1.   Businesses were suffering from the snow even in the deep South.

2.   Small businesses have suffered financially during the recession.

3.   Business is suffering because of the feeble economy.

4.   The mail order business suffered from the lack of recruitment by the banks and the decline of the Banking Certificate market.

5.   Much of the print works and offices were destroyed and two nearby businesses suffered smoke damage.

6.   Almost all Internet businesses have suffered since the Nasdaq stock market peaked last March and investors became wary of technology companies.

7.   Among the hardest hit companies were many major technology companies whose businesses are suffering the most with the glut.

8.   And even though online content businesses have suffered financially, millions of readers have coalesced around a number of high-quality sites.

9.   Back in Tangjin, shopkeepers and restaurant owners and pool-hall managers complained that their businesses had suffered drastically.