Since many of the companies at risk are world leaders in their fields, the information they will be obliged to serve up to international inspectors and government agencies could result in serious damage to their market position.
McCormack believes that not playing regularly - or playing out of position - could damage his chances of being selected for the Scotland squad, prompting his request to Cardiff chairman Peter Ridsdale to consider offers for him from other clubs.
Hanssen was in a position to do immense damage to U.S. national security.
Mr. Cameron is fast approaching a simple choice: Either he must allow himself to be dragged further down the path towards Brexit, shoring up his short-term political position but risking major damage to the U.K. national interest.
But trickery causes damage beyond simply obscuring the true fiscal position.
But none of this pressure can justify the damage that is done to Israel's position by continuing to engage in these negotiations.
This has the advantage that, because it is temporary, it would encourage people to buy now, not later, and it would not damage America's long-term budget position.
Sir2 can turn off whole swaths of genes inside cells, keeping the DNA coiled up in a protected position and less exposed to environmental damage during hard times.
In other words, the short-term benefits of President Bush's conventional forces proposal will almost certainly be more than offset by the long-term damage done by the erosion it entails in the Western negotiating position.
But when banks seek to exploit their position and make a quick killing, they can cause enormous damage.
The BBC's political correspondent Robin Brant said Labour aides were insisting the party's position had not changed and that as they would do "nothing to damage" the economy, the opposition "did not support a referendum now".
China's fiscal position is generally strong, and it's managed to avoid too much damage to its banking system.
Unfortunately, the fight over whether to greenlight Keystone XL is creating collateral damage that vastly outweighs the marginal benefit either side will gain from sticking to its current position.
All that said, the big message of the results for the first six months of the year is that - although Barclays is in the uncomfortable position of looking for a new chief executive and chairman, because of the damage to its reputation caused by the LIBOR scandal - its profits are holding up better than some rivals around the world.
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