Israel has also faced occasional boycotts of its academics, unions and some commercial products.
"The Jewish People, which has suffered boycotts and persecution, should be a light unto other nations".
France's refusal to join the invading coalition led to U.S. boycotts of French wine and cheese.
There has been some SPLM intimidation but been few allegations of rigging and no boycotts.
ECONOMIST: Rigged in the north, more or less fair in the south
Earlier, Mr Ban had expressed dismay at both the boycotts and Mr Ahmadinejad's speech.
Clerics have also called for boycotts of products from Denmark and other European countries.
No trustees called for boycotts of such investments, said Gilbert, the Pennsylvania pension fund's chief investment officer.
Media attention to violations, shareholder activism, consumer boycotts, and political action can all affect the corporate bottom-line.
Asian watchdog groups took the message to the media, spurring boycotts by groups like United Students Against Sweatshops.
Others already experiencing the effect of Chinese boycotts include Kamatsu, Panasonic, Sharp, Mitsubishi Heavy, Sumitomo, and Toyo Tire.
After much criticism, bad press and more than a few boycotts, most retailers sang a different tune in 2010.
The move was controversial, with many calling for boycotts of the companies involved.
BBC: Google 'in talks to cut funding to illegal piracy sites'
Now Apple may be paying the price, in the form of ad withdrawals and boycotts by top local companies.
The stance represents a stepping up of their conflict with ministers and follows on from test boycotts and industrial action.
Mr Massoum, suspecting the boycotts could be tactical, again appealed to representatives of Muqtada al-Sadr, a Shia rebel cleric, to join in.
So long as Mr Kasparov boycotts it, the event will lack legitimacy.
The PLO has already convinced several EU member states to establish unofficial trade boycotts as well as military and academic boycotts of Israel.
Still, even if those groups call for boycotts, the net result of additional publicity, albeit negative, would likely be positive for game sales.
Students and recent graduates writing on the Facebook website are threatening to switch to other banks and are calling for boycotts at freshers' fairs.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Education | Students putting pressure on bank
Faced with cries for boycotts of its products, the company moved to defuse the furor by making both Labor Day and Eid paid holidays.
Limited boycotts of fungible products simply do not work: total boycotts of them do (well, until the smugglers spring into action), but not limited ones.
Super PAC PAC involvement should result in little or no backlash, whether in the form of negative publicity, product boycotts, downward stock price, etc.
Al Jazeera has faced official and unofficial boycotts and sanctions before.
His grape boycotts enticed foodies the world over to favor other fruits at the grocery store until the workers back in California said their demands were met.
FORBES: Unions Tend Toward The Weird, As The Life Of Cesar Chavez Showed
Meanwhile, labor observers are worried if the boycotts would affect employment of Chinese workers as Japanese factories in general are a big employer of Chinese labor force.
FORBES: Japanese Factories Halt Production In China As Island Dispute Escalates
He worked in vineyard management for Heublein--he persuaded the company to get into winemaking--at the start of the region's explosion and the height of the grape boycotts.
The advantage of America for these companies lies not in politics (though being spared boycotts helps) but in the businesses they are in: by and large, high-technology stuff.
ECONOMIST: Finding the best place to issue shares is getting harder
The company quickly found itself hit by everything from union boycotts and bloated overhead to increased competition and currency devaluations in Southeast Asia, which hurt lucrative licensing arrangements.
Decades of isolation and consumers boycotts have kept tourist arrivals to a bare minimum, so now the rush is on to sell Myanmar as an exciting new destination.
Concerns about RFID technology have already led to consumer boycotts.
应用推荐