The National Center on Elder Abuse has partnered with the Eldercare Locator to produce a consumer guide that is now available to help stem elder financial abuse.

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The advocacy group describes it as a consumer shoppers' guide to determine which types of produce pose the highest threat of pesticides.

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"Retailers are still trying to figure out what the heck it all means, but they know their customers are engrossed in digital commerce so they need to be there, " says Tom Furphy, a venture capitalist and former Amazon executive who played tour guide for a handful of executives from supermarkets and consumer-goods companies at a recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

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Key titles include the BBC's flagship news and current affairs programme, Newsnight, noted for its in-depth analysis and robust cross-examination of senior politicians (available within a week of the UK broadcast), as well as HARDTalk, Click (a popular technology magazine show covering news and developments in consumer technology), Fast Track and Talking Movies (a guide to the best in film, from the most recent Hollywood blockbusters to ground-breaking world cinema).

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Last December, Consumer Reports posted a step-by-step guide to buying a used car.

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If history is a guide, this could lead to cuts in consumer discretionary spending.

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If history can be a guide, we should probably expect the current consumer deleveraging cycle to continue for another 4 to 7 years.

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There will be the obvious booking fee revenue stream, of course, but in the process of offering consumers massively more information to guide travel decisions, Routehappy will also be building a completely unparalleled collection of consumer preference data.

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