1.   Attorneys for Sheik Sultan did not return telephone messages left at their offices on Wednesday.

2.   A spokeswoman for Chicago Board Brokerage, another defendant in the suit, did not return telephone messages left over the weekend.

3.   Comerford did not return several telephone messages left at his office Thursday.

4.   Cuomo did not attend the conference and did not return telephone messages left at his home.

5.   Dominik Suter, the owner of Urban Moving Systems, did not return several telephone messages left at his office.

6.   Executives at Baker did not return telephone messages left for them on Friday and Sunday.

7.   Gates has not returned a telephone a call left at his office last week.

8.   He did not return telephone messages left at his home.

9.   Hall did not return several telephone messages left with aides Monday.