Likewise, with a small initial consumer base, CO-OPs may struggle to obtain a large network of providers or remain financially sustainable.
He wants a small, separate, consumer-protection and competition ministry, with residual industry-related work done by the Treasury.
As a small example, most consumer headphones offer a frequency response somewhere in the region of 60 - 20, 000 kHz.
Earlier this year, in a Forbes issue focused on the burgeoning consumer genetic industry, I wrote a small piece on the possibility for surreptitious DNA testing, i.e. someone sending your genetic information to a DNA lab without your knowledge.
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Telemarketing is a scripted, single-call-close, almost always targeting a small-ticket, business to consumer (B2C) model.
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Wealthy people generally spend a small proportion of their income on consumer goods.
"It was ambitious for a small Israeli company to come into consumer electronics, build a brand and try to push it, " Kupervas emphasized.
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The device is part of Panasonic's nascent e-wear line, which focuses not only on looks but also on a small size for all types of consumer electronics devices.
These postage-stamp-sized bits of flash memory are quickly turning into a major force for consumer electronic devices that need lots of storage in a small space.
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Ten years later he was the first to receive permission from Brazil's central bank to introduce consumer credit, using a small finance company he bought that year.
The consumer asset backed securities market is a source of liquidity to financial institutions that provide federally guaranteed small business loans and consumer lending such as auto loans, student loans and credit cards.
He proposes that Japan should first set a target for the level of consumer prices, one that would rise over time to allow for a small positive inflation rate.
The case pits a small tobacco company, a wholesaler and a cigarette consumer against the state of Louisiana, accusing it of joining an anticompetitive scheme designed to keep cigarette prices high and competitors out of the market.
Chrysler capped off its best October in five years, with sales rising 10% despite the three-day disruption of Hurricane Sandy. (Ford, for example, despite estimating that the storm cost the industry 20, 000 to 25, 000 sales, reported a small sales increase.) With gas prices declining and consumer sentiment rising, experts expect automotive manufacturers to experience gains into 2013.
's head of consumer and small business banking, said in a recent interview.
In 2004 Scotts pulled the plug on Nature's Care, a small line of organic products it tested, because of lackluster consumer response.
Or that some of the most effective bank lobbying, for instance against a new consumer watchdog for financial products, has been by small community banks rather than Wall Street behemoths.
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The consumer space is a key market for 3D and small steps have been made in this space via hobbyists and model makers in arts and craft projects and self-employed designers.
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Thailand, for example, fueled by rising consumer demand for new technology, is in the midst of a small boom.
Krawcheck was let go last month 6 amid a major management restructuring at BofA. Joseph Price, president of consumer and small business banking, was also given the boot.
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In its twentieth annual "Trouble in Toyland" report released in November the consumer group singles out Mattel for putting a blanket warning that "small parts may be generated" on many of its toys.
With approximately 4, 700 company-operated stores in the United States and Mexico, 1, 500 wireless phone centers and approximately 1, 100 dealer and other outlets worldwide, there has to be a way for RadioShack to succeed in a market where small, mobile devices are rapidly becoming the most purchased and used consumer products in the world.
According to a 2009 study by consumer media research firm Borrell Associates, nearly 60% of small and medium-size businesses that deploy search-marketing budgets through resellers end up canceling their account within a year.
This has been the best approach with consumer cases where the individual harm is small, but egregious, so a class action was necessary to right this wrong.
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Mason Reay was the vice president of global consumer marketing and merchandising for Dell before becoming the CEO of Nuun, a small Seattle-based company that makes electrolyte mix tablets for runners and cyclists.
Comerica is a bank holding company with businesses that engage in corporate and consumer lending, mortgage loans, small business and individual banking, and mutual fund and annuity products.
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Idan Beck, CEO of Incident Technologies, said as more small hardware companies have grabbed consumer interest through Kickstarter, they are proving there's a market for newfangled devices.
Put it all together and Dell makes 38% of its gross profit in the consumer and small business division from "nonsystem revenues, " up from 31% a year ago.
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