The new members' reliance on financial help is likely to put them at a disadvantage when it comes to dragging EU policy in their direction.
Enforced cuts in a country's wholesale prices serve only to put its operators at a disadvantage to their foreign rivals.
The result of denying access to the passport would be to put American funds at a distinct disadvantage to their local competitors in regards to fundraising efforts.
That concentration in education seems to put people at a financial disadvantage for the rest of their income-earning lives.
The current socio-economic status quo often seems to put younger generations at a disadvantage thereby perpetuating this societal frustration and angst.
But it had only five people selling to big companies, which put it at a crushing disadvantage to the giants.
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Bankers have lobbied strongly against the European bonus caps, claiming they will hamper their ability to hire talented staff and put them at a competitive disadvantage to their counterparts in the U.S. and elsewhere.
At the Deutsche Bank Aviation and Transportation Conference held recently, American Airlines denied seeking bankruptcy liquidation (Chapter 7) but did not rule out the possibility of seeking bankruptcy protection (Chapter 11) to reorganize its labor agreements that put it at a marked disadvantage to airline industry peers such as Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, US Airways and United Continental.
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Bank lobby groups will try to water down the consumer agency's powers and to persuade lawmakers that higher capital requirements will curb lending to hard-working Americans (and put the industry at a disadvantage to international rivals).
That would seem to put private-equity groups at a disadvantage.
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It is feared that forcing e-tailers to contend with more red tape than their offline counterparts have to deal with will put them at a disadvantage--distracting them from their business of selling.
"Having to redo the work so close to the exams will put them at a disadvantage compared with all the other schools in the country - they will have less time to concentrate on the rest of the GCSEs that they have to revise for, " she said.
Illiteracy rates are substantially higher among indigenous women (about 40%), due in part to entrenched cultural practices which often put the girl child at a disadvantage including less parental support to access education.
They are now complaining that their failure to secure an American-style rescue could put them at a disadvantage for instance, if American carriers discount transatlantic fares to grab market share.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was mulling rule changes that threatened to put its 212-year-old floor trading system at a severe disadvantage to electronic rivals.
They say a radical overhaul of the commission system in Britain makes little sense when America, the world's largest equity market, will continue with today's arrangements, soft commissions and all. (Softing is more generous and more widely used in America than in Britain.) To have a different commission system from international peers would put British fund managers at a disadvantage, or so say London money-men.
Many Republicans oppose the bill, arguing that it gives too much power to regulators and would force financial firms to scale back their size and put them at a disadvantage.
With so many research, manufacturing and technology jobs hanging in the balance, the U.S. must tread very carefully in negotiations to ensure our firms are not put at a competitive disadvantage.
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"Our intention is to keep New York businesses from being put at a competitive disadvantage, " he said.
Lawmakers also asked the CFPB to determine whether differences in the scores put consumers at a disadvantage.
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It would put American firms at a disadvantage to foreigners, especially the British and the Japanese, who retain the interest deductions.
Many retailers fear that passing on the fee would put them at a competitive disadvantage to other stores that may not impose the fee.
Because the euro-11 account for about half of Britain's exports, they fear that this will put them at a disadvantage relative to the euro zone, where exchange-rate risk will have disappeared.
It provocatively points out that the U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA), now set for passage by the U.S. Congress, will soon put Japan at a further disadvantage to its arch-rival, a situation which would only be remedial by accession to the TPP.
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Aside from the economic growth story, limited acquisition opportunities in the U.S. put Simon at a disadvantage relative to other large international mall REITs such as Australian property operator Westfield Group and France-based Unibail-Rodamco, which are focused on creating value through renewal of property.
At a time when unemployment remains high and economic growth is lagging, forcing banks to report interest paid to nonresident aliens would encourage the flight of capital overseas to jurisdictions without onerous reporting requirements, place unnecessary burdens on the American economy, put our financial system at a fundamental competitive disadvantage, and would restrict access to capital when our economy can least afford it.
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Allies of the Conservative chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, have signalled that green measures to curb climate change should not put British business at a competitive disadvantage.
Tommy Gallagher said it would have the practical effect of raising the price of quarried material and put Northern Ireland at a competitive disadvantage to the Republic of Ireland.
But what appears to be happening all too frequently is that prosecutors pursue cases that are flimsy or brazenly try to change the rules so that the accused is put at a disadvantage in the courtroom.
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