They say it's going to hurt already troubled recruitment efforts, but debate continues over what is the place of servicewomen once the shooting starts?

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While Dell isn't detailing its retail efforts, it's already clear who will get hurt first: Hewlett-Packard .

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Critics of the ban say it will only hurt oil and gas workers in the already hard-hit coastal communities where hundreds of jobs have been lost because of the disaster.

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Yet some European companies are already disclosing similar information, and it does not appear to hurt their competitive edge.

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He added that if businesses, especially manufacturers, had to increase wages it could hurt their competitiveness at a time when they have already been losing ground to regional competitors.

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With debts and house prices already so high, this will hurt consumer spending, but it could help to avoid a more painful adjustment later.

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And if the rich cut tariffs, it would hurt some of the poor, because America and the EU already offer selected poor countries preferential access to their markets.

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Of course, the problem is the free marketeers would positively hurt themselves having a snit-fit over the government getting any more involved than it already is.

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Late yesterday, Bristol-Myers (nyse: BMY - news - people) said in a regulatory filing that inventory issues could hurt its 2002 earnings, which are already expected to be low, and added that it had settled a lawsuit brought by Watson Pharmaceuticals (nyse: WPI - news - people).

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