31.   The company has commissioned an investigation by an outside lawyer and has already punished one of the taped executives, Lundwall, by suspending certain payments to him.

32.   The decision to suspend payment of the dividend is evidence that Amelio is committed to returning Apple to profitability -- at any cost, analysts said.

33.   The company announced Tuesday that it was suspending the payment of dividends to shareholders and would consider paying them again once it had refinanced its debt.

34.   The debt payments were suspended indefinitely.

35.   The fund also suspended payments due to slow sales of state-owned companies, poor trade liberalization and stalled agricultural reform.

36.   The Sonntagszeitung said officials at three cantonal banks, citing the high costs of the audit, said they had suspended payment of auditing fees.

37.   These include loans extended to companies that subsequently went bankrupt or those on which interest payments have been suspended.

38.   These nations might be able to set new terms for repaying their debt, or even suspend payments without incurring penalties from the IMF or other global institutions.

39.   When a debtor cannot repay loans in the United States, the courts step in and suspend payments until a settlement that is fair to all creditors can emerge.