Portugal Telecom withdrew a $2.4 billion offer to buy the shares it did not own of the Brazilian cellular provider Telesp Celular Participações, after the stock dropped below a level set as a condition for the bid.
On taking office more than two years ago, he refused to meet with Mr. Arafat, whom he considered an enemy of Israel, and he eventually set as a condition for peace talks the elevation of a new Palestinian leadership.
Mr. Truman said Turkey has followed the script of its existing I.M.F. program -- in contrast to Argentina, which has repeatedly missed targets set as a condition of the fund's loans.
Our correspondent Helena Smith writes: As hundreds of paraplegics pushed by carers in wheelchairs demonstrated outside parliament, unions promised no let up in protests against the controversial €11.7bn austerity package lenders have set as a condition for further rescue funds to the debt-stricken country.
The struggle began in the 1970's, after Britain sought entry into the European Union and set as a condition the acceptance by the rest of Europe of a law that would permit the addition of vegetable fat, a customary practice in British chocolate.
Asked about the prospects for debates yesterday, Mr. Fryer, the Cuomo spokesman, said, "We are making progress". But he said the Governor had also set as a condition the release of the names of law clients represented by Mr. O'Rourke before local government agencies during his years as a part-time legislator in Westchester.
If successful, the debt buyback could significantly reduce Greece's debt and afford the country a realistic chance of meeting the target of a debt ratio of 120 percent of G.D.P. by 2020 that the International Monetary Fund has set as a condition for it to lend more money.
Shares of the bank, which is weighed down by its exposure to Greek debt, have plunged since Greece acknowledged over the weekend that it would miss the financial goals set as a condition for its receiving its next round of European bailout money.
Hoping to force Mr. Noda's hand, however, the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and its former coalition ally New Komeito have changed tactics and appear poised to pass the deficit bond bill that Mr. Noda set as a condition for calling elections.
Financial disaster for many dot-com companies as venture capital and high stock prices dry up, resulting in layoffs, bankruptcies, and the nickname "dot bombs" SBC pays a record $6.1 million fine for not meeting performance standards set as a condition of its merger with Ameritech.
