Will discounting our product lead to more sales or just a hit to margins?
If not, it could mean a hit to the brand as well as hefty legal liabilities.
Jokinen left with 2:20 to play after taking a hit to the knee from New York's Marty Reasoner.
Expect Mayan cosmology to take a hit to its reputation when the world doesn't end on Dec. 21, 2012.
But we suffered a hit to our endowment that made it necessary for several years to cut budgets, freeze hiring.
The firm was exonerated by the DOJ and SEC, saving millions of dollars in fines and a hit to their reputation.
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The Kobe earthquake of 1995 saw a hit to industrial production of 2.6%, but activity rebounded quickly in the following months.
Hudson gave up a hit to the first or second batter in each inning and often found himself in tough spots.
You could also face taking a hit to your credit score if you get lured in by too many of these offers.
Quite a hit to the game's image, but probably not owners' wallets.
The right-hander at one point went 15 batters without allowing a hit to win for the fifth time in his last six decisions.
One of the conundrums facing Merrill Chief Executive John Thain is the need to raise capital without taking a hit to an already depressed stock price.
However, the cost was a hit to the profits of some of those retailers that are showing signs of missing expectations for their fourth quarter earnings.
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Mr Vaughan-Smith expects banks that run the numbers to find an equity injection will work out cheaper than taking a hit to their broader bond positions.
Nokia, which has lost market share since Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007, needs the new Microsoft-based phones to be a hit to revive its flagging fortunes.
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Yes, there might be a hit to ad revenue.
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One of the conundrums facing Merrill (nyse: MER - news - people ) Chief Executive John Thain is the need to raise capital without taking a hit to an already depressed stock price.
Another fear around a lack of job creation is credit quality: Fewer jobs could mean more delinquencies, and banks with more risk around credit are down more than those whose shareholders simply fear a hit to revenue.
Steven Sadove, chairman and CEO of Saks Fifth Avenue, is optimistic despite the fact that tourists, an important consumer for Saks, are taking a hit to their spending power since the Euro has weakened against the dollar.
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Brendan Shanahan, whose position as the league's director of player safety isn't to be confused with Valentine's old job, apparently had seen enough by the time the Phoenix Coyotes' Raffi Torres leveled the Chicago Blackhawks' Marian Hossa with a hit to the head in the third game of their first-round playoff series.
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His former girlfriend successfully sued him for part of winnings, his brother tried to hire a hit man to kill him.
Because they would have to take a corresponding hit to earnings, and also, with shareholders' equity depressed, would find their ability to lend somewhat constrained.
American firms face a similar hit to their profits as a result of their pension shortfalls.
Miller retired 27 successive batters after giving up a leadoff hit to Eric Young in a 3-0 win over Colorado on Friday.
Nathan Myers, director of consulting services at Sageworks, said that in addition to protecting your business against a hit related to a default, there are other, more subtle reasons to check creditworthiness of potential business partners.
Skipper Darren Lockyer released Israel Folau, taking a heavy hit to the ribs in the process, before the centre then fired out a pass to Tate, who put on the afterburners to run in from inside his own half.
So we should not, while that process is underway, essentially blow it up by permitting the sequester to take effect, the result of which would be hundreds of thousands of people potentially losing jobs and a direct hit to the American economy at a time that we shouldn't be letting Washington do such a thing.
On Wednesday, he allowed four hits, a walk and a hit batter to lower his ERA to a major-league leading 1.40.
Schering, on the other hand, may not be able to be as sanguine about a big hit to Vytorin and Zetia, which are its biggest drugs, though many on Wall Street think the entire cholesterol franchise has been priced out of the stock.
Mr. MICHAEL FEINSTEIN (Singer): He says that he frankly said to both of them, you kids are good but you don't know how to write a hit, and I'm going to teach you how to write a hit.
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