Meanwhile, costs of expenses like labor, parking tickets and insurance have climbed.
Thousands more have been placed in lesser forms of detention, like labor camps, which does not require a trial, human rights groups say.
It is looking to expand into other types of law, like labor and employment, simultaneously moving down to serve smaller firms.
I think ultimately, it will have a bit of a negative effect, it will move us closer to an economic structure in terms of things like labor laws and social programs that looks a bit more like Western Europe.
In modern economics, the term "capital" has been purged of its ideological fire and is treated as just another "factor of production," which, like labor and land, earns a competitive rate of return based upon its productivity.
But the newest campaign takes aim not so much at consumers as at the boardrooms of big international companies, urging the most senior managers to consider the hazards of ignoring issues like labor rights, local land rights, the use of security forces to protect foreign installations and the dilemmas of operating under corrupt regimes or in war zones.
Should owners of 'new' land pay subak tax and carry other burdens of subak membership, like labor contributions and attending meetings?
The group, which formed in late 2010 at Mr. Cuomo's urging, functioned the past two years as a pre-emptive counterweight to possible critics of the governor, like labor unions seeking more money through the state's annual budget process.
Some optimists believe that short-distance trains in the Northeast and other densely populated corridors -- Southern California, Florida, parts of the Midwest and Texas -- could cover their operating expenses and possibly generate a profit if they were run by a private company freed of political constraints (like labor contracts dictated by Congress).
While he has been able to keep on top of perennial headaches like labor costs and capital investments, Mr. Neeleman said in a panel discussion last week at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan that soaring fuel prices caused by uncertainty over a potential war with Iraq were hurting his company, too.
