Stocks gain on rise in consumer spending Newsday A positive report on U.S. consumer spending helped push stocks mostly higher Friday for the first time in three days. | The gains were modest as investors continued to cut their holdings in biotechnology stocks, some of the best performing names of 2013. | Instead, the stocks that advanced the most ...
P&G; bets on new, expensive razor to attract consumers - WSJ Reuters April 18 (Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Co is planning to offer a new kind of razor, with a swiveling ball hinge and a pricey tag, to move forward with its strategy to push premium products, according to the Wall Street Journal on Friday . | The world'...
Big banks lend to corporations over consumers CNN By Stephen Gandel, senior editor April 18, 2014: 5:00 AM ET | Lending was up in the first quarter, but that jump has hidden the fact that individuals are still having a tough time getting loans. | FORTUNE -- Consumers are still getting crunched. | I...
Expedia report: Consumers looking for longer, more expensive trips this summer Business Journal Further Reading | CNBC | Rebecca Troyer Managing Editor- Triangle Business Journal Email | Twitter | Consumers are searching for more extensive and expensive vacations during the summer 2014, according to online travel booking site Expedi...
Cac Secures $30.5 Million For Consumers The Gleaner THE CONSUMER Affairs Commission (CAC) has reported that it has secured $30.5 million on behalf of aggrieved consumers during the 2013/14 financial year. | It also settled 1,229 of the 1,499 complaints received, representing an 82 per cent resolution ...
New Zealanders consume mystery drugs Stuff Drug users are playing a potentially fatal game of snorting mystery white powders. | The Global Drug Survey 2014, conducted in partnership with Fairfax Media, found that of the 5646 New Zealand participants, 5.3 per cent had in the past year sno...
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Here's Why Tablets Are So Critical For E-Commerce Sales Business Insider Smartphones garners far more headlines than tablets, but among e-commerce retailers, the tablet is where a lot more attention needs to be focused. | Tablets are where consumers do ...
New General Mills privacy policy prevents consumers from filing lawsuits Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | If you think you might file a lawsuit against General Mills at some point -- say for nearly choking on a bit of plastic that made its way into your Cheerios or Progresso soup -- you better not have used coupons to buy General Mills products, visite...
How your green business can encourage consumers to recycle The Examiner Nearly three-quarters (72%) of consumers consistently recycle in the home, but only about half do so in rooms beyond the kitchen. That’s just one of a number of interesting findings in the 2014 Cone Communications Recycling in the Home Survey, in p...
