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.
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.
The money raised more than met the capital target that the FDIC had set as a condition for ShoreBank to get $75 million in TARP money (when Citi got TARP money, private investors were fleeing).
But on a second measure, of "global functioning" — changes in behavior that a caregiver or physician is likely to notice — it failed to yield the improvements that the FDA had set as a condition of approval.
The money raised more than met the capital target that the FDIC had set as a condition for ShoreBank to get $75 million in TARP money (when Citi got TARP money, private investors were fleeing). In the meantime, ShoreBank has had an exemplary record of modifying loans so that borrowers could avoid foreclosure.
Israeli authorities had initially refused to turn his body over to the family, setting as a condition that no more than 20 people attend his funeral, according to Agence-France Presse, but they eventually agreed to allowing 70 people to attend.
