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Slower U.S. growth may reduce growth in oil demand in the second half of the year. We are seeing proof of reduced U.S. consumer confidence.
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Smart consumers should know what all the options are. Rick Steves
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Evidence suggests that many vulnerable consumers are paying more than 3% of income for water...this is a higher percentage of income than the government's own guidelines on what is right for them to pay.
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The largest retail sectors would be home improvement, consumer electronics, books, music, toys, office supplies. We describe anything that hurts when it falls on your foot.
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The key thing is to make sure the consumer doesn't start flagging,
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The Labor Department also noted that for 2005 consumer prices overall rose by the largest rate in five years, partly because of spiraling interest rates and energy prices. The CPI was up by 3.4% for the 12 months ending in December. However, taking out core numbers from food and energy, the number was up only 2.2%.
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The message is not to do away with fish in your diet. What's needed is a shift away from high-mercury species to those with much lower levels. That should be easy to do for most consumers if they had the right information.
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The merger will give us technology to enable consumers to interact with their physician and health plan.
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Their target consumer is really feeling the effects of the higher gas prices.
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The investor will be sensitive to any signs that the sharp spike in energy prices is going to derail the consumer sector, the overall economy and corporate profit growth in the fourth quarter.
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The Internet has really revolutionized travel and travel booking. Consumers are now able to find great deals at the last minute a lot easier.
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The Fed isn't going to get exited about inflation in the labor market. At this stage they are focusing on core inflation at the consumer level and growth. Certainly, the news lately on the growth side has been quite good.
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The fall in retail sector profits reflects the inability of many retailers to pass on cost increases in an environment of weak consumer spending.
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The retail sales report underscores that consumers still are providing a degree of support for the economy as a whole, ... It's somewhat encouraging to see that spending for big-ticket items remains on a positive swing.
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The retail sales number today reinforces the notion that the consumer hasn't fallen apart. Today's market is encouraging from the perspective that there is less of an Enron hangover.
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These outstanding sales increases demonstrate that consumers are responding positively to our better tasting food, new menu offerings, energetic, targeted marketing and improved operations and service.
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These numbers are in line with an economy we see as sluggish but still growing. Consumers are still willing to spend, even if they do have to dip into savings.
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This is legislation that consumers deserve if we are to help them and our economy defeat the growing menace of identity theft. Cliff Stearns
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Once the employment picture stabilizes, around midyear, we should see a more rapid and sustained recovery in consumer confidence.
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On balance, we think that consumers are more at risk today than they were in 1997 when we first examined privacy practices on the Web, Marc Rotenberg
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Not only are we getting the medicines back but we are doing some research about the types of medicines and the level of adherence by consumers and patients to their medicines. Mike Grant
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Not only are these fine wines presented in eco-friendly packaging, these smaller formats will give consumers the convenience and versatility in their wine drinking occasions.
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The new high-speed entertainment services offered via the Sprint Power Vision Network represents another key milestone in the development of consumer wireless services, ... Sprint already enjoys the highest revenue per retail subscriber in data-oriented services in the industry and will likely woo many more customers with these new, innovative services.
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A further rise (in the Nikkei) would need support from good fundamental news, such as corporate earnings or consumer spending.
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It's not a matter that you're penalized if you're five minutes late with a payment and your interest rate doubles or triples. It involves delinquencies serious enough to show up on your credit report. It means the consumer is exhibiting riskier credit behavior.
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It's not a yes or no that it will get scuttled, but the risk of its getting scuttled is up in the 60% to 70% range. In my opinion, there are several anticompetitive effects on consumers and I think there is a high risk that the DOJ will say Whirlpool will be able to raise prices and consumers won't have any choices.
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It's not a big drop. It's reflecting the fact that the economy has improved this year, but not enough that consumers are convinced things are sufficiently better.
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It's necessary to make the judgment calmly and objectively without any preconceived notions about whether the consumer price index excluding fresh food prices has stabilized at zero or above.
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It's really become a game of chicken, ... But to mix my metaphors, the consumer has also become trained like Pavlov's dog. He expects the pre-Christmas sales and deeper price cuts through the holidays. J. J. Johnson
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It's reassuring. It is true that the consumer is the only part of the economy that's keeping the expansion going right now.
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In a world were international public opinion is ignored and where high level diplomatic pressure has failed, Greenpeace hopes that consumers can once and for all demonstrate that there is no profit in whaling.
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In mobile devices, we have been making excellent progress in expanding and upgrading our product offering, which is the broadest in the market and caters to all relevant consumers and trade customers globally, Jorma Ollila
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In a normal seasonal environment, we would expect higher revenue, ... Our expectations have been tempered by the weak economy, and declines in consumer confidence.