The railway company will not have any competition with private companies, yet they will face economic pressure.

Gathered into pension, investment, and hedge funds, shareholders can place considerable pressure on companies to extract dividends, using performance based bonuses to gain executive support for their preferred policies.

But, given the political sensitivities of foreign pressure on China, it is unclear how far Western governments will be able to go. That is where companies like Twitter come in.

Investors have used ethical grounds in the past excluding, say, tobacco companies or corporations abetting apartheid in South Africa and have been successful in generating pressure on the underlying stocks.

Reducing demographic pressure on forests.

In June 2011, a senior Eritrean Foreign Ministry official said that the United States government has applied pressure prohibiting companies from leasing aircraft to Eritrea.

A back pressure valve on the gas outlet to maintain a steady pressure in the vessel.

There was nevertheless increasing pressure on Morocco.

However, the pressure on staff is unsustainable.

The United States, in particular, put enormous pressure on Japan to take expansive policy measures to relieve the pressure on the international system.

Not surprisingly, investors have welcomed new strategic plans by both companies, as well as EDF s withdrawal from the US market the downward pressure on their share prices has eased, though for how long remains to be seen.

Two factors are intensifying the pressure on Sarkozy.

This will certainly put pressure on the government.

On the right and on the left , in companies ?

While Western firms investing in China must face the prospect of protest and criticism back home from pro Tibet campaigners, some companies are coming under pressure in China itself.

Many companies advertise their products on TV.

Keep the pressure on them. Support the peace process.

There is no agreement on a pressure lower limit.

Illegal activity can also put pressure on forest resources.

Given that investment banks can only attain high rates of return in a world with volatile asset prices and short term performance goals, companies pressure their managers to follow suit.

Russia's foreign ministry warned against putting pressure on Myanmar on June 8.

Fortunately, the outlook appears promising, with increased private sector confidence, rising capacity utilization, and an encouraging sales outlook for companies. Ongoing fiscal consolidation and thus strong pressure to keep a tight rein on the budget will, however, restrict public sector investment.

Big companies. Big companies.

Sound pressure level Sound pressure is the difference, in a given medium, between average local pressure and the pressure in the sound wave.

This potential is not lost on multinational companies.

In 2000, growing political pressure finally led to a consensus between the German government and energy companies, which agreed to limit the life span of nuclear power plants to 32 years.

European pressure on President Bashar al Assad s regime is intensifying.

The Armed Forces continued to exert pressure on the ELN.

Currently, pressure must be maintained on the parties in Abuja.

America will, of course, continue to put pressure on its allies, but democracy has a way of limiting the effectiveness of such pressure.

They should focus on the special problems of controlled companies and on the rules that would work best for protecting smaller investors in such companies.

Major companies are already seizing on water risk data.

Second, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) must screen investments in or acquisitions of US companies by foreign companies, including Chinese companies, for national security risks.

The pressure gradient between this region and the ambient pressure will propel matter toward the low pressure area.

Iranian authorities stepped up the pressure on Iranian media last week.

Reduced population growth means less pressure on land, water, and biodiversity.

The pressure on employment and household budgets is likely to persist.

This may put particular pressure on developing countries' domestic regulatory frameworks.

The amount of pressure on the tissue is based on the size of the area of the contact the smaller the point of pressure, the greater effect it will have on the tissue.

Restrictions are also put on using public utilities (transportation, buildings, public sector companies, as well as companies with government owned shares).

Pressure on China today to push up the value of the yuan against the dollar is eerily similar to the pressure on Japan 30 years ago to make the yen appreciate.

Some companies offer on site support for an extra premium.

Mixed' focuses on both commercial companies and non commercial organisations.

This has put immense pressure on Venezuela s dollar pegged currency, the bolívar.

Other judges and official bodies need to keep the pressure on Pinochet.