Activists cannot possibly take aim at all foreign businesses in China, so most firms are unlikely to be specifically targeted or suffer reputational damage.

It is hard to argue that the British system performed any more effectively than the American, so the single regulator movement has suffered reputational damage.

The cost and damage is significant.

(a) damage means significant damage caused to persons, property or the environment and includes

The collateral damage for EU foreign policy is also significant.

Those areas of the financial sector that have suffered the most reputational damage are the ones least subject to regulation and supervision the derivatives market, hedge funds and private equity funds, and the ratings agencies.

To impose strict liability in respect of all significant damage therefore seemed very sweeping.

The violence resulted in a significant number of deaths, arson and damage to property.

If protecting against hoaxes is not the market s purview, can news agencies or new media entities like Twitter prevent such deception? To be sure, they have suffered reputational damage from this fiasco and will likely try to improve.

Climate change in Venezuela, in particular heavy rains, have caused significant damage to its rich architecture.

In 2007, Hurricane Dean caused significant damage to the agricultural sector as well as the country's infrastructure, especially roads.

Late last year we experienced devastation from a series of earthquakes which inflicted significant damage on our fragile infrastructure.

For the big companies, it's reputational risk, but more importantly, they don't care what the price of commodities is.

As in these cases, the collateral damage to Greece of a euro exit will be significant, but it can be contained.

Jamaica lies in the hurricane belt of the Atlantic Ocean and because of this, the island sometimes suffers significant storm damage.

When coastal areas were not heavily inhabited, such storms, while violent, did not cause significant, lasting damage to people s livelihoods and lifestyles.

Some delegations noted that the threshold of significant in the definition of damage was unnecessary and not consistent with several liability regimes.

The intensification of rice production with inefficient application of pesticides has caused significant damage to agro biodiversity and resulted in environmental pollution.

After all, financial crises are directly linked to significant output declines and unemployment spikes and, equally important, they often severely damage social cohesion.

Objects of intermediate size can cause significant damage when they hit the Earth at random intervals of tens, hundreds or thousands of years.

The cost and damage is significant. Yet there is a disturbing lack of research to show what policy options have worked in the region.

But, while banks undoubtedly have the capacity to inflict serious damage on economies and livelihoods, a well run financial system can offer significant benefits.

A significant sovereign debt restructuring there would bring down European banks and potentially damage US banks as well as financial institutions around the world.

In World War II, the city again suffered significant damage, and was occupied by Nazi Germany from 19 September 1941 to 6 November 1943.

According to Iraq, even in areas of significant damage, complete recovery could be expected within five years, if the pressure of overgrazing was removed.

The meager professional rewards for breadth, coupled with the inaccuracy and reputational risk associated with forecasting, leads to disengagement for most academics.

A threat to kill, causing health damage or causing significant damage to or destroying property, if there is reason to fear the realisation of such a threat, is punishable by a pecuniary punishment or up to one year of imprisonment.

In 1992, Hurricane Andrew caused significant damage at the Turkey Point nuclear power plant on Biscayne Bay, Florida, but, fortunately, not to any critical systems.

Then, on 11 May, a Katyusha rocket fired from the vicinity of Naqoura in Lebanon landed in the Israeli town of Shelomi, causing significant property damage.

During World War II, the city again suffered significant damage, but quickly recovered in the post war years, remaining the third largest city of the Soviet Union.

While aimed at reducing long term environmental damage, cap and trade policies could produce significant harmful economic effects in the near term that would continue into the future.

In the view of the Panel, such a large increase in the numbers of refugees and livestock would have caused significant environmental damage to Jordan's rangeland and wildlife habitats.

Moreover, the devaluation of the reputational benefit of being a party to the ICSID encourages countries to leave the system, as Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela have recently done.

Of course, vaccinations can have some side effects, such as a rash, fatigue, headache, or a fever. But claims that significant, permanent damage resulting from vaccines is widespread are entirely unfounded.

In the port city of Călăraşi, a recently opened hotel was flooded on Monday, April 17, causing significant damage to the building and leading to the evacuation of tens of tourists.

Forest health and vitality. In many parts of the world where damage to forests from air pollution has been a significant problem, measures taken to reduce industrial emissions have been beneficial.

Although such impacts happen very infrequently, even objects smaller than several kilometres in diameter cause significant damage when they hit the Earth at random intervals of hundreds or thousands of years.

It is also one of a handful of countries that have achieved significant results in recovering from the deep damage of prolonged conflict by rebuilding government and establishing the rule of law.

The Atlantic hurricane season in 2004 and its early start in 2005 caused significant loss of life and damage to property in the Caribbean, where the most vulnerable were the hardest hit.

(d) Moral damage

Compensation for damage

The view was also expressed that the definition of significant damage should be elaborated further to take into account the differences in political, social economic and security realities among States and regions which might connote that what is significant in one State or region might not necessarily be so in another.

European universities, recognizing the reputational gains associated with ERC grants, have started to compete for them, leading to greater awareness of the need to nurture the talented younger researchers in their midst.

Costs and economic damage

They are investing reputational, financial, organizational, and other resources in a man who promises to hire competent advisers and free the city and eventually the country from endemic corruption and abuse of power.