The Parliament speaker, Nabih Berri, announced the eighth postponement in the parliamentary election of a new president.
The lengthy postponement in the proceeding raises questions about the fate of Mr. Gupta, the most prominent business executive ensnared by the government's insider-trading crackdown.
Some Republicans with large military installations in their districts said they could support a postponement in the military cuts while negotiations continued on a broader deficit reduction plan.
Among local reporters, who have covered every dramatic postponement in the case, the staggered court proceedings were likened to an interminable Turkish soap opera.
The lengthy postponement in the case, brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, raises questions about the fate of Mr. Gupta, the most prominent business executive ensnared by the government's insider-trading crackdown.
Mr. Watanabe said the company would respond by suspending investment in new plants, including last week's announced postponement in the start of a factory in Mississippi, and moving some production lines to single shifts.
SLAP SHOTS LOU LAMORIELLO, the Devils' president and general manager, has asked the National Hockey League for a postponement in the decision he must make about the Devils' draft choice compensation from the St . LouisBlues from a seven-year-old tampering case.
The chief election commissioner, Qazi Mohammad Farooq, announced the elections' postponement in the capital and said the commission had made the decision after consulting political parties and the chief secretaries of Pakistan's four provinces.
Some business taxpayers have called for a postponement in the filing deadline from April until October, with cancellation of all penalties for the first year.
It is the fifth postponement in the club's last six scheduled home matches, and leaves manager Justin Edinburgh with a considerable fixture backlog.
It asked for a year's postponement in the bill, and when that wasn't forthcoming, the company headed for the Alps, and a rather more attractive tax regime.
