Be firm without hostility: Knowing that a passive aggressive person won't fight back, but can clam up, give you the cold shoulder, tell you whatever you want to hear, or burst into tears and run away, don't show anger.
CLSA, a broker, complains that Japanese firms "express hostility to reforms".
While N.A.S.D. executives predict the deal will pass a membership vote easily, some small brokerage firms expressed hostility to the offering in a conference call.
And though N.A.S.D. executives predict that the deal will pass a membership vote easily, a handful of small brokerage firms expressed hostility to the offering in a conference call yesterday.
The rules may have been tweaked to make it more attractive for private-equity firms to invest in American banks, for example, but Douglas Landy of Allen & Overy, a law firm, expects continuing hostility to the idea of non-banks owning banks.
Using these "softening" techniques can backfire if you do it too often, however - make a firm statement without hostility every so often to prevent losing credibility.
It would suit neither firm to open hostilities.
His wife once worked for a small Asian-run manufacturing firm where she incurred hostility, and was excluded from the kitchen, when she declined to say what her caste background was.
The organizers -- chiefly Ms. Khan; her husband, the imam of a mosque in the financial district; and a young real-estate investor born in New York -- did not hire a public-relations firm until after the hostility exploded in May.
An Indian worker employed by a contractor to Roshan was kidnapped and executed in Kandahar last April, but the circumstances of the crime do not indicate any general hostility towards the firm, insists Mr Khoja.Roshan has prospered despite its stated refusal to bribe, a scruple that Mr Khoja hints is not shared by all his competitors.
The problems of the banks, the government's disrespect for contracts and hostility to foreign firms discourage big private investments.Inevitably, the pace of recovery is slowing.
