The banks have extended to local governments an estimated 14.38 trillion yuan, about a third of their outstanding loans at the end of 2010, but no one really knows the full extent of the exposure.
The drugmaker hasn't given 2003 guidance since the end of the third quarter of 2002--before the full extent of its problems became visible.
"But the point is that everybody can be affected or at the receiving end of a terrible rumour... it can affect the individual even to the extent of breaking up marriages, " he said.
"The jitters will be there to a certain extent, but at the end of the day it's basketball, " he said.
But at the end of the day, I still do not believe the American public has a clear understanding of the extent and limits of the drone program.
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There is still great uncertainty about the nature and extent of the support that governments will end up offering to their banks.
"To the extent that consumers end up either using the majority of (the refund) to pay down debt or simply to save for a rainy day, obviously the economic impact is going to be a lot less, " said Michael Gregory of Lehman Brothers.
The full extent of the reductions will be announced by the end of the month, when the trust speaks to the county's NHS staff.
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To the extent there is such trade, the emphasis should be on the sale of end-products, as opposed to turn-key manufacturing and processing capabilities.
The second and final day of the meeting coincided with International Day to End Impunity for which the International Freedom of Expression Exchange network (IFEX), launched a global campaign highlighting the extent to which crimes against journalists go unpunished.
Businesses, though, say that the extent of such practices is exaggerated, hiring decisions are too complicated to legislate, and employers could end up defending themselves against dubious complaints.
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