At German insistence, private bondholders are likely to be arm-twisted into "voluntarily" extending their exposure to Greek government debt for as long as seven years.
In a welcome concession to reality, France's president, Nicolas Sarkozy, announced that French banks are now prepared to "voluntarily" extend the maturity of some Greek debt.
He made it the first in the United States to voluntarily extend maternity length-of-stay, allowing regular maternity patients to stay two days and women who had had Caesarian sections to spend four days.
"The protections we are voluntarily extending are good for people's health, promote broader access to quality care and contribute to helping control rising health care costs," said Stephen J. Hemsley, United Healths chief executive, in the statement.
Two days of talks in Brussels ended with public concessions that the idea of "reprofiling" Greek debt, or voluntarily extending maturities without changing interest rates or the amount of the loan, was being contemplated, at least as a last resort.
The Pentagon now uses the Deployment Extension Incentive Pay program to encourages soldiers to voluntarily extend their deployments.
Even though most studies show that a length of the CI of 12-12.5 months is economically optimal [ 9, 20, 21], there is an ongoing discussion regarding the benefits of voluntarily extending the CI by increasing the VWP.
In addition, doctors may voluntarily work extended hours each week on a regular basis (negotiated individually) and typically varying from 0 to 10 hours per week.
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, set a deadline of June 6th for Hamas to agree to the proposal voluntarily, but then extended talks between his Fatah party and Hamas for a few more days.
