1.   Anyone who attempts to start a small business in Russia will encounter extortion demands from the mafia, so there is no incentive for entrepreneurship.

2.   The company passed the extortion demand, penned in oddly formal, misspelled Spanish, to Colombian military intelligence.

3.   The government has accused them of telephoning and faxing their extortion demands from that hotel room.

4.   The presence of the rebels has always borne an economic cost in the form of defense spending and security costs for companies seeking to avoid kidnapping and extortion demands.

5.   The suit contends that Stillman made several attempts to gain a monetary settlement from the network, calling them extortion demands.

6.   Whitacre had never taken the call, and had never received any such extortion demands.

7.   Also in Manipur, several candidates received extortion demands from separatists fighting for independence for the Naga ethnic group, said A.A. Siddiqui, the state police chief.

8.   Creditcards.com said it immediately contacted the FBI and adopted a policy of refusing to cooperate with hackers or meet extortion demands.

9.   Creditcards.com said it responded by immediately adopting a policy of refusing to cooperate with hackers or meet extortion demands.

10.   In suburban Seattle, three teens-agers were rescued after being kidnapped and extortion demands were made.