Barclays said half of the extra €40 billion would be the cost of running bigger deficits for longer, while the further delay in Greece regaining access to the markets would account for about €10 billion.
One participant in the call said Judge Jackson was irritated by the request for further delay; he has repeatedly said he wants to conclude the case quickly and allow it go forward on appeal.
If voting is permitted in East Jerusalem, it would scupper Mr Abbas's attempt to shift the blame on to Israel for any further delay in the election.
But neither the non-discovery of weapons nor the recent evidence of exaggeration by the British and American governments of elements of their claims alters the argument for or against permitting further delay.
"The White House's directive today to the [Army Corps of Engineers] for further delay is just the latest in a series of overt and transparent political actions by an administration which has abandoned the rule of law in favor of currying favor with a narrow and extreme political constituency," the companies said. .
Signed by 11,000 citizens of Jarrow, it concluded: "The town cannot be left derelict, and therefore your Petitioners humbly pray that His Majesty's Government and this honourable House should realise the urgent need that work should be provided for the town without further delay".
But at the core of the argument is a case for further delay... Thanks to PCBs, the Hudson River from Hudson Falls all the way to New York Harbor, two hundred miles south, is a federal Superfund site.
Mr. Denvir, who defended Theodore J. Kaczynski, who pleaded guilty as the Unabomber, said Mr. McVeigh's lawyers would probably tell their client that asking for a further delay of the execution would be warranted.
Judge Parker responded with the unusual admission that he had planned to deny the government's request for any further delay in Dr. Lee's release, but that with the appeals court's ruling, it was out of his hands.
Mr. Feinberg strongly urged families today to sign up for the fund without further delay, and he specifically pledged that illegal immigrants would face no sanctions if they came forward.
The financial crisis might give them an excuse for further delay, making the necessary tax hikes and benefit cuts, when they do come, even more brutal.
