Sentence examples for threatening businesses from inspiring English sources

The artillery was shelling the city indiscriminately, menacing civilians who had not fled and threatening businesses and homes.

And there is the deeply entrenched problem of widespread extortion -- gang members and criminals threatening businesses for cash or equipment.

THE computing industry has been transformed by open-source software, threatening business models while creating lucrative opportunities for some firms.

Europe's worsening sovereign debt crisis has spread beyond its banks and the spillover now threatens businesses on the Continent and around the world.

The Internet post by the government said the protesters blocked roads and threatened businesses, and so the government had to call in hundreds of riot police officers to intervene.

Finally, President Chavez has threatened businesses that raise prices with expropriation, and the GBRV's consumer protection agency has conducted a well-publicized campaign of "inspections" of businesses suspected of raising prices.

Arizona lawmakers have been increasingly active on the issue of immigration, moving National Guard troops to the border and passing a law that threatens businesses with the loss of licenses if they hire illegal immigrants.

Gov. George E. Pataki today accused H. Carl McCall of stepping beyond the pale of fair political comment when he said that the governor's aides had threatened businesses with the loss of state contracts if they gave to Mr. McCall's campaign.

Correction: September 24, 2003, Wednesday The About New York column on Saturday, about real estate pressures that threaten businesses on Mulberry Street in Little Italy, omitted a word in describing the dining experience at one of them, Paolucci's.

Western Isles councillor Donald Manford said high costs threatened businesses and was a cause of depopulation.

In Portland, the mayor eventually threatened businesses with fines if they failed to remove the ash from their parking lots.