Starbucks, another company tied to commodity prices, also posted solid earnings, despite seeing margin pressure increase.
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However, with the pump shut down a pressure increase was seen in the standpipe (SPP).
However, the BoJ has been under strong political pressure to increase the pace and scale of its easing.
Indeed, with ever fewer workers to support a ballooning retired population, there is pressure to increase, not cut, labor taxes.
With the fast food industry being highly competitive, leading to easy availability of substitutes, McDonalds would be under pressure to increase prices.
The strength of the high-tech material allows airlines to raise cabin air pressure and increase humidity, which should make passengers more comfortable on long flights.
The government has come under pressure to increase spending on capital projects, such as roads and housing, with its critics saying it is not doing enough to help economic growth.
The moves come as the world's largest retailers face pressure to increase their oversight of factory conditions in Bangladesh following a building collapse on April 24 that killed more than 1, 110 workers there.
First, our approach to this has been to galvanize and mobilize the international community to make it clear that Iranian behavior is the issue, to pressure and sanction Iran for its failure to live up to its international obligations, and to ratchet up that pressure and increase the sanctions on Iran to the point where we hope Iran will change its behavior.
Big rewards for success are just as important as consequences for failure, and both increase pressure.
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Many other smaller players in the e-reader market would further increase pressure on the Kindle.
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This was expected to increase pressure on the Monetary Policy Committee to start raising interest rates.
As leaders, it is our job to increase pressure by giving people reasons to care.
Another big rise will increase pressure to show that all this spending is achieving something.
This will increase pressure on insurers to cut unnecessary costs on administrative and all other non-medical expenses.
Europe must increase pressure on those countries in order for them to implement the plans they put together.
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The attack will certainly increase pressure for a speedy end to the fighting.
Mr Cox also suggested that increased competition due to a larger number of channels available would increase pressure on advertisement-funded channels.
Injuries to Del Potro, Roddick and Haas, though, are sure to increase pressure on the ATP to look at the year's schedule.
It was the first such public claim by Israel and appeared to increase pressure on Washington and other Western countries to intervene in Syria.
Instead the secret behind our outsized numbers was passion, and we built that passion through our tireless efforts to increase pressure while decreasing stress.
Jones says the pressure can only increase as the play-offs approach.
The family of missing retired FBI agent Robert Levinson have released images of him to try to increase pressure on the investigation into his whereabouts.
That trend will also increase pressure on wastewater treatment and disposal.
And though he did not immediately endorse anyone else, his move will surely increase pressure on the remaining major candidates to overlook their differences and unite.
Torbay Hospital in Devon said it was on the lower 'red alert' which means it is under significant pressure after an increase in the vomiting bug norovirus.
U.S. officials said the commissioning of Rokkasho will only increase pressure from Seoul that it be formally allowed to follow Tokyo and begin producing its own nuclear fuel.
So we continue to work with our international partners to increase pressure on the Syrian regime to end the violence and meet the aspirations of the Syrian people.
But the heavy losses will increase pressure on chief executive John Mack, who described the performance as "deeply disappointing" and said he would not accept a bonus for 2007.
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