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The scandal looked set to widen on Thursday as senior members of the government were forced to confront allegations that Mr. Hollande and others may have been aware that the budget minister, Jérôme Cahuzac, who resigned on March 19, was lying but failed to act.

At Mr. Sheader's suggestion she tried various ways of saying "Oh, no!" when coming upon the giant, her striking blue-green eyes seeming to widen on cue.

Reflecting the worries of investors, the yield spread between Spanish 10-year government bonds and those of Germany continued to widen on Wednesday — to as high as 2.59 percentage points, the biggest gap since the introduction of the euro.

Others demanded higher yields, and the spreads on asset-backed commercial paper began to widen, on average, by as much as 10to5050 basis points over the London interbank — a huge surge in corporate borrowing costs.

An investigation into accusations that he used state party credit cards to pay for personal expenses while serving in the Florida Legislature continues to widen; on Wednesday, the Miami Herald and St .Petersburg Times reported that the Internal Revenue Service was looking into Mr. Rubio's tax records.

The investigation into the nonprofit group, which is linked to a charity set up to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina but in its tax return for 2006 reported distributing only $1,392 of the tens of thousands it had collected for that purpose, appeared to widen on Wednesday.

The spread on Italian and Spanish bonds against German bonds widened on Monday.

"Spreads throughout the region widened on the shock news," said Gavan Nolan, an analyst at Markit.

"It's remarkably different from last year," he said as a grin widened on his face.

Verizon's net loss widened on restructuring and pension costs and expenses related to the cleanup from Hurricane Sandy.

SCO also said its first-quarter loss widened on litigation costs and declining sales, sending the shares down.