1.   The increase will hurt small business and cost many thousands of jobs.

2.   Also, slowing consumer spending hurts small businesses, which tend to be financed primarily by domestic bank loans.

3.   Although the report was stronger than expected, higher rates threaten to boost mortgage rates and hurt business in coming quarters.

4.   Also, slow growth hurt small businesses, which tend to be financed primarily by bank loans.

5.   And most elected leaders are reluctant to enforce sales tax laws if they are seen as hurting certain businesses or cracking down on immigrants.

6.   And the council must protect the fishery even if that hurts business.

7.   And while Congress debates opening U.S. highways to Mexican trucks, truckers from both nations wonder if it will help or hurt their businesses.

8.   Anti-smoking groups, who have lobbied for years for regulations such as those proposed by OSHA, said the rules will not hurt business.

9.   Are these problems hurting the business?

10.   As in PCs, however, the printer business has been hurt by price cutting and a movement by consumers toward lower-priced products.