On the flip side, using credit cards abroad can mean additional fees and heightened concerns about credit card fraud.
But recent jitters in stockmarkets and commodities markets have heightened concerns that some metal prices have peaked.
The Euro currency fell to a fresh two-month low Thursday amid heightened concerns regarding the European Union sovereign debt crisis.
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The heightened concerns over tuition fees follow a number of demonstrations against the fees - including occupations of buildings at Oxford, Goldsmiths College and Sussex University.
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But it has thrust him into the media spotlight and heightened concerns about the way in which activist investors can determine the fate of the world's largest corporations.
And on the flip side, numerous instances of leaked personal data from computerized databases have heightened privacy concerns.
Heightened investor concerns about the credit quality of mortgages, especially subprime mortgages with adjustable interest rates, triggered the financial turmoil.
Northumbria Police said it expected the event to pass off peacefully, while admitting the Woolwich murder may have "heightened community concerns".
While the prolonged bull market may have distracted funds from focusing on fees, diminishing performance and heightened cost concerns suggest that now is the time to revisit the issue.
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Euro corporate bond sales fell sharply in February, as January's bumper level of supply as well as earnings updates and heightened political concerns in southern Europe dragged on potential deals.
"The move follows instructions from the British government's Department for Transport that all UK registered airlines which fly to Kenya are to suspend flights... due to heightened security concerns, " BA said in a statement Thursday.
This led to heightened liquidity concerns.
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The strategy also has come under heightened scrutiny amid concerns that some high-frequency traders were gaining unfair advantages in the market.
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In India, foreign telecom players continue to trigger heightened political and security concerns.
India's security concerns have heightened following a bomb blast in front of an Anglican cathedral in Karachi on Thursday that resulted in 11 people being wounded.
The concerns are heightened when you consider that many government and tax authorities are hiring third party debt collectors to resolve outstanding taxpayer obligations.
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And though I believed then as I believe now that the owners are overstating their case to some degree, the review of recent financials above reveals why their concerns have heightened.
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The shale gas revolution in the US, which has lowered energy prices for the country's manufacturers, has heightened Europe's concerns about industrial competitiveness, according to Matthew Gray, a carbon analyst at Jefferies.
Gold and crude oil prices rose this week, supported by concerns that heightened tensions between the West and Iran may get out of hand, although profit taking ahead of the weekend weighed on gold.
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Concerns about antitrust scrutiny also heightened the risk of finding new ways to profit from Google's exclusive data.
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General manager Darcy Regier had no concerns, and expects a heightened security presence in the city and at the arena.
Would, for example, the damage be limited to a heightened sense of abandonment by the United States on the part of key allies, leaving in its wake concerns about a strategic power vacuum and the need to accommodate the Soviet Union or other threats?
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