Energy dependability is also a factor in scaring off businesses.
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The coronavirus outbreak isn't scaring off all event planners, however.
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Is the "Trump effect" scaring off international tourists from the U.S.?
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Those images were scaring off tourists, the economic lifeblood of the city.
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Panhandlers were taking over sidewalks, clogging busy intersections and scaring off tourists.
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And as a business, can we talk taboo without scaring off brand partners?
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But his growing control of monetary policy is also scaring off foreign investors.
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" He added that his "biggest fear" would be "scaring off that new person.
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Such hostility will undermine Saudi's economic ambition by scaring off valuable investment and skills.
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After reporting a third straight quarter of bad earnings, Snap is scaring off some investors.
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Investigating them had the effect of scaring off other Eritreans who might have come forward.
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The books and films have been too afraid of scaring off our hard-won allies.
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The result was a motion-detecting squirt gun, capable of sensing and scaring off the invaders.
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After scaring off the bears initially, one returned multiple times and tried to challenge the family.
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Regulations are scaring off money sending projects because they were written for a more barbaric age.
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And it is drafting plans to increase its domestic share of manufacturing without scaring off foreigners.
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Cruyff would never work as a manager again, scaring off potential employers with his endless demands.
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From reminders to buy aftershave to scaring off bandits, the classic Christmas movie got a 2018 twist.
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The place is so serious about living its truth that it may be scaring off some families.
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Despite their growing popularity, the conversions can be complex, time-consuming and expensive, scaring off some developers.
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" He accused Odeh of scaring off shoppers from the market: "Not even one Jew was here today!
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Some people in turn criticized AOC for denying people jobs, and ostensibly scaring off the tech industry.
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He quit, setting the stage for months of political instability and scaring off potential investors in Monte dei Paschi.
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Trained by Jake, she veers into profanity in an upper-middle-class Christian home, scaring off a potential mark.
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The electric carmaker's record level of cash burn so far does not seem to be scaring off bond buyers.
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More recently it has experienced a terrorist attack at a group of hotels, scaring off potential tourists and businesses.
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Stricter requirements have succeeded in scaring off prospective sponsors, many of whom are undocumented themselves or who have undocumented relatives.
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After scaring off the wolf with her gun, she gives birth on the floor of the mansion, beside the fireplace.
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From an alleged rodent problem to dirty restrooms, the conditions are scaring off customers and harming his business, Germanatta says.
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SoftBank runs the risk of scaring off future founders, but a bigger one of WeWork blowing up Vision Fund 2.
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Though marginalised, the legislature had been scaring off foreign investors by threatening to withhold approval of joint ventures and other deals.
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The attacks have increased in scale and frequency, scaring off tourists and hurting the economy, which relies heavily on tourism revenues.
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The party's Brexit policy has been built on placating the former, who are more numerous, while not scaring off the latter.
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Zvooq also says the move by Yandex coincided with its plans for a major transaction, scaring off potential investors or acquirers.
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Mr. Piñera accused her government of scaring off investors, deepening the public debt and sending Chile's economy on a downward spiral.
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This is intended to offset increasing wages instead of charging extra on menus upfront and scaring off consumers, according to the WSJ.
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After the female passed, both the male and joey stood guard over the body, scaring off any other animals who came near.
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The Chinese authorities seem to have succeeded in scaring off the retail investment crowd that swarmed into commodities in March and April.
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The goal, an agent involved in the attack later told investigators, was to disrupt the Games by scaring off athletes and visitors.
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And, btw, all that controversy over Lizzo's assless outfit at the Lakers game this week ... it's not scaring off the Hilfiger brand.
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Blake depicts a shining, golden church scaring off its weeping congregation, only to be desecrated by a vile serpent tearing through it.
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There are signs that Musk's outbursts during a critical period for the company could be scaring off some of the biggest fund managers.
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Senior university officials want to appease a vocal minority of student activists while not scaring off future applicants or upsetting boards of trustees.
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But the way Slack facilitates procrastination and low-value socializing that could interfere with actually getting work done might be scaring off customers.
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Blowing up boats may have made Ms. Pudjiastuti the most beloved Indonesian cabinet minister, but the shock tactics were scaring off foreign investors.
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Last year, Mexican Navy patrols succeeded in scaring off the totoaba poachers by day, forcing them to haul in their nets at night.
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His solution to the problem of making cities walkable again and avoiding all that crime and traffic that was scaring off the public?
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Its purpose with hindsight was to put a floor under prices by scaring off speculative short-sellers building up positions on the Shanghai market.
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The main reason is that supply is shifting towards more potent and dangerous drugs, scaring off would-be dabblers while imperiling hard-core users.
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And pollsters believe the violence at his rallies — not to mention his ongoing misogynistic rhetoric — may be scaring off Republican and independent female voters.
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I was part of one such organization and I know that if there's more collaboration it will really help in scaring off potential hackers.
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It's there between the lines, but the movie could have easily struck that note just a little louder without scaring off any test screening audiences.
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The escalating protests, which have shut government offices, blocked roads and disrupted business, is taking a toll of the citys economy and scaring off tourists.
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Shia LaBeouf's arrest and heated exchanges with protesters aren't scaring off the museum hosting his web cam ... but it has a warning for the actor.
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Reddit user JasonsKetoAccount caught footage over the weekend of his pet duck Felix scaring off a hawk who'd attempted to prey on Felix's chicken friend.
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Sure, there's also a chance of scaring off your real-life Mr. Darcy if you wear the look IRL, but frankly, who gives a damn?
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The escalating protests, which have shut government offices, blocked roads and disrupted business, is taking a toll of the city's economy and scaring off tourists.
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Figuring out how to slash emissions further without either scaring off economic development or hampering the pace of housing construction is a challenge, she admits.
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Opponents of the rent freeze say the policy could worsen Germany's housing crisis by scaring off real estate investors eager to build in urban centres.
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A highly visible and obvious security camera is often the most effective deterrent to crime, scaring off a perpetrator before they commit an illegal act.
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This results in many other byproducts of hydro development including unsafe ice for transportation, habitat destruction, and the scaring off of animals for hunting and trapping.
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He has freed himself to engage in ill-fated confrontations abroad that dilute Saudi power, exposing the kingdom to greater military threats and scaring off investors.
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They are also scaring off anyone who might so much as give a lift or a bottle of water to a woman joining the wrong protest.
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Several candidates, including then-Senator Hillary Clinton of New York, were torn between pleasing their core voters and scaring off swing voters in a general election.
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When Euphrates isn't scaring off criminals, she enjoys chewing on a 4 x 4 fence post and eating up to eight cups of dog food a day.
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Other ways of scaring off a coyote include banging pots and pans, throwing small objects near (not at) the animal or spraying a hose by the coyote.
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Dr. Levi thinks that this Eastern coyote has exacerbated the Lyme problem by killing or scaring off another rodent predator — the fox — without reducing the deer population.
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The reimposition of U.S. sanctions has put pressure on the Iranian economy, scaring off some foreign investors even as European powers try to salvage the 2015 pact.
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It's been a brutal quarter for Facebook At least its swifter user growth rates show Facebook survived its biggest ever data breach without scaring off too many people.
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Beijing and its local allies had been convinced that the protest movement had antagonized the public by blocking roads and rail lines and scaring off shoppers and tourists.
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The Manchester bombing isn't scaring off Ariana Grande's fans -- most of them have claimed seats for this weekend's One Love benefit show ... despite the underhanded efforts of fakers.
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That has slowed down a promised boon for the Iranian economy, scaring off foreign investors and making it difficult for Iranian banks to forge links with the outside world.
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But survivors in West Africa say they feel a particularly immense fear — of shaming their families, of scaring off potential husbands, of taking on the region's most powerful institutions.
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Protests against the city's government and China are erupting almost daily, disrupting business, scaring off tourists and threatening to tarnish Hong Kong's international reputation as a stable financial hub.
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I think a Democrat running with a sunny, positive message about the benefits of the energy transition could pick up intense climate voters without scaring off the center-right.
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That vagueness allowed the base to understand it one way without scaring off moderates, while making it difficult for opponents to poke holes in a plan that didn't exist.
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But that leaves an opening: A populist party like Alternative for Germany can indulge those ideas just enough to excite its supporters without scaring off larger groups of voters.
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Egypt had roughly $36 billion in reserves before its 2011 uprising ushered in a period of political turmoil, scaring off tourists and foreign investors, key sources of hard currency.
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Iran's oil exports are becoming harder to measure as ships switch off tracking systems, oil industry sources say, adding uncertainty over how far U.S. sanctions are scaring off buyers.
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The country had roughly $36 billion in reserves before its 2011 uprising ushered in a period of political turmoil, scaring off tourists and foreign investors, key sources of hard currency.
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After scaring off a young crook (and, impressively, shooting himself in the gut and remaining unwounded) Luke sees Black Mariah go in the doors with Chico's backpack full of money.
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Until then, the contraceptive app space will remain limited, creeping forward amongst women on the hunt for something different, and ideally scaring off those looking for an easy magic bullet.
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Ms Lightfoot has no experience in handling a big bureaucracy, managing the aldermen she promises to confront or coming up with smart ideas for raising revenues without scaring off taxpayers.
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Bob McNair's "inmates" comments could serve as free agent repellent ... scaring off top NFL players who simply don't want to play for the Houston Texans owner ... so says Kenny Smith.
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The burning of forests has become hugely contentious, partly because if can send a heavy haze over other parts of Southeast Asia, raising fears about health and scaring off tourists.
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Venezuela took over operations from Exxon Mobil and other oil companies, scaring off foreign companies, and the government's subsequent mismanagement of its oil industry has contributed to its economic crisis.
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Glencore's control and knowledge of actual coal output in Australia and the influence this has on derivatives contracts means it is difficult for outsiders to predict price movements, scaring off traders.
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"If that cost goes up, then it may be yet another factor scaring off private capital from showing up in some countries where we all agree it needs to," Hammer said.
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The dead-fowl tradition is sort of silly, but it does hark back to the good old days when people thought about shooting in terms of sport and scaring off burglars.
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The international outrage over the killing has amplified those challenges by scaring off many of the foreign partners Crown Prince Mohammed is counting on to help carry out his ambitious reforms.
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Raids on printing offices, legal threats against mayors, and violent police actions had the dual effect of motivating those committed to a "yes" vote and scaring off voters opposed to independence.
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The 2017 forecast means Malaysia should have its fastest growth since 2014, after which a crash in commodity prices slowed exports and the ringgit currency weakened sharply, scaring off foreign investors.
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"We just didn't think they would only want beer," said one waiter at a upscale eatery in central Moscow who asked not to be identified for fear of scaring off future customers.
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There's speculation that this is because there are significantly more men than women on the site, and AdultFriendFinder would likely be worried about scaring off newcomers with the whole male-heavy vibe.
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There's speculation that this is because there are significantly more men than women on the site, and AdultFriendFinder would likely be worried about scaring off newcomers with the whole "sausage party" vibe.
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SCARING OFF THE BEARS A grouping of 2000 Chinese smelters pledged to cut a collective 26,233 tonnes of production this year at an industry meeting in the city of Xian last week.
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Background sources tell TechCrunch that Match's suit puts pressure on Bumble to accept the acquisition while potentially scaring off bidders and investors wary of Bumble's prospects if the patent infringement suit drags on.
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And on the other side, you find well-known corporations with established business models, five-year sales plans and processes tailored for incremental product improvements to avoid scaring off a loyal customer base.
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Iran argued that other sanctions — such as those linked to human rights, terrorism and missile development — were scaring off potential investors and banks who feared any business with Iran would lead to punishment.
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But Twitter, which is based in San Francisco, has been skittish about making major changes to the service, seemingly paralyzed at the thought of scaring off any members of its loyal fan base.
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Iran argued that other sanctions — such as those linked to human rights, terrorism, and missile development — were scaring off potential investors and banks who feared any business with Iran would lead to punishment.
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Coming from the cable TV industry may help Stern hammer out deals that will give Apple's TV service top content while not scaring off executives who still fear Apple's control over the industry.
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UChicago's dean of admissions, James Nondorf, told the Post that "testing is not the be-all and the end-all," and that he doesn't want "one little test score ... scaring off" worthy applicants.
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She said media reports and Lombardy officials, who have been criticized for inflating the threat by over-testing, are making the problem seem worse than it is and are scaring off potential clients.
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For the IRS, another workplace already plagued by staffing and funding shortages, former officials and union leaders warn that the government is both at risk of losing skilled workers and scaring off prospective hires.
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And my immediate audience was the frothing, pissed-off commentariat of former weekend editor Ian Spiegelman, who'd inspired a following as devoted to memorializing his run as they were to scaring off new weekend writers.
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The PQ has traditionally trod a careful line between keeping the dream of independence alive and scaring off voters who want to stay in Canada or have simply had enough of the debate over secession.
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Rusal and Deripaska were included on a U.S. sanctions blacklist this month, scaring off many of its customers, suppliers and creditors who fear they too could be hit by sanctions through association with the company.
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That transatlantic spat, and the subsequent evolution of medical device certification around the world, are part of a wider global struggle by governments to attract businesses seeking light-touch regulation without scaring off their voters.
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In between snacking and sampling new produce, stock up on woven baskets, bird cages and bottles of colorful potions for various purposes, including attracting money, scaring off spirits, securing good luck and raising the dead.
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Eight years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers triggered a global banking meltdown, Europe's banks are estimated to have about 3 trillion euros in problem loans (NPL), crimping their ability to lend and scaring off investors.
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Sliding commodity and oil prices, worries about the Chinese economy and uncertainty about U.S. interest rates made for wobbly markets in January and February, scaring off traders, investors and companies hoping to list on stock exchanges.
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While North Korea's missile tests and threats understandably grab the headlines, China has also made several moves in recent years in hopes of scaring off or at least diminishing America's longstanding military footprint in the region.
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Sliding commodity and oil prices, worries about the Chinese economy and uncertainty about U.S. interest rates led to volatile markets in January and February, scaring off traders, investors and companies hoping to list on stock exchanges.
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This meant designing the game with both audiences in mind; Snowman couldn't make Odyssey too similar for fear of scaring off existing fans, but they also couldn't make it so complex that newcomers would be scared off.
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The chief executive officer of Allergan said his company would limit annual price increases on its prescription drugs, and that "outlier" drugmakers that have imposed huge price increases on their products were scaring off venture capital investors.
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Many luxury brands have seen their sales plummet in France since November's deadly attacks in Paris, with the Brussels and Nice killings further scaring off tourists, who in Europe represent more than half of luxury brands' sales.
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Some senior members of his Republicans party, most often allies of former president Nicolas Sarkozy, have accused him of being too tough and have asked him to soften his program to avoid scaring off low-income voters.
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While Trump said the new measures are designed to help Cuba's small but growing private business sector, they could have the impact of scaring off American visitors confused by the growing complexity of travel to the island.
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Pragmatists warn of the dangers of identity politics and emphasize a more traditional mix of working- and middle-class appeals, hoping to avoid scaring off older, white Americans, who tend to vote at a more steady clip.
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Sessions is effectively scaring off the more legitimate actors — people who would create systems that keep marijuana away from children, educate consumers on safe and responsible use, and prevent revenue from falling into the hands of cartels.
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As real-life immigrants are detained and murdered every day, it would be easy to make a game that falls short of the horrifying realities of immigrants in the United States for fear of scaring off players.
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While the economy was shaky due to structural issues and the ongoing US-China trade war, protests may have pushed it over the edge, with the unrest seeing shops close, paralyzing public transport and scaring off tourists.
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The widespread expectation was that the question would stoke fear among unauthorized immigrants and their family members, scaring off millions of mostly Latino residents from responding, and meaning states where those residents are concentrated will be undercounted.
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Adding the question, critics say, would result in minorities being undercounted by scaring off even legal residents or naturalized citizens from completing the decennial questionnaire, which is also used to determine funding for an array of government programs.
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Perhaps his stiffest test will be to push through land expropriation, as promised, to address racial disparities in ownership - while keeping the left wing of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) on board and not scaring off investors.
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It seems, though, that the lure of world-class perks and big opportunities isn't scaring off the average job hunter — more than 546 million of whom are scouring the job and networking site for their next dream gig.
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It is an image Duterte has himself cultivated with boasts of scaring off and shooting criminals, making him the target of rights groups and rival candidates who accuse him of sanctioning hundreds of extrajudicial killings on his watch.
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Syria's own war since 2011 has aggravated those rifts, while cutting off much of Lebanon's overland trade and scaring off the mostly Sunni Muslim Gulf tourists, who feared the growing power of the heavily armed Shi'ite Hezbollah movement.
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There is also the related unknown of whether his outbursts and erratic nature are scaring off some voters who otherwise might be inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt if they feel good about the economy.
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The fear is that the question could result in minorities being undercounted by scaring off even legal residents or naturalized citizens from completing the decennial questionnaire, which is also used to determine funding for an array of government programs.
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In that case, the party's turn to Trumpism will have won out among the young who still call themselves Republicans, but at the expense of scaring off many young voters who might have called themselves Republicans in another time.
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Such an order would be unprecedented, but any attempt to secure it could succeed in tying up his testimony in legal limbo and scaring off Republican moderates wary of letting the trial drag on when its outcome appears clear.
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ISLAMABAD, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Pakistan risks scaring off investment from global energy giants eyeing one of Asia's fastest-growing energy markets if it pursues renegotiation of contracts for two liquefied natural gas terminals, an architect of its energy policy said.
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - A plunge in world oil prices and resulting market turmoil has thrust Latin American governments into the unenviable position of trying to shore up their economies without blowing a hole in their budgets or scaring off international investors.
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Some police chiefs and sheriffs in liberal-leaning areas have argued that their agencies must distance themselves from ICE to avoid scaring off immigrant residents who may be more reluctant to serve as witnesses or come forward to report crimes.
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But then he demonstrates his super tech skills, scaring off Triad gangsters who kidnap them and charging Nga-Yee exactly the amount in her savings account, which he just happens to know, before sending her out for won tons, of course.
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Screenshot: Mark Hough (Facebook)If you're still trying to figure out your Fourth of July plans, consider taking a cue from this calm snuggle beast who recently took a dip in a Jacuzzi in Altadena, California shortly after scaring off the owner.
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MANILA (Reuters) - Chinese regulators appear to have successfully popped a mini-bubble for now in steel and other commodity futures, scaring off speculators who piled in last month to drive steep gains in the prices of raw materials from coal to cotton.
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After a night that included scaring off the make-believe sharks hiding in son Cooper's crib, Keifer Thompson has just finished making a breakfast of eggs and peaches for his little guy and pouring a hot cup of coffee for wife Shawna.
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"That's what men like: women who are easy to love," writes Suzanne Venker, a family and marriage author, intent on teaching "alpha" women how to embrace their femininity and stop scaring off men, who are "alpha by nature," supposedly due to testosterone.
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Manufacturers may try to continue to sneak the labels onto products as a means of scaring off consumers from making fixes on their own, but in most cases you can rest assured that your warranty will be intact with or without the sticker.[Motherboard]
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Few big party hitters have traveled down to Alabama to campaign for Jones -- though it's possible that could be as much about not scaring off mainstream Republicans who deserted Moore as a lukewarm assessment of his chances in a state where the GOP has a stranglehold on power.
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READ: Bernie and Bloomberg battle over whose weed plan is the dankest Klobuchar, by comparison, has tailored her campaign to the moderate lane, making the argument that Democrats just can't win in places like the Midwest by running to the left for fear of scaring off moderate swing voters.
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But even if the Justice Department didn't go that far, these types of prosecutions could have a chilling effect — signaling to other states that they can't legalize pot without risking federal enforcement, and perhaps scaring off other businesses from launching their own pot operations in states where marijuana is already legal.
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The president's trip to Paris this week has raised questions about the existence of "Jim," a City-of-Light-loving friend whom Trump referenced repeatedly on the campaign trail and who seemed to serve as a cautionary tale that leaders must be tough on terrorism or risk scaring off tourists.
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But the firm's major blind spot — perhaps because Cerberus leader and Trump pal Stephen Feinberg is a recreational shooter — was that one of its weapons could be used in a mass murder, thus scaring off the sorts of large institutional investors needed to pull off that type of public offering.
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Rather than focus on building walls to keep out low-level operators and scaring off global corporations because of their supposed effect on increased housing prices in New York City, both the Republican leadership and the new-look Democrats should instead keep their eye on the real green deal — money laundering.
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She links a study in the 1980s that found that female flight attendants required to smile nonstop at passengers were unable to relate emotionally to their families to "The Rules" (1995), that cornerstone of modern courtship that advised women to ignore their feelings for fear of scaring off eligible men.
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Yesterday, Google announced it would rename its four-year-old smartwatch operating system from Android Wear to Wear OS. Ostensibly, the purpose of this rebranding is to prevent scaring off iPhone owners from purchasing smartwatches running Android Wear, which for a long time has supported pairing with both Android and iOS devices.
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In a bid to revive its fortunes, the Chinese solar technology company has been seeking a strategic investor for the past six months, but it has now decided to enlist one of China's oldest investment banks to help it as its uncertain financial future is scaring off investors, one of the sources said.
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And there is no sign that the furor is scaring off investment: Amazon is reportedly wavering in its commitment to open a complex for thousands of workers in New York, where the internet giant has faced opposition, but it has sent no signals about backing out of expansion plans in Northern Virginia.
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For the first time in seven years, New York City officials expect the number of foreign visitors to decrease, a drop they attribute to the protectionist policies and rhetoric of President Trump — saying that those moves are scaring off many of the visitors who have helped fuel the city's robust growth since the last recession.
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With the support of Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the chamber, and Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, a leading liberal voice on the issue, Democrats believe all but one or two of their members would vote yes, but they are holding back public endorsement to avoid scaring off Republicans.
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Both are explicit fighters, while Mr. Buttigieg, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and some others warn that Democrats risk scaring off voters by relying too heavily on pugnacious oratory, and by emphasizing the need to transform America rather than focusing simply on ending the Trump presidency and restoring the country to some semblance of normalcy.
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Google's Smartwatch Program Is a Mess, and a Name Change Won't Fix ThatImage: GoogleGoogle recently announced it would rename its four-year-old smartwatch operating system from Android Wear to Wear OS. Ostensibly, the purpose of this rebranding is to prevent scaring off iPhone owners from purchasing smartwatches running Android Wear, which for a long time has supported pairing with both Android and iOS devices.
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As the season draws to a close — there are now just two episodes left — we are seeing both Elena and Lila try to make the best of their situations via what seems to be the only possible solution in a world dominated by violent men: finding a man who is dumber than they are and manipulating him into scaring off the most dangerous aggressors.
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Its tents currently hold 2,349 mostly Central American boys and girls between the ages of 13 and 17 — more people than are held in all but one of the country's 204 federal prisons, according to AP. While Health and Human Services works to find family members to care for the children instead of keeping them in shelters, some advocates worry that reports of ICE arresting immigrants who came forward to do so are scaring off other caretakers.
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