21.   A number of factors apparently conspired to hurt business.

22.   A technology consultant complained jury duty would hurt his business, making him incapable of giving the defendants a fair trial.

23.   According to this thesis, the Fed could make several rate increases before the interest rate level starts to hurt business.

24.   Advocates said it could hurt small businesses by discouraging them from offering telecommuting options and cost them millions of dollars.

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

26.   Allegations the company broke the law could hurt its business.

27.   But court papers and interviews suggest that by earlier this month, Harari was afraid of violence from the protesters and was concerned that they were hurting his business.

28.   But the actual impact of slower corporate spending has hurt each business to markedly different degrees.

29.   But the fires are just the most spectacular proof of a drought that is damaging crops and hurting business all over the South.

30.   But PC-makers say it could hurt their business if they have to wait much longer than that.