21.   But many businesses say it is overly harsh in requiring expensive inventory reports for minimal risks.

22.   But the details provided by the companies will be available to the public, and businesses say that setting up a way to provide information will cost them.

23.   But the opposition is also driven by activist groups like Greenpeace, which European businesses say are overly zealous but impossible to ignore.

24.   Clinton and U.S. business said no -- and won.

25.   Contrary to what these businesses say, the government has not started delaying or withholding any payments because of this change.

26.   Executives at music and Internet businesses say this is the first time a well known, platinum-selling recording act has released a new album this way.

27.   Health advocates said the standards are needed to protect the public, but businesses said they would damage the economy.

28.   However, fewer businesses this month said they plan to increase spending on research and development or introduce new products.

29.   In at least two cases, the businesses say they even received apologetic letters from the IRS for not rescinding penalties and issuing the refunds sooner.

30.   In fact, many businesses say the US should do even more to match the salesmanship foreign governments employ to support their own corporations.