11.   Yet rents are also being pushed down because many companies are pressuring landlords.

12.   Another common practice is for companies to pressure women to quit when they marry.

13.   But whether the big drug companies pressure their national governments to bring a case in the WTO remains to be seen considering the sensitivity of the issue.

14.   Grain companies have been pressuring the USDA to take some of that land out of the program ahead of schedule because of tight U.S. and world grain supplies.

15.   U.S. banana companies are pressuring the European Union to levy higher tariffs against Caribbean fruit growers, who currently enjoy preferential access to the European market.

16.   Hence the US companies are pressuring their authorities to reach agreement with France quickly.