Coastal regulations make reclamation difficult, said Narinder Nayar, chairman of the business-sponsored Mumbai First.
"There is a growing expectation that it's going to be very difficult for Ken Livingstone, Andrew Hawkinss, chairman of the polling and research consultancy ComRes, said.
The current environment is particularly difficult though James Rothenberg, chairman of Harvard Management's board, said on Thursday that the endowment was up since the start of fiscal 2008.
"Before De Beers gave up its monopoly, the investment case was pretty difficult," said Peter Laib, chairman of the Swiss firm Diamond Asset Advisors, which is working with Harry Winston on a diamond fund.
"They're marketing anything they can find to market because we're living in a time where it's so competitive and difficult," said Michael Taylor, chairman of the film and television production division at the School of Cinematic Arts.
Georgia is now so hostile to Russia that working with it as a partner in the region is increasingly difficult, said Borut Grgic, chairman of the Institute for Strategic Studies in Ljubljana, Slovenia, an expert on Caspian energy infrastructure.
"How are we going to continue to work if on the Taliban side the conditions for working in Afghanistan become more difficult?" said Hans-Joachim Däerr, chairman of the Afghanistan Support Group, made up of 15 countries.
Of course, it would have been difficult for RNC Chairman Reince Priebus not to defend Harold when, just a few months earlier, the RNC had unveiled its "Growth and Opportunity Project", designed to attract more non-white, women and young voters to the party.
"We've had a difficult start," said chairman Eamonn McManus.
"The widening gap between the leagues makes the transition difficult," said Bolton chairman Phil Gartside.
