So far, though, Britain's absence from the euro seems to have had no adverse effect on investment, even in the sterling-sensitive car industry.
Germany's electricity prices, which have more than doubled in the past decade, are a sensitive issue for industry, whose domestic sites consume nearly 50% of the country's electricity.
Like any industry sensitive to macroeconomic shifts, credit-market turmoil and volatile equity values, global private equity (PE) has had to navigate through booms and busts over the decades (see figure).
One industry particularly sensitive to a minimum wage is retailing.
Most of the distinguished leadership awards given out at the opening dinner of the SIA conference Wednesday night were to lawyers, compliance directors and other regulator-sensitive types in the industry.
Forbes talked to Newsom on Saturday about how, at a time when so many American cities are chasing Chinese investment, San Francisco pulled in those businesses, and why Chinese investment in the U.S. energy industry, a sensitive area where only five years ago the proposed purchase of Unocal (now part of Chevron) by Chinese state-run Cnooc ran into political turbulence, is now seemingly more welcomed.
Companies in the healthcare industry, which store sensitive patient information regulated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), also must face increased cyber security risks.
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Last, but hardly least, the high-technology sought by the Soviet Union for its energy industry lends itself to sensitive military applications, such as underwater sensors for anti-submarine warfare and other purposes.
The new machines, which Sunstar calls "NNS" for "new network system, " are priced about 50% higher than ordinary models, making them a challenging sell in an industry that is highly sensitive to costs and operates mainly in low-wage countries in Asia.
So sensitive is the SIA about the industry's bruised image that it coughed up an "Investors Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, " which includes such no-brainers as telling customers they have the right to quality service, full and clear reporting and prompt resolution of problems.
Many major industry groups within economically-sensitive sectors were priced for a recession at the end of 2011.
"The government of Pakistan will have to be sensitive to the survival of the domestic industry, " warned one analyst in Karachi.
Intel earns over 60% of its revenue from the PC market and thus is highly sensitive to any adverse development in the industry.
Finally, the marketplace in our industry has become increasingly cost sensitive.
Levy, who represents a group of lenders administered by a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. affiliate, argued that players in the financial industry typically do not disclose sensitive information associated with transactions because of competition concerns.
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The lawsuits come at a particularly sensitive time for Morgan Stanley and the brokerage industry which recently came through a separate pay-to-play scandal involving mutual funds.
The sound is captured on super sensitive recording equipment, the sort normally used in industry to test the strength of bridges or planes.
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Although it is unlikely that such political activity could have a significant effect on the average fan, in these sensitive economic times, these are considerations that sports industry leaders must take into account before making such contributions.
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For many in the conservation and development communities who worry about the environmental and social impacts of the extractive industry and who have looked at the challenges of operating in sensitive areas like the Niger Delta and northern Alaska, the news of gas companies coming to northern Mozambique is not entirely welcome.
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"There's no question that China is very sensitive to its image, " said Stanley Rosen, an expert on the Chinese film industry, and director of the East Asian Studies Center at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
The car rental industry, with its close ties to airline traffic and hotel bookings, is particularly sensitive to cross-border financial turmoil.
The approval came after years of negotiations with the GPS Industry Council, a trade group for GPS manufacturers, over concerns the new network would interfere with the sensitive receivers in GPS devices.
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