Joseph Cari, a former national Democratic fund-raiser who pleaded guilty to attempted extortion, testified that Mr. Blagojevich told him of plans to finance his dreams of higher office by rewarding donors with state contracts.
But First Solar does not plan to finance construction of other plants, such as the 290-megawatt Agua Caliente plant planned in Arizona.
That plan determines the level of financing the U.S.O.C. provides for the federation as it prepares for the world championships and the Olympic Games.
Now, he has either to find some way of financing his plans, such as tax hikes, or to drop them.
A10 SCIENCE/HEALTH Stem Cell Patent Officials confront a daunting challenge as they carry out President Bush's plan for financing of stem cell studies: the University of Wisconsin's human stem cell patent.
On Monday, the corps will release the list of projects it plans to finance.
In 2003, it announced bold plans to finance the development of compact, fuel-efficient aircraft.
The central government plans to finance only 30% of the 4 trillion yuan ($585 billion) infrastructure package; banks are expected to provide much of the rest.
In March, the American firm's joint venture with Qualcomm, a wireless-telecoms company, announced plans to finance the installation of digital projectors in 1,000 cinemas across America.
Although the company plans to finance a portion of those expenses by leasing some capacity, it could cut into the bottom line and net income.
The report by Alberto Nisman, who has already accused senior Iranian officials of planning and financing the 1994 bombing and Hezbollah of carrying it out, points to the resistance among some here to a recent thaw in relations between Argentina and Iran.
