Consumers need to be aware that many of these cards come with a higher interest rate.
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"Consumers need to be aware of what is going on, " says Curtis Arnold, founder of cardratings.com.
If there is anything we learned out of this crisis it was that consumers need to be protected.
Consumers need to be able to wander around the Web without getting mugged.
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And consumers need to be educated on such initiatives by the industry body to instill a sense of trust.
Consumers need to be careful, since many pet policies can be as confusing as coverage you buy for yourself.
With the increase in mobile malware, consumers need to be smarter in how they protect themselves and where they click.
Furthermore, lower-income consumers need to be made aware of the options available to them, ideally through coordinated outreach efforts by governments and private insurers.
More companies and consumers need to be aware of the use of engineered nanomaterials in foods and the potential unknown risks of this technology.
Everyone agrees that consumers need to be educated about the entirely new types of energy use data that can be created with Smart Grid technologies.
Given the public's distrust of so many players in the medical ecosystem, she says that consumers need to be allowed to keep any sensitive information they choose out of a network that shares data between hospitals or insurers.
But do consumers really need to be concerned about eating meat they buy at the grocery stores?
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Consumers would need to be able to borrow money from saved Bitcoin currency the same way that they currently do with US currency.
"With the advances in picture displays, consumers also need to be able to complement their viewing experience with high quality home theater products, " said Sunny Lee, Executive Vice President, Visual Display Business at Samsung Electronics.
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It has appeal for higher-end consumers, yet the need to be always online has enough drawbacks to make many hold off from purchasing the machine.
On the other hand, investors might have been soothed by the Fed's lack of deflationary talk: Alan Greenspan and his colleagues will not want to make companies and consumers more frightened than they need be.
We need to be where consumers are with products and services they want and expect.
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To the extent that consumers need additional protection, this should be left to neutral government agencies, such as the Federal Trade Commission, which is tasked with protecting the public from false advertising.
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The EC's Directorate General for Health and Consumers says existing laws are outdated and need to be changed.
And of course, things need to be at a price consumers can afford.
Consumers understand that banks need to make a profit to be sustainable.
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Because those are the questions consumers ask about their banks, and banks need to be able to provide not just answers, but believable answers.
In a world in which our electricity is delivered without the whirr of a wind turbine, we need to be more creative about getting consumers to pay attention to energy use.
Businesses and consumers need to pay very close attention to this issue, and be aware that the transition to IPv6 is key to the future health and growth of a robust global Internet.
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This is what consumers want: to be able to easily explain what their need is and then have a limited number of highly qualified professionals openly bid for the opportunity to get the work.
Brands need to be sincere in their approach when engaging with consumers.
Brands need to be prepared to accommodate this trend, as consumers will rely more and more upon screens to engage with brands and guide purchase decisions.
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