Corporate activists are also pressing firms to shed underperforming assets.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has also been pressing firms to avoid the conflicts of interest that come when supposedly independent auditors are tempted to make compromises in reviewing a company's books rather than risk losing lucrative consulting contracts.
It is pressing firms not to invest in shale gas until further studies have been carried out into the effects of pumping chemicals underground to help release the gas trapped in shale rocks.
While Mr Spitzer has failed to achieve this, he is still pressing the firm for concessions.
A more nationalist anti-government movement known as the yellow-shirts remain encamped near parliament and had been pressing for firm action against Cambodia.
"Now the difference is only 15%." Andrew Essom, technical sales manager of HT Brigham, a metal-pressing firm, can see work returning from abroad.
In fact, while some House Democrats are still pressing for firmer caps on prices, Senators Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, and Gordon H. Smith, Republican of Oregon, withdrew a bill that would have placed strict price controls on electricity sold in Western markets.
The agreement comes as the I.R.S. is pressing accounting firms, investment houses and tax shelter boutiques for details about the transactions and who did them.
As the journey progressed I felt a light, but firm pressing against my left breast.
Thus the Europhobes went on pressing for a firm commitment against a single currency in the next Parliament through this winter long after Mr Major had said that he would not give way.
America and Japan have stood firm, pressing North Korea to give up its nuclear programmes (and, in Japan's case, to release more of the Japanese citizens abducted over the years by the Kim family regime) and withholding major aid until it does.
