His method, simply put, was to use the words of insurance companies against them, with the hope of illustrating two realities: the reality of business marketing, where a pro-consumer position is desirable, and the reality of business economics, where a pro-consumer position might create a serious loss.
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But the 1992 Cable Act, far from being a misstep, as opponents suggest, is a model for pro-consumer, pro-competitive government intervention.
Justine Rivero is the Credit Advisor for Credit Karma, the pro-consumer credit advocate.
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This pro-consumer concept puts the console companies on a slippery slope toward doom.
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In that one short paragraph is powerful evidence that the merger the U.S. government is blocking would be pro-competitive and pro-consumer.
By stopping it, we undermine the inevitable, pro-consumer competitive responses to Google.
Well, Philly's officially disclosing some details of the deal, if you're so interested, and it looks like the provisions are pleasantly pro-consumer.
Instead the antitrust industry extracts concessions, promises and the like with pro-consumer, bureau-as-savior verbiage while in reality shoring up rivals and high-fiving the antitrust bar, probably over beers.
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Indeed, as has long been my argument when criticizing various industry practices, I believe that pro-consumer policies are good for the long term viability of video game companies.
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Before President Barack Obama nominated Mr. Curry as comptroller, he served two stints as the top Massachusetts banking regulator, and took pro-consumer positions as a director at the FDIC.
Justine Rivero is the Credit Advisor for CreditKarma.com, the pro-consumer credit advocate that helps more than 3 million consumers realize the everyday cost savings of having great credit health.
Meanwhile, Viacom has asserted that it'll vigorously defend the lawsuit, and maintains that its practice is "win-win and pro-consumer" in the sense that its niche networks are offered at discounts.
One of them argues that the search engine is anti-competition in the way that it favors its own offerings for various services, while another argues that the very format is pro-competition and pro-consumer.
In light of the toughening regulatory framework for product safety (pro-consumer changes to the general product safety laws are further along), they have asked the commission to add a defense based on regulatory compliance.
Justine Rivero is the Credit Advisor and resident Credit Rockstar for Credit Karma, the pro-consumer credit advocate that helps more than 2.6 million consumers realize the everyday cost savings of having great credit health.
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The iON Adventure is one of three cameras iON is unveiling at CES 2013 in its quest to deliver a full line of cameras tailored to meet the diverse needs of a broad range of pro and consumer users.
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It is simply pro-innovation and pro-consumer.
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Not exactly a pro-consumer orientation.
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Now, we need to support small, independent businesses through consumer spending and through pro-business policy initiatives the rest of the year, too.
"Other regulatory bodies are far stronger, far more pro-active and really do represent the consumer, " he said.
Apple certainly has a history of making consumer-focused tools for previously pro-only tasks.
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To that end, it announced a number of partnerships with big consumer brands, including InterContinental Hotel Group, Bass Pro Shops and Shell Oil.
Rather than focusing on geeky products for techies -- such as the Xserver and Mac Pro -- Del Prete says he's betting Steve Jobs will show off consumer-friendly products such as a freshened iPhone and a new version of the Apple TV set top box next week.
The LDP, a pro-American, pro-business consequence of the cold war, was undermined by two decades in which consumer interests and non-profit groups slowly mounted a challenge to its paternalism.
Soon after CH Products released the first consumer-level force feedback joystick, Microsoft came out with its own version: the SideWinder Force Feedback Pro.
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