The Consumer Union, which owns Consumer Reports, is no stranger to legal battles with automakers over their ratings having survived previous controversies with Isuzu Motors, Suzuki Motor, and Mitsubishi Motors.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Consumer's Union support this measure, which combines opt-in and opt-out principles.
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In other overnight news, European Union consumer price inflation in July rose at a higher rate than expected, at a 1.8% annual rate.
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In other news, European Union consumer and business confidence declined in the latest month, in another sign the Euro zone economy is remains in the dumps.
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Consumers Union, Consumer Federation and other advocacy groups asked the Federal Trade Commission in September to help prevent gift card losses by requiring retailers to put money from card sales in a separate trust fund that would be affected by a bankruptcy.
The European Union's consumer protection commissioner is in China this week, and American officials will follow her next.
But these explanations have not stopped criticism of the profits and price rises from union leaders and consumer groups.
This fall, Consumers Union and other consumer groups asked Congress to look into whether consumers are getting gouged by the practice.
Privacy advocates, including the Consumer Federation of California, Consumers Union and the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, hope she's right.
But another poll, this one by the nonprofit Consumers Union, which publishes Consumer Reports, found that three-quarters of the people it surveyed were wrong about what they have to do to get ready by the time analog signals go off the air on Feb. 17, 2009.
America is thinking of creating a general consumer-privacy law and the European Union is updating its rules.
Other consumer-advocacy groups, including Consumers Union and the Center for Democracy and Technology, praised the bill, as did four big technology companies: Hewlett-Packard Co.
Demand for new passenger cars fell sharply across the European Union in May, reflecting weak consumer confidence in the wake of the financial crisis.
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Last week, Consumers Union, the advocacy arm of Consumer Reports, released a report on consumer attitudes to the overuse of antibiotics in agriculture.
The union wants wage increases tied to the Consumer Price Index, a federal government measure of inflation.
Eight years ago, the European Union established what seemed like far-reaching consumer protections, requiring that airlines compensate passengers for long delays and cancellations.
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On October 17th Eurostat, the European Union's statistical office, announced that consumer-price inflation in the Euro area had risen to a six-year high of 2.8% in the year to September.
That's led European Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding to call on the nations of the European Union to step up their enforcement efforts and to cooperate more on consumer protection issues.
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Fred has cultivated a clear perspective on the consumer Internet space throughout his tenure as a venture capitalist, and both he and Union Square remain attracted to a sector that seems to have fallen out of favor in the current venture community.
With Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. George W. Bush supporting the administration's position on that issue, Yokich said the union would consider endorsing a third party candidate such as Nader, the longtime consumer crusader who made his name by taking on General Motors who is carrying the banner for the Green Party in this year's race for the White House.
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Singapore's Overseas Union Bank (No. 116) plans a big push in both regional and consumer banking.
In economic news, the euro zone experienced deflation for the fifth consecutive month as consumer prices fell by 0.1% in October, according to Eurostat, the European Union's statistical agency.
The move has been welcomed by consumer groups, but some say charges are still too high when using a mobile phone outside the European Union.
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