1.   In general, Nishimura described foreign financiers as a rather rapacious lot.

2.   In what is the first jail term for a foreign financier, Russian banker Alim Karmov was sentenced to five years for asset mismanagement, CTK news agency reported.

3.   Last month, Finance Minister Musalia Mudavadi said the government would scale down the airport because a foreign financier had pulled out.

4.   Some foreign financiers already have begun investing in South Korea, and another, George Soros, expressed interest Sunday.

5.   The Conservative Party, which lost power in January, refused to identify its donors and was regularly accused of accepting huge sums from foreign financiers.

6.   The Conservative Party, which lost power in May, refused to identify its donors and was regularly accused of accepting huge sums from foreign financiers.

7.   Sao Paulo police have issued arrest warrants for three foreign financiers in connection with the dismantling of a laundering scheme involving drug money, a newspaper report said Sunday.