The pay rise attracted criticism from various consumer groups, including the National Campaign for Water Justice.
Portfolio investors in Europe should concentrate on such areas as consumer staples, healthcare and banks.
Samsung promised to appeal against the decision describing it as "a loss for the American consumer".
Unemployment continues to rise and is bound to pressure consumer portfolios in the coming months.
Today, 79% of American households own digital cameras, according to the Consumer Electronics Association.
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Right now Motorola is having a bumpy time in its consumer-paging and cellular markets in Asia.
Consumer companies have an advantage in surveys like this, because people know their names.
KeyCorp employs 13.5% fewer people in consumer finance than it did at this time last year.
On a large scale, cheap fish is being substituted for expensive fish without the consumer knowing.
The International segment consists of retail sales of consumer products and subscriptions through internationally focused locations.
The company operates business through three segments: Business Services, Consumer Services and Wealth Management.
The Netherlands segment consists of the following sub segments: Consumer Mobile, Consumer Residential, Business, Corporate Market, NetCo.
Consumer organisation Which? is calling for a delay to the increase in fuel duty planned for January.
Milk Tray, which dates back to 1915, is continually being updated to reflect consumer tastes, he says.
Mr. IRA RHINEGOLD (Executive Director, National Association of Consumer Advocates): I'm actually pretty appalled by the backlash.
It's a testament to the consumer demand for these products and the value proposition they deliver viewers.
That just might deliver the kind of double-digit earnings growth that a consumer brands executive is accustomed to.
How do you create a consumer brand in a business ruled by dry specs like carats and megahertz?
After Shnider made a mint in the shrimp business, he started Farm 2 Market, his direct-to-consumer oyster company.
The consumer not only lacks for nothing, but also is paying down debt or building up personal savings.
Consumer groups or parents with evidence of games aggressively marketing in-game extras should contact the OFT, it said.
Rising consumer prices have been one of the biggest concerns for India's policymakers over the past two years.
"We fear a negative effect especially on the economies of consumer countries in terms of inflation, " he added.
Telecom spending is leveling off, more so than most other types of consumer expenditures.
The settlement ended an investigation by the office's Health Care Bureau that followed consumer complaints.
Another customer in the consumer electronics industry was about to launch a surprise digital audio player.
In fact, all technologically advanced consumer products started out as toys for the rich.
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The consumer group tracks the spending habits and behaviours of 2, 000 people every month.
Banks are also shifting their focus away from the mass market consumer toward the affluent.
Hastings says it appears that to the consumer Netflix really is complimentary to cable, satellite, telco.
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