Mr. Raju, the service station owner, said the increase in credit card use had hurt him since he had to pay three cents on the dollar for each credit card purchase.
Many writers viewed McGwire's silence as a tacit admission that he had used steroids, which has hurt his chances of being elected.
Heidi Larson, an anthropologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine who analyzes local support for vaccines in different countries, believes the C.I.A.'s use of Dr. Afridi has hurt the polio drive more than the Pakistan government or the eradication campaign itself will admit.
Rare morphs can fetch astonishingly high prices, sometimes more than $20,000.The recession, however, has hurt what used to be a lucrative hobby.
Chetan Sharma, an independent telecommunications analyst, points to one instance in which the growing popularity of using mobile applications to communicate has hurt a wireless company.
"It's definitely has hurt the business aspect for people that use it as a business".
Still, competition has hurt.
