1.   As the ordinances spread, business opposition and complaints about higher costs and patchwork regulation are on the rise.

2.   Bowing to business group opposition, Gov. Gray Davis vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have allowed employees to use family leave to care for a domestic partner.

3.   But a provision to do just that has triggered heavy business opposition to a health insurance reform bill that looked to be on its way to passage in Congress.

4.   But despite business opposition, most of these bills will probably be approved by the Legislature, both houses of which are controlled by Democrats.

5.   But in trying to minimize business opposition to the bill, House Democratic leaders have left some supporters of universal coverage deeply unhappy.

6.   The Americans With Disabilities Act, known as the ADA, was passed by strong bipartisan majorities over concerted business opposition.

7.   The tax-cut package was drafted by Republicans to try to soften business opposition to an increase in the minimum wage.

8.   Their warnings came during a discussion Monday organized by the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce to build business opposition to the proposed closing.

9.   Unlike the stock-option debate, where business opposition to the new rules was nearly universal, opinion is much more divided about merger accounting.