Sentence examples for hobble commerce from inspiring English sources

In the past terrorists hit cities, sporting events, airlines and financial targets to not just kill and intimidate, but also to hobble commerce and travel.

If the proposed legislation passes, it would hobble BP's growth.

That would hurt not only Delphi but could hobble General Motors, the already-troubled Big Three automaker that once owned Delphi.

Their effort to amend the Fisa Amendments Act was ultimately unsuccessful – something they warned would hobble Congress' oversight functions.

That deal alone would have been enough to hobble Bank of America, but coupled with the questionable acquisition of Merrill Lynch, it nearly crippled the institution.

By now, the government's inquiry had gathered evidence that Microsoft had threatened Compaq, I.B.M. and Intel; essentially bribed America Online; and tried to hobble Sun Microsystems, among others -- all to protect the Windows monopoly.

If the court convicted Mr. Ackermann, he would almost certainly have to resign, which analysts say would hobble Deutsche Bank at a time of potentially seismic change in the banking industry.

Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, called the decision disappointing, saying it would "hobble Microsoft at a critical time in the development of our information-based economy" and "cripple a major technology innovator".

An overambitious route map would hobble Air Deccan.

The world's richest man told U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly that antitrust sanctions sought by nine states would not only hobble Microsoft and set its Windows operating system back a decade, but there'd be damaging consumers and the computer industry as a whole.

In obvious ways, Cashman's affliction became the perfect symbol for the hobbling Yankees.