Don't insist on your budget, no matter what surprises lie ahead: termite infestations, delayed shipments, discontinued products.

Many have delayed shipments to Macy because they were afraid they would not get paid if the retailer filed for bankruptcy.

Its customers experience the loss: staff late for work, delayed shipments and so on.

The lower amount is also sapping pumping pressure, delaying shipments by as much as several days.

Moscow is delaying shipments of antiaircraft rockets for "technical reasons."

The manufacturing problems have forced American Home to delay shipments of its flu vaccine.

That would delay shipments in volume until next year.

The strikes temporarily delayed shipments by exporters.

The problem, they said, was delayed orders and shipments from data storage and specialty semiconductor customers.

Such steps could include delaying shipments of products and taking large reserves for customers failing to pay bills.