11.   And when you spend that kind of money, you get into all kinds of activities affecting business.

12.   At others, executives insisted for months that the recent recession would not much affect their businesses but had already sold millions of shares.

13.   At others, executives insisted for months that the recent recession would not much affect their businesses.

14.   Beauchamp says the continuing Texas drought has affected her business this season.

15.   A number of other factors affect bridge business in cities like Dayton as well.

16.   Additionally, competing private delivery firms can and do lobby in Washington against rate changes that might adversely affect their business.

17.   Almost every piece of legislation going through the hands of Capitol Hill politicos affects small business in some way.

18.   Busskohl said the rise and fall of the dollar directly affects business.

19.   Businesses are also affected.

20.   But he adds it involves enough money and affects enough businesses to merit a fight.