As we wrote yesterday, the ad industry and consumer-focused privacy groups are attacking the bill from opposite directions.
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By then it will be time to focus short-term again on the next monthly economic reports, from the housing industry, consumer confidence, and employment reports.
Currently, for the last several months there have been a string of negative economic reports from the housing industry, consumer confidence, and slowing GDP growth.
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But even attendees of Wednesday's show who were receptive to the concept acknowledged that it's an uphill battle to change an industry or consumer behavior.
We already regulate the food industry for consumer safety and protection.
Mullin said that until the terror attacks the airline industry had consumer confidence and a great safety record with no airline fatalities in 1998 and 1999.
"This is a complicated area and we will discuss with the industry, consumer groups and the regulator in order to work through the detail, " Mr Hayes said.
As a result, a wide range of advocacy groups, from the nursing home industry to consumer groups such as the Center for Medicare Advocacy (CMA) are urging Medicare to revisit the observation rules.
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At the same time, the PC segment of the industry continues to take on characteristics of the home and consumer electronics industry, which favors enormous economies of scale and a focus on individual users and buyers.
In Q2 2010, Best Buy acknowledged declining TV sales driven primarily by weaker overall consumer demand in the TV industry as well as the consumer shift to online videos.
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Most tax industry organizations, consumer protection groups, IRS and others strongly embrace the goals of this initiative.
"In every other industry you have consumer protection laws that are state and local, " Mr. Hudson said.
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Ross Rubin is director of industry analysis for consumer technology at market research and analysis firm The NPD Group, .
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Ross Rubin is executive director of industry analysis for consumer technology at market research and analysis firm The NPD Group.
In an ironic twist, the outrage over the debit card fees may actually help the banking industry and encourage consumer financial literacy.
Despite the hypergrowth of the U.S. mobile industry and apparent consumer satisfaction (euphoria may be more appropriate), Crawford makes similar charges about wireless.
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Ross Rubin is director of industry analysis for consumer technology at market research and analysis firm The NPD Group and a contributing editor for LAPTOP.
The newcomers "are bringing marketing dollars and something very important to the industry--consumer awareness and legitimacy, " says Matthew Patsky, managing director of the investment bank Adams, Harkness and Hill.
Industry bodies and consumer groups have been invited to Westminster on Monday by Energy Secretary Chris Huhne to discuss ways in which consumers can save money on their bills.
It goes without saying that smartphones are now an integral part of the consumer electronics industry, and each January plenty of them are exhibited at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
John Engler, Dean Garfield and Gary Shapiro, the leaders, respectively, of the Business Roundtable, Information Technology Industry Council and Consumer Electronics Association, said to attract more investment, the United States needs a different legal regime.
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When coupled with progress in the housing industry and resilient consumer demand these are key elements in shaping the profile of aggregate demand and supply in the US as well as pinpointing the improved efficiency in the allocation of resources.
This is what real competition is all about and serves as a testimonial to the fact that government involvement in health care does not put the kibosh on free markets in medicine in the segments of the health care industry where a consumer driven approach can actually work.
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For example, the consumer industry accounts for nearly 15% of GDP but less than 5% of venture capital funding, yet according to a report by the Kaufmann Foundation, the leading authority on VC and angel investing returns, angel investments in consumer products companies have produced average returns of 3 .6x invested capital over 4.4 years.
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The giants of the consumer electronics industry exercised exceptional restraint in veering beyond established product categories at the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show back in January.
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Another customer in the consumer electronics industry was about to launch a surprise digital audio player.
All of this happened at the largest trade show for the consumer electronics industry last week.
The U.S. consumer electronics industry is battling a behemoth, escalating and unsustainable problem: product returns.
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As a trade reporter, my beat for many years was the consumer electronics industry.
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