And they say, by the way Alex, that they weren't affected by the bad publicity.
And so I think, in effect, you know--there's a saying that no publicity is bad publicity.
All the same, an avalanche of bad publicity is about to hit the tobacco industry.
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Some actions taken by Hon Hai have worsened the bad publicity triggered by the suicide wave.
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So far, fracking has had bad publicity in Lancashire and in some US states.
The adage that no publicity is bad publicity is true most of the time.
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For its part, Vancl has faced a barrage of bad publicity over delayed deliveries and slowing sales.
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But it is also bad publicity for those who would seek to open up France's public sector.
Cutting corners and making poor decisions could crush a small business, whether through bad publicity or financially.
So far, the lure of more fee revenue has been more tempting than the threat of bad publicity.
Mr Blair seems happy to forgive Mr Cook his disastrous bout of bad publicity after evident domestic problems.
The current leading product, Elizabeth, is looking tired, and has suffered from the recent bout of bad publicity.
So, to avoid the risk of bad publicity, De Beers decided to market only those it dug up itself.
Chastened by all the bad publicity it received, Goldman curtailed pay during 2008-2009.
He said he doesn't understand why the NBA would want the bad publicity of taking a quarter-billion dollar public subsidy.
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Finally, after months of angry words and bad publicity, Republican leaders relented and brought back the old bipartisan ethics rules.
The airline at this point has become bad publicity for the United Breweriers beer brand of the same name, Kingfisher.
Nonstop bad publicity can and will erode a lot of the goodwill that JP Morgan has built up in the past.
Groupon for its part has no need for any bad publicity, particularly when it is said to be considering an IPO.
Van Assche blames a client who did not pay bills for the report, and said the bad publicity has crippled her firm.
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Other westerners also hold back, fearing the bad publicity that forced Talisman, a Canadian oil firm, to quit a few years ago.
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It seems as if a lot of bad publicity arrived on the pharma scene as a result of all the DTC ads.
The inventory became an environmental blacklist of companies, whose bad habits translated into bad publicity and in some cases lower stock prices.
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After all, unlike its new Russian partner, the consortium needed to secure loans from multilateral institutions and was sensitive to bad publicity.
But the Japanese donations have dried up as bad publicity and lawsuits have thinned the ranks and revenues of the faithful there.
Few of those issues matter, when the monster of bad publicity looms.
Number 5: Employees simply cannot be trusted and will likely say things in social networks that will become bad publicity for your company.
Until now, managerial timidity, a lingering belief in providing jobs for life and fear of bad publicity have kept these workers in jobs.
So after a while I unsubscribed, and that was the last I thought about Groupon until all the bad publicity started coming in.
Tiger Woods lost numerous sponsors in the aftermath of the bad publicity over his infidelities and subsequent divorce from Elin Nordegren.
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