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Manchester City's Mario Balotelli, center, is congratulated by teammate David Silva after scoring with his shoulder against Norwich during their English Premier League soccer match at The Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011.
(photo: AP / Jon Super)
Mario Balotelli Eats £150k Curry: Man City Man Fined for Consuming Indian Meal
Caughtoffside
| Really? | Watch Chelsea v Man City Live Streaming | Mario Balotelli faces an eye-watering £150,000 fine – for breaking a club curfew to go for a midnight curry. | Balotelli stayed out until the early hours of Sunday morning enjoying an Indian meal with pals, less than 48 hours before tonight’...
Plastic bags were used for containing and transporting goods such as foods, produce, powders, ice, magazines, comic books, chemicals and waste.
(photo: WN / Priya Dashini)
Consumers give green light to plastic bag tax
Belfast Telegraph
An independent survey on the introduction of a levy on carrier bags has found broad approval of the scheme, it was claimed. | Market research company Millward Brown Ulster polled 200 businesses and over 1,000 adults on behalf of the Department of the Environment. | When asked about possible drawback...
Consumers turn gloomy - despite rate cuts
Sydney Morning Herald
| Consumer sentiment collapsed in December even as the Reserve Bank cut rates to boost confidence in the economy. | The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment fell 8.3 per cent in December, after a 6.3 per cent rise in November. The ...
Markets Live: Consumer gloom weighs on shares
Sydney Morning Herald
| Australian shares have extended their falls after consumer confidence took a big hit despite two rate cuts by the Reserve Bank. | 11.14am: The already weak dollar took another knock after the consumer confidence report, sliding back below parity to...
Consumers Voiceless On Health Insurance Exchange Board
Hartford Courant
| Why are there so few consumer advocates on the state board tasked with finding affordable medical insurance for the uninsured and small businesses? | That's the question being asked by Kevin Galvin, president of Small Business for a Healthy Connect...
Consumers urged to buy New Zealand pork these holidays
Scoop
Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 11:30 am | Press Release: New Zealand Pork | 14 December 2011 | NZPork ramps up message on Christmas Hams | Consumers urged to buy New Zealand pork these holidays | Christmas ham shoppers received a stern reminder from NZ...
UAE consumes more drugs than other Gulf countries
Khaleej Times
DUBAI - The UAE tops the list of Arab countries in the annual consumption of drugs, health officials said, adding that the drug market has increased from $1.56 billion in 2010 to $1.67 billion in 2011. | Officials said that the cost of drugs is one o...
Summary Box: Consumer spending supporting growth
my SA
| ECONOMY IMPROVES: Retail spending rose in November for the sixth straight month, as the crucial holiday shopping season got under way. Retail sales rose 0.2 percent, a more modest increase that the 0.6 percent rise in October compared with a year e...
Plastic bags were used for containing and transporting goods such as foods, produce, powders, ice, magazines, comic books, chemicals and waste.
WN / Priya Dashini
Consumers give green light to plastic bag tax
Belfast Telegraph
An independent survey on the introduction of a levy on carrier bags has found broad approval of the scheme, it was claimed. | Market research company Millward Brown Ulster polled 2...
A bowl of Froot Loops cereal was often featured on the television show All in the Family as a favorite cereal of Archie Bunker.
Creative Commons / Evan-Amos
Study: Some Cereals For Kids Contain More Sugar Than A Twinkie
The Consumerist
| You wouldn't feed your kids Twinkies for breakfast (right?), so the news that some cereals aimed at kids have more sugar than those processed yellow bits of foam food is a bit di...
HOWARD DAVIDOWITZ: Consumers Are In TERRIBLE Shape...And It's Going To Get Worse!
Business Insider
| Weak data on November retail sales and an earnings miss from Best Buy on Tuesday poured ice-cold water on the whole "strong holiday shopping season" meme. | All the upbeat commentary about Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the like was always specious...
Consumer spending drove Texas economy upward
The Business Review
Houston Business Journal Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 1:16pm CST Related: Related News | A recent uptick in consumer spending in Texas during November has helped the state’s economy remain stable while other global markets have been negatively...
Starwatch Consumer | Production halted on presidential dollar coin
Kansas City Star
| The presidential dollar coin is falling victim to Washington's cost cutting efforts. The Obama administration is stopping nearly all production of the coins, which carry the likeness of every deceased President. The effort will save taxpayers $50 m...



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