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Consumer Reports Ranks iPhone 5 Worst Top Smartphone
US News
In magazine's February smartphone rankings, the iPhone 5 doesn't fare well | Despite worldwide mayhem at Apple stores upon its release, rankings suggest the iPhone 5 fails to keep up with the pack. | Product review magazine Consumer Reports rates the iPhone 5 as the worst of the top smartphones avai...
Vivek Nayer , Senior Vice President , Marketing Automotive Division Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd during the launch of new Verito Car at City Hotel in Kolkata
(photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Sensex trading flat; Consumer durables, metal stocks lose shine
The Hindu
Indian equities, the Sensex and the Nifty, continued to trade in the red in the pre-noon session on Tuesday on weak global cues. | At 11.35 a.m., the 30-share BSE index Sensex was down 13.14 points (0.07 per cent) at 19,678.28 and the 50-share NSE index Nifty was down 9.5 points (0.16 per cent) at 5...
Japan consumer confidence worsens in December - govt
Reuters
| TOKYO, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Japanese consumer confidence worsened in December, a Cabinet Office survey showed on Wednesday, suggesting consumers remain cautious about the outlook for the economy. The survey's sentiment index for general households, w...
Australian consumer confidence edges up in Jan.
Xinhua
| SYDNEY, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Australian consumer confidence rose slightly in January after a fall of 4.1 percent in the previous month, a survey released on Wednesday by Westpac Banking Corp and the Melbourne Institute showed. | The Westpac Melbourn...
‘Social media, consumers are today’s advertising regulators’
DNA India
| Unusual is the business card of Josy Paul, chairman and chief creative officer of the Indian branch of BBDO, the global advertising major. It has neither office address nor landline telephone numbers. Even more surprising, it has his mobile number ...
Consumer Electronics Show highlights: HDTVs, smartphones & more
The Examiner
| In recent years, tablets and smartphones have reaped the premier highlights at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, where technology companies showcase their new and emerging products to the world. In contrast, innovation in hi...
Consumer confidence near-flat in January despite low rates
The Australian
| CONSUMER confidence barely rose in January, even after the central bank cut interest rates to the lowest level since the aftermath of the global financial crisis. | The Westpac Banking and Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment index rose ...
Consumer sentiment up slightly
Sydney Morning Herald
| AAP | Australian consumers started the new year with little enthusiasm as concern about the family budget outweighed positive sentiment about the state of the economy. | The Westpac Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment for January, relea...
Maruti Suzuki's Swift car-automobile-India.
WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam
Sensex closes up 242 points; supported by realty, technology indices
The Hindu
The Sensex and Nifty consolidated their early gains to close Monday's session on a high. While the Sensex ended the day up 242.77 points (1.23 per cent) at 19906.41, the Nifty clos...
Eggs - Food Prices - Inflation
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Egg prices up 40 per cent
The Daily Telegraph
Egg prices have rocketed by 40 per cent over the past year as the cost of non genetically modified feed soars and new welfare rules come in, a new report showed yesterday. | Egg pr...
US retail sales point to firmer consumer spending
Canberra Times
| US retail sales rose solidly in December as Americans shrugged off the threat of higher taxes and bought automobiles and a range of other goods, suggesting momentum in consumer spending as the year ended. | Other data on Tuesday showed inflation pr...
Consumers opened their wallets in December
Star Tribune
| WASHINGTON - U.S. consumers increased their spending at retail businesses in December, buying more autos, furniture and clothing. Steady job growth and lower gas prices kept consumers shopping for the holidays, despite worries about potential tax i...
Consumer death sparks beef lawsuit
Kansas City Star
| The family of Robert Danell, a Minnesota man with Down syndrome who died in 2010 after eating E. coli-contaminated beef, has filed suit against three beef companies and several retailers. | Danell’s story was first told in a series of articl...



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