1.   Amgen announced in August that changes in Medicare reimbursement rules will hurt second-half sales.

2.   Brady bonds fell as investors sold bonds with low credit ratings in anticipation that rising U.S. interest rates will hurt those securities the most.

3.   Burtless said he now favors increasing the minimum because it would benefit far more people than it would hurt.

4.   That will hurt construction companies the most.

5.   The withdrawal from share sales now will hurt government finances no matter who wins in June.

6.   Across Egypt and the Mideast, Arabs have opposed strikes they worry will hurt ordinary Muslims like themselves.

7.   The move will hurt this U.S. Commonwealth, which has the lowest per capita income in the United States, said Housing Secretary Ana Carmen Alemany.

8.   Those who worry the award will hurt their reputations can have it rescinded, but most get a kick out it, Abrahams said.