The I.M.F. and a coalition of Nordic countries have delayed the second installment of a $4.85 billion bailout package for Iceland pending the outcome of the Icesave dispute.
On Monday, the finance ministers put off at least until Nov. 20 a decision on releasing a long-delayed installment of 31.5 billion euros, or $40.1 billion, in aid to Greece until officials could assess its progress in adopting measures.
With a nationwide strike planned today in Greece, and the news on Tuesday that the euro-zone ministers have delayed releasing the next installment of aid to the country, we looked to Giorgos Moutafis's photographs from this year's often violent demonstrations in Athens against austerity measures.
Apart from 1995's "GoldenEye," Bond films have historically debuted in the winter, so producers are reportedly considering delaying the new installment by a year or breaking from tradition and dropping the blockbuster next summer. .
The loan's second installment had been delayed two months because Prime Minister Yulia V. Tymoshenko had declined to cut a budget deficit that the I.M.F. says is equal to 4percentt of the gross domestic product but that the Ukrainian government says is closer to 3percentt.
The International Monetary Fund this week delayed discussion of the latest $1.6 billion installment of a $15.7 billion loan package, saying Turkey had not met its obligations.
On one accounting issue in 1965, relating to the treatment of deferred taxes on installment sales, the accounting board delayed acting because it did not want to offend retailers.
European officials this week delayed a decision on releasing the $40 billion aid installment, saying they needed more time to assess if Greece was adhering to reforms promised in exchange for two bailout packages totaling more than $300 billion.
Last week, euro zone finance ministers delayed a decision on whether to release the latest installment of aid because of the standoff between the troika and the Greek government.
Plans to film the next installment in the long-running James Bond series have also been delayed pending the restructuring.
DealBook » House Financial Services Report on MF Global Is Due Thursday | REUTERS European Ministersrs Give Greece More Time for Cuts | But the ministers delayed until Nov. 20 a decision to give the country its next installment of aid, The New York Times reports.
