The industry's image has been dented in recent years, with concerns over lock-in clauses, endowment mortgages and overpriced home insurance tied to mortgages.
ICANN's failure to keep bids confidential has dented faith in its ability to manage disputes.
The eurozone crisis has dented demand in the region and hurt South Korea's exports, which account for nearly half of its economic output.
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McDonald's, an American fast-food chain has said that fear of SARS, and the Iraqi war, have dented sales in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
But Equitable Life dented confidence in pension savings vehicles.
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The crisis has hurt confidence and dented consumer demand in Europe, which is a key market for Japanese goods.
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The crisis has hurt region's growth and dented sentiment resulting in a drop in consumer demand in the region's countries.
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Analysts said the blasts had further dented investor morale in both Asia and elsewhere, which had already been shaken by weaker-than-expected Chinese and US data.
Second, the recent entry of car rental giants such as Hertz into the car sharing space along with major European car-sharing player Car2go has dented investor confidence in Zipcar.
Elias Muhanna, a professor at Brown University in the US and editor of the Qifa Nabki blog on Lebanese politics, said the allegations were a "strange, unexplained aspect" of Mr Hassan's past, but had not dented his standing in the Sunni community.
And Europe's aspirations for a bigger role in the world would be dented: if it cannot solve a dispute in its own back yard, how can it do much elsewhere?
The prospect of war certainly seems to have dented enthusiasm for property in central London.
The stale raisins that Mother bought cheap in the dented-package aisle were like dead flies.
In fairness, he looked fitter and stronger than in his previous 17 bouts, but any hopes that Powell would eradicate a suspect defence were soon dented when Gomez floored Khan in the second round.
Munster's chances of recording their seventh win in eight league games were dented by two sin-binnings - Niall Ronan and Doug Howlett saw yellow in each half - and Connacht, who moved ahead in the final quarter, had the physical and mental strength to hold on.
Its prosperity, even if a bit dented by real estate realities in our latest measure of wealth, remains a lesson.
Its prosperity, even if a bit dented by real estate realities in our latest measure of wealth in this issue, remains a lesson.
Critics believe the furore over Wayne Bridge and John Terry, plus an injury to Ashley Cole, have seriously dented England's chances in the tournament.
The growing debate about euthanasia has barely dented this consensus that suicide in other contexts can never be the choice of a healthy mind.
The crisis has hurt consumer sentiment in the region and dented demand for Asian exports.
Kayani's term in 2010 has particularly dented his popularity within the military.
Gold fell with a wide range of commodities on Thursday after soft manufacturing surveys in China and the eurozone dented risk sentiment.
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"If any disputes are not brought before the Supreme Court, then the public confidence in this institution will be dented, " Mr Mutunga says.
Financial markets were slow to realise that growth and hence profits in some countries in emerging Asia will be dented by an American downturn.
The NRC's last new reactor approval predates Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima, all of which dented public support (and not just in America either: nuclear power supplies three-fourths of France's electricity, yet in one poll 57% of French respondents favoured abandoning it).
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In addition, sentiment has been dented by renewed measures by the central government to control the property market.
Its credibility was also dented when it emerged that the lead detective in the murder case against athlete Oscar Pistorius was himself accused of attempted murder.
Its credibility was also dented when it emerged that the lead detective in the murder case against athlete Oscar Pistorius was himself facing accusations of attempted murder in an unrelated case.
In other European football action Friday, Roma saw their hopes of European qualification dented with a 4-2 home loss to Cagliari, while Werder Bremen beat Hannover 2-0 in a mid-table clash in Germany.
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Bonderman, whose failed investment in Washington Mutual during the financial crisis dented his reputation, needs a potentially lucrative sizable deal.
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