The country's debts are growing, foreign investors have been scared away and unemployment is increasing again.
And so would the company who scared away its beta testers, by releasing a less-than-polished product.
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"It scared away many intending visitors who thought there was war right across Kashmir, " says Ashraf.
It declined as big-box discount stores opened nearby and a series of gang-related shootings scared away customers.
The first minister's "immoderate rhetoric" about the airport had "scared away any airlines that may have been interested in running flights from Cardiff", she added.
Opposition leaders bickered, and their clashing views scared away would-be supporters.
The 2011 nuclear-power-plant accident scared away visitors worried about radiation.
Besides the lawsuit, investors could easily be scared away by the overall quality of the product and amount of control and influence that they would actually have within the organization.
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The London Stock Exchange is headlining the law among reasons that foreign firms should list stock in the U.K. instead of the U.S. German carmaker Porsche AG and reinsurer Benfield Group are among those scared away by Sarbanes-Oxley from U.S. listings lately, meaning less business for local exchanges and fewer choices for investors.
Experts say the challenges of building out such a network has scared bidders away.
Ironically, the weak US debt position has not scared investors away.
McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people) will post first-quarter and full-year earnings below Wall Street expectations, largely because mad-cow, a degenerative neurological disease that can infect humans who eat tainted beef, has scared Europeans away from the company's beef.
Doubts about green tech investing showed up in public statements by prominent investors long before Solyndra went bankrupt in 2011 and scared investors away from solar technologies that required way more money and time to bring to the market than they had expected.
But, this being Mexico, further intrigue seems certain between now and the election, and investors may yet be scared into staying away.
"Over 90% of our business is Londoners or people who live near London, and the mayor scared them all away, " Mr. McNamara said.
Airlines, many of which were already in trouble before Sept. 11 scared their customers away, also seem to be suffering more than your average cyclical downturn.
But issues such as anger, stress, fear of people living in the same placement, feeling "you don't get what you want or need in your placement", not being listened to, being scared and getting away from bullies were felt to justify the risks associated with running away.
"Everyone was very scared and wanted to take their money away to the U.S. and Europe, " says Carlos Montemayor, chief of Marcatel, a Telmex rival in long-distance service.
Google and company are scared of possible congressional legislationand are trying to steer Congress away from doing anything.
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People are scared to interact with ads because they might be taken away.
The court heard that his mother was uncooperative with the officers and scared the boy by threatening that police would take him away.
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It's very simple, when you go to Acts, when those men who were scared because the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has been taken away from them, they were told to go to an upper room.
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