But as a consumer: I kinda hope it does.
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He thought as marketer but also as a consumer.
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In an interview, the boss was particularly high on the company's imaging and printing business, not just as a cash-spewing consumer business, but as a sophisticated, computation-driven resource for big companies, much like the plans Cisco Systems has for intelligent routers and EMC is planning for storage systems that actively manage how documents are used.
In an interview, the boss was particularly high on the company's imaging and printing business, not just as a cash-spewing consumer business, but as a sophisticated, computation-driven resource for big companies, much like the plans Cisco Systems (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) has for intelligent routers and EMC (nyse: EMC - news - people ) is planning for storage systems that actively manage how documents are used.
Just in the last month it shot up to 80, 000 which indicates to me that you know it may not be a large group of people but we view ourselves as sort of a consumer advocate for voters and it shows that some people are interested in finding out what's true and what's not.
Pandit has experience running a complex investment bank, but little background as the chief of a global consumer operation.
My interest in data-driven products is not just as a consumer but as a creator.
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Next came the Android app store that is accessible via the Internet with wireless devices running the Android OS. It has been fairly successful, but Android is still perceived as a consumer operating system and most of the applications are designed with consumers in mind.
More price-conscious consumers may also like Apple's eMac line, originally introduced as an educational computer but now sold as a bargain-priced (for Apple) consumer machine.
Not only do I fly a lot, all around the world, but I have long covered aviation and consumer travel topics as a journalist, and I used to be an elite United customer before they totally ruined the travel experience.
Verizon Wireless does offer its phones without a contract as well, but requires the consumer to pay the full price of the phone upfront.
Microsoft originally developed its Explorer Web browser as a separate consumer item, but then it decided to include--or bundle--the browser in Windows in 1995.
Steve Jobs is unanimously hailed as a consumer technology visionary, but the world is only starting to see the extent of the impact he will have on the world of enterprise software.
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They began as a form not of exploitation, but of consumer protection.
Weak consumption has been a drag on consumer stocks, but as the economy starts to go up over the next 12 months, consumption-related stocks will recover.
Gallup will not reveal all of its clients, but its survey included giants such as Best Buy, a consumer-electronics retailer, Columbia Healthcare and Carlson, a large marketing group.
But the data roaming order could now be seen as a powerful consumer protection, reducing the potential harm of subtracting one competitor from the market.
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But a Consumer Reports analysis found that the FDA was as likely to warn about manufacturing issues at a brand-name drug factory as a generic one, Dr. Santa says.
In my story, I threw Xbox into the Windows division (treating as an operating system with a consumer tie), but separated the Web stuff.
Mr. Williams has been cutting back on retailers as a result of recent headwinds on the consumer, but says there are plenty of opportunities among retail stocks.
Talk of the newspaper selling out its integrity was spurred not only by the supposedly coincidental resignation of the paper's editor, Shelby Coffey, but also by the appointment of a former head of consumer marketing as general manager for news.
He observed that higher levels of ROE work as a screening criterion for technology and consumer discretionary stocks, but not well for financial and utility stocks.
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But the company has ambitions to become a player in the consumer market as well, and Huawei executives appear to be using the same low-price strategy to win over smartphone buyers.
But one consumer experts says, even if there is a will - as the credit crunch bites - there may not be a way.
The German yield curve initially steepened following a higher than forecast reading of consumer prices during March, but as selling picked up around the periphery of the Eurozone, even the inflation-sensitive two year schatz reversed course sending yields lower along the yield horizon.
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But an embryonic plan to create a super-regulator for consumer products, such as mortgages, credit cards and mutual funds, is already encountering stiff opposition.
The Greens attempted to meet the standard by persuading Ralph Nader, a famous consumer advocate, to run as their presidential candidate, but he failed to get enough votes.
But issues such as privacy or consumer protection that could undermine support for e-commerce need a different answer, albeit one that draws on laws and policies developed in the offline world.
But there is a very real sense in which a consumer bank should not really be regarded as a financial institution at all.
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Microsoft has invested heavily in its Bing search engine but that has not yet made a significant difference as Microsoft tries to compete with Google and Facebook for consumer mindshare.
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