In a broader setback, Spain joined Greece and Portugal last week in being downgraded by Standard & Poor's, the rating agency.
Meanwhile, tech stocks staged a comeback following yesterday's broad-based setback.
It is on the north side of the street and has 16 stories of striking setbacks, with broad horizontal stripes of black brick alternating with a color so soiled that it appears to be a uniform orange.
While the broad scrutiny has suffered setbacks in recent years, the plea by Mr. Kerekes could aid Manhattan prosecutors in their criminal investigation into Deutsche Bank, which court papers say was involved with one of the same aggressive shelters involved in Mr. Kerekes' guilty plea.
The military and civilian wings of the ruling United Socialist Party are held together only by the president's own personality, and no potential successor appears to command broad support.Mr Chávez's medical setback may add to the momentum of Henrique Capriles, the candidate of the opposition Democratic Unity coalition (MUD).
The decision delivered a setback to the broader military commissions system, reducing the chances that many other detainees at Guantánamo will receive trials.
The vote is expected to be followed by tough bargaining to form a coalition government led either by the pro-Thaksin party, now called the People Power Party, or by the Democrat Party, the former opposition party, which has been struggling to capitalize on Mr. Thaksin's setbacks to win broad popular support.
Profit taking and a broad decline among Internet stocks dealt a setback to the technology stocks around lunchtime in New York, dragging the Nasdaq Composite Index down from its alltime high.
PAGE A9 Setback for Chirac In the first broad elections since conservatives won power two years ago in France, voters expressed dissatisfaction by showing strong support for the left and far right.
Despite these setbacks, the broader conservative movement and Republican Party remained essentially loyal to the Administration.
