But casinos and businesses protested, as did Senator Harry Reid of Nevada.
The original proposal was nearly twice that, but was amended as a compromise measure after local businesses protested.
When most foreign businesses protested about nationalization of their assets when the new government was consolidating its power in the 1970s, for instance, Choi traveled to Hanoi with his father and tried another approach.
Read more on responses to the Indiana law here: Your guide to all the people and businesses protesting Indiana's 'religious freedom' law, NCAA, CEOs, Unions Deeply Concerned Over Indiana Religious Freedom Law, Seth Meyers takes on Gov. Pence's Religious Freedom' Law, 9 Ind.
SUNDAY BUSINESS Protesting the Iraq War After a week in which violence intensified in Iraq, protesters gathered across the nation and around the world to mark the third anniversary of the invasion.
Listen how loudly business protests at putting employees on remuneration committees.
Business protests have led to a delay in imposing the fee, but the threat still looms large.
Stephen Harvey, in his book "Directed by Vincente Minnelli," writes that "Martin Scorsese organized a petition signed by nearly every major director in the business protesting this shabby treatment of an artist of Minnelli's stature, and he arranged to have the broadside published in the trades".
But for many neighborhood businesses, the protest's end cannot come soon enough.
You report that US churches intend joining the United Church of Christ in divesting funds for Israeli businesses "in protest at treatment of Palestinians" (theguardian.com, 1 July).
