"The consumer is still in there slugging away, " Ken Mayland of ClearView Economics in Ohio told Reuters.

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ClearView Audio will be announcing the company's new products at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 8-11, 2013.

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In other words, ClearView Energy Partners still thinks that between 24, 000 megawatts and 40, 000 megawatts of coal-fired electric power will get retired by 2016.

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Cablevision is the 8th largest cable provider in the U.S. In addition to AMC, it also owns the Sundance Channel, IFC Entertainment, Clearview Cinemas, and Newsday.

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Cablevision also owns and operates Clearview Cinemas.

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