First swine flu took its toll on the film industry, delaying premieres in Mexico.
MicroUnity's plans unraveled, however, when the cable industry delayed investments in interactive technologies.
United's on-time performance plunged to the worst in the industry; delays and cancellations hit record levels.
Conversely, the ransoms mean higher insurance premiums for the rattled shipping industry, delays for customers as more ships choose the longer passage around the Cape of Good Hope, lower revenues for the Suez Canal, and for the oil markets yet another variable to work into already volatile prices.
Intense lobbying by the chemical industry delayed the release of the Report on Carcinogens for years, Gardiner Harris reports in The New York Times.
This is a brilliant piece of legislative jujitsu that takes the looming nightmare of industry delaying tactics and turns it into major opportunity.
They were overruled by colleagues concerned about the cost of adding those benefits, and critics in the private disability insurance industry, delaying its passage for an additional two decades.
That support from the countryside may be imperiled, however, as the protracted crisis in the capital has taken its toll on the functioning of government and industry, delaying the agricultural subsidies to some rice producers for the last few months.
In the fast-paced fashion industry, delays can translate into canceled orders or shortened time on store shelves — a big threat to Nature USA's business, President Mike Farid said.
And while broadcasters are unlikely to exercise any such self-restraint regarding commercial deals, there are thoughts that an ongoing government review of the gambling industry, delayed for the election, may lead to a crackdown on advertising, as has just happened in Australia.
