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Germany's Volkswagen, DaimlerChrysler and Deutsche Post all have hefty unfunded liabilities.

On Thursday April 8th British Airways and Iberia inked in a merger deal agreed last November that will create the world's sixth largest airline by revenue provided regulators, shareholders and BA's hefty pension liabilities do not scupper the tie-up.

The steadily rising number of claims -- especially involving something as intimidating as asbestos -- comes at a difficult time for the Big Three, which are already facing slight profits, sales dependent on costly incentives, hefty pension liabilities and falling credit ratings.

While relatively inexperienced and a leader of organizations with less than half the Philharmonic's $69 million budget, Mr. VanBesien faces enormous challenges: persistent and large deficits, labor friction, hefty pension liabilities, the lack of an established summer home like the Boston Symphony's at Tanglewood, and competition from orchestras visiting Carnegie Hall.

Current assets exceed current liabilities by a hefty margin, and the government uses this "surplus" to help finance its budget deficit.

There should be a strict liability rule with a very hefty fine and liability for damages if something goes wrong.

The American firm responsible, Union Carbide, eventually paid $470m compensation, a sum they considered too small.With his hefty parliamentary majority, Mr Modi could amend the liability law, by taking on the more strident wing of his own BJP.

Last year's winner was unusual for its titular lack of double entendre - it went to Butterworths Corporate Manslaughter Service, a hefty law tome providing guidance and analysis on corporate liability for deaths in the workplace.

The government has suggested allowing auditors to write limited-liability clauses into their contracts, and a hefty damages award against Ernst & Young would provide further ammunition for both sides of that debate.

But Supavud Saicheua, an economist at Phatra Securities, a local investment bank, estimates all off-budget liabilities at 8% of GDP at worst a hefty figure, to be sure, but not enough to provoke fiscal meltdown.Yet even if Thaksinomics has not fulfilled sceptics' fears, it has not lived up to its author's expectations either.

The calamitous oil spill, which by most estimates is leaking 5,000 barrels a day, has a hefty price tag and many are wondering who will assume responsibility for liability claims.