So while the tasks and expectations of the SEC have increased greatly under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act its resources have not kept pace.
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In China, in particular, there is a sense that Apple products benefit from Chinese manufacturing resources and consumer eagerness, and that this carries a price in a country that wants to build out its own innovative, consumer electronics industry.
More spending on the military left fewer resources for the consumer economy.
There are ways to enhance consumer protections without limiting the ability of banking regulators to use their considerable resources and powers over banks to directly enforce consumer compliance in banks.
The guidance was produced in consultation with food manufacturers, supermarkets, trade associations, consumer groups and the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP).
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These educational reforms are crucial if Thailand is to attract the kind of foreign investment that boosts its productivity, rather than just extracting the country's resources and tapping its consumer markets.
That puts the consumer back in charge of health care resources.
Many Westerners believe Japan has no choice but to convert to a market-based capitalist system, one which allocates resources to maximize efficiency, consumer welfare and profits.
That is, it came out of nowhere, provided actual new resources and if anything caused consumer prices to go down as a result of cheaper gas bills.
Foreign investors are showing a strong interest in the country's economic potential, not only for its natural resources but also for its consumer base of 60 million people.
Samsung has invested a great deal of resources in branding itself as a fashionable consumer electronics brand.
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The marshaling of those resources will only occur if the US consumer base begins to show significant interest in the game on television.
My approach reflected years of experience within Citi, where I wore numerous hats, from running our consumer bank in New York City to leading human resources.
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That translates to pinpointing an eclectic collection assembled from the best resources with the finest value proposition for the consumer.
Working collaboratively across state lines and international borders to fight human and drug trafficking, money laundering and consumer fraud is a far better use of law enforcement resources than arresting landscapers and nannies.
One has to do with the acquisition of resources to feed the Chinese industrial machine and its growing consumer market.
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But compared to the resources available to Elizabeth Warren, the architect of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Schapiro is living large with her regulatory budget.
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Deeper shifts will also be necessary: a strengthening of consumer society in China, for example, and a reallocation of resources towards tradable goods and services in Britain and America.
In the early 1990s the company squandered enormous resources and billions of dollars on a series of failed consumer products like the Newton PDA. Its efforts to do everything itself, building capabilities as varied as cutting-edge hardware development and volume manufacturing, led to huge losses and massive layoffs.
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This means that we are using our beef resources more efficiently, which also means that we can meet consumer demands with lower prices and fewer cattle.
In a market-based economy, scarce resources seek profit and are allocated to sectors of the economy where consumer demand is high and there are potential profits.
During the eighties, I saw this phenomenon in broadcasting, gaming casinos, natural resources, department stores, banking and finance as well as technology and consumer non-durables.
At the outset of that time, the United States redirected the massive industrial resources it had built up to win the biggest war in history into a consumer economy.
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China is the lead consumer of Brazilian soybeans and iron ore, not to mention a new foreign direct investor in Brazilian natural resources and infrastructure.
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Today's deal gives Cisco broader reach into the very small office and consumer markets, while Linksys gets access to Cisco's large customers and its greater distribution and financial resources.
Instead, it provides economic resources to people (and some businesses) that then show up in other GDP components such as consumer spending and private investment.
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For a list of resources to sell or just donate unwanted electronics, check out digitaltips.org, a site from the Consumer Electronics Association.
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