And that may hurt the trading desks of the investment banks as prices fall.
Analysts said that these issues and a slowdown in the country's mining sector may hurt growth in coming months.
Meanwhile unions are angry about the proposed easing of indexing pensions to inflation, which may hurt workers if inflation rises.
The fact that Sarah Palin made robocalls for her may hurt now that she is facing the entire Californian electorate.
How many will speak up and act independently when that may hurt the stock price and the reputation of the company?
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Some educationalists worry that home-schooling may hurt children's psychological and educational development.
On the other hand, he adds, management will continue to focus on adding subscribers by doing anything they can, which may hurt profitability.
Companies often pay up and shut up, computer experts say, rather than report the crime and garner publicity that may hurt their corporate reputation.
Kind or not, the phone firing may hurt Yahoo's recruitment efforts.
The end of national government-bond markets may hurt just as much.
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While the latest quarterly results pre-date the grounding of the fleet, there have been concerns that the move may hurt its earnings in the near future.
Financially the broadcast deal could be a wash and it may hurt walk-up ticket sales, but, Ross says, he wants to get viewers interested in the game.
The company is continuing to focus on its oral care segment over other categories such as home care and personal care, although this may hurt it short-term sales growth.
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Analysts said the combination of all these factors was having a negative impact on Australia's growth and that if commodity prices do not improve it may hurt long-term growth.
However, analysts say that while Japan needs consumer price growth and such a move by the central bank may help achieve it, a sudden jump in inflation may hurt the country.
But the clear perception that the Arizona senator has run a more negative campaign than Obama may hurt the Republican presidential nominee's chances of a comeback as the end of the race draws near.
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The U.S. and South Korea last week warned that the trip to Pyongyang by Mr. Iijima, a top adviser to the Abe cabinet, may hurt efforts to pressure North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Hagop Kantarjian, who chairs the leukemia department at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and who spearheaded the commentary piece, acknowledged that his effort may hurt his research career with the pharmaceutical industry.
The Great Britain football team will potentially also feature players from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland -- though those nations have not supported the concept as they fear it may hurt their independent status.
Accounting standard-setters have been arm-twisted into relaxing rules that force banks to mark certain assets to market, but in the long run that may hurt confidence in the health of bank balance-sheets, not help it.
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Managing the financial subplot too cleverly may hurt synergies, and focusing only on growth will hit the bottom line, but by considering the financial subplot at the same time as the business playscript, executives can bridge the chasm between corporate finance and strategy execution.
Although worries about cardiac problems may have hurt prescription growth, not everyone believes such problems exist.
Munos also showed that mergers-- endemic in the industry--don't fix productivity and may actually hurt it.
Clarinex, the company's very similar follow-up antihistamine, may be hurt by all those cut-rate generics.
That has led to concerns that Japan's growth may be hurt further in the coming months.
The rivalry may not hurt Offerdahl, brought into Traq as a hired gun last year.
The economy may be hurt by even lower oil prices or fresh turmoil from South America.
An ICM poll published on Tuesday suggests the saga may have hurt the Tories' standing with voters.
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