We had a freeze of short-term debt.
The Saudi Arabian central bank has ordered a freeze of Mr. Sanea's accounts, several bankers said.
Chery has announced layoffs, pay cuts and a freeze of development for some new models.
Switzerland has said that it lifted a freeze of some Afghan assets, but the amount at stake was unclear.
Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's foreign minister, said the demand for a freeze of settlement construction in East Jerusalem was "completely unreasonable".
"The goal of the United States is not for a freeze of the nuclear program," he said.
They remain split about whether to press for a freeze of the rest of Mr. Bush's tax cut.
In recent days, the discussion appears to have centered on a freeze of three to five years.
At the news conference, Saeed Jalili, Iran's chief negotiator, refused to answer whether Iran would accept a freeze of its uranium enrichment program, however temporary.
In 2009, on Mr. Obama's first visit as president, he abandoned his call for a freeze of settlements in the West Bank, meeting immovable resistance from Israel.
Mr. Obama could make a strong statement in support of a freeze of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, says Ghaith al-Omari, a former Palestinian peace negotiator.
