Facing pressure from Home Depot and Lowe's, the company dropped appliances in 2001, shaving off 15% of its sales.
In Britain, for instance, a contingency fund to help cash-strapped local authorities facing pressure on public services has been scrapped.
Lawyers for potential witnesses also said this week that their clients were facing pressure not to testify at the trial, currently set for February.
David Cameron is facing pressure over two issues, linked to Scotland.
But in recent years a number of chief constables have resigned or retired after facing pressure to step down amid criticism or allegations about their conduct.
New Delhi is facing pressure to resolve the impasse quickly.
The minutes also revealed that though only three members dissented from the Operation Twist decision, Chairman Ben Bernanke is facing pressure from colleagues who want even stronger policy action, meaning another round of quantitative easing.
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Managers of financial assets are facing renewed pressure to behave judiciously regarding the resources they control, and report their activities accurately, facing fines, imprisonment, and civil liability for even minor violations or misstatements.
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Facing redemption pressure, it has been a while since Bruce Berkowitz bought his last new position.
The prime minister faces not just the nuclear cleanup and disaster reconstruction, but an economy facing intense pressure.
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McClaren is facing mounting pressure after a 0-0 draw at home to Macedonia and a 2-0 defeat in Croatia.
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The review found the service was facing increasing pressure, particularly from elderly patients who need to be seen immediately.
Adding to the pain, Roche has been facing pricing pressure in developed markets.
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The cyber security landscape is facing new pressure from a few key areas.
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Still, the lack of a deal between the two tech giants leaves both facing enormous pressure to launch their Plan B's.
The majority of people have been trying to save as much money as possible, resulting in certain industries facing downward pressure.
Bush also is facing increased pressure to address the layoffs in the airline and other industries with a package of federal assistance.
The IMF and the World Bank, facing increasing pressure from campaigners, have announced plans to speed up debt relief to poor countries.
Meanwhile, colleges and universities are facing increased pressure to limit tuition increases.
However, the Pentagon is now facing the pressure of deficit-driven, smaller budgets while looking to scale back or close overseas and U.S. domestic bases.
Facing local pressure to spend more efficiently, these leaders are canvasing independent opinions on public-works projects and encouraging greater scrutiny of how money is spent.
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So the German government is facing some pressure and is being called to account for just how much they knew and when they knew it.
At the same time, Obama is facing increasing pressure from the Congressional Black Caucus to pay more attention to issues affecting the African-American community.
Meanwhile, in the UK, Mr Blair was facing renewed pressure to mount a campaign for British entry into the single currency in the wake of his landslide election victory.
Banks such as Wells Fargo ( WFC), JPMorgan ( JPM), Bank of America ( BAC) and Citigroup ( C) are facing margin pressure now due to low interest rates.
Facing public pressure, India's government in February proposed legislative changes that would increase the maximum punishment for convicted rapists to the death penalty from life imprisonment and widen the definition of sexual assault.
The FDA was facing enormous pressure following controversies like the withdrawal of Merck's painkiller Vioxx, linked to heart attacks, and alleged overuse of anti-psychotic drugs like Zyprexa from Eli Lilly and Seroquel from AstraZeneca.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Facing mounting pressure to bow out, Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said Thursday that he would step down if members of his Shiite bloc say they want a new candidate.
Over the past few months, India's consumer inflation has bucked a downtrend in wholesale inflation, constraining the central bank from lowering interest rates aggressively despite facing mounting pressure to make corporate borrowings cheaper and help stimulate an economy growing at its weakest pace in a decade.
The news arrives amid speculation that Facebook, facing new pressure as a public company, will need to develop fresh sources of mobile revenue and exert greater control over its mobile products as users spend more time networking on phones or tablets instead of laptops or desktops.
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