathe the dance floor of the darkened nightclub, a group of young women from Latin America sit at tables, sipping water or soda and waiting for men to approach and hand them cash. For $2, the women will dance one song. For $10, they will dance a set. Forty dollars buys an hour of their time.