Consumer and some commercial printers are designed for low-volume, short-turnaround print jobs ; requiring virtually no setup time to achieve a hard copy of a given document.

In Virginia State Pharmacy Board v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council,, the Court overruled Valentine and ruled that commercial speech was entitled to First Amendment protection:

Consumer wire recorders were marketed for home entertainment or as an inexpensive substitute for commercial office dictation recorders, but the development of consumer magnetic tape recorders starting in 1948 quickly drove wire recorders from the market.

Consumer protection laws seek to regulate certain aspects of the commercial relationship between consumers and business, such as by requiring minimum standards of product quality, requiring the disclosure of certain details about a product or service ( e. g., with regard to cost, or implied warranty ), prohibiting misleading advertising, or prescribing financial compensation for product liability.

At a July 13, 2004, Senate Banking Committee hearing on the effects of the GLBA five years after passage, the Legislative Director of the Consumer Federation cited Roger Ferguson ’ s 2003 speech and stated the “ extravagant promises ” of universal banking had “ proven to be mostly hype .” He noted that advocates of repealing Sections 20 and 32 had said “ anks, securities firms, and insurance companies would merge into financial services supermarkets ” and, after five years, some mergers had occurred “ but mostly within the banking industry, not across sectors .” Within the banking industry, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan testified to Congress in 2004 that commercial bank consolidation had “ slowed sharply in the past five years .”

Consumer privacy concerns date back to the first commercial couriers and bankers, who in every culture took strong measures to protect customer privacy, but also in every culture tended to be subject to very harsh punitive measures for failures to keep a customer's information private.

According to the figures of the Society for Consumer Research is Wetzlar one of the most attractive commercial locations in Germany.

The five specialty journals are the Environmental and Energy Law and Policy Journal ( environmental law, energy law ; founded in 2005 ), the Houston Business and Tax Law Journal ( business law, tax law ; founded in 2001 ), the Houston Journal of Health Law and Policy ( health care law ), the Houston Journal of International Law ( international law ), and the Journal of Consumer & Commercial Law ( commercial law ).

Under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations ( secondary legislation, passed under the European Communities Act 1972 ), regulation 5 states that a commercial practice is misleading ...

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The previous Acts on commercial credit provided no mechanism to regulate and enforce the rules, and the Consumer Credit Act's licensing system was the first major regulatory process within British consumer credit law.

Consumer equipment, and in particular compact audio cassette recorders have the bias set at a compromise level ( usually a little higher ) to give good frequency response and acceptably low distortion.

* Consumer equipment: barcode scanner, printer, CD / DVD / Blu-ray devices, remote control devices

Consumer electronics ( abbreviated CE ) are electronic equipment intended for everyday use, most often in entertainment, communications and office productivity.

*- Digital TV Consumer test reports-UK Government-funded website to help consumers choose the equipment needed to switch to digital television

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Pacific Telesis later licensed the Pacific Bell name to Thomson Consumer Electronics, who also produced telephone equipment for GE.

* Digital TV Consumer test reports-UK Government-funded website to help consumers choose the equipment needed to switch to digital television.

Consumer audio equipment often features VU meters, either because they are useful ( basically in sound recording equipment ), or just for their looks.

Exergaming came to the mass media attention at the Consumer Electronics Show when Bill Gates showcased the Exertris Interactive Gaming Bike in 2003, and the following year the same show hosted a pavilion dedicated to video game technology that also worked as sports and exercise equipment.

American Bell Consumer Products was created on January 1, 1983 as a unit of American Bell, Inc., upon declaration by the Modification of Final Judgment that American Telephone & Telegraph ( AT & T ) had to sell equipment to the public through an entirely separate subsidiary.

American Bell Consumer Products sold terminal equipment traditionally available through the Bell System, such as the Trimline telephone.

AT & T Consumer Products ceased operations of AT & T Phone Centers in 1995, deciding to simply focus on leasing equipment and on sales at department stores.

In 2000, Lucent opted to reorganize its equipment units, spinning off its Networks Systems unit as Avaya, and selling off its Consumer Products unit.

Kaplan is an enthusiast of high-end audio and video equipment, and has reported from the Consumer Electronics Show on new technologies in this area, as well as penning shopping-advice columns on what sorts of new TVs offer the best value.

Consumer perceptions about generic brands differ widely.

Due to the acquisition of the Atari Consumer Division by Jack Tramiel in 1984, a number of planned peripherals for the system were canceled.

Throughout 2010 and 2011 a number of authorities around the world including the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the Bank of Namibia and the Central Bank of Lesotho have declared TVI Express to be a pyramid scheme.

Australia's telecommunications market was formally opened to full competition in July 1997, with removal of restrictions on the number of licensed operators and anti-competition mechanisms ( replaced by general competition law under the oversight of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ).

Wyden voted against the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, a Republican effort to restrict the number of class actions suits against businesses and the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, a bipartisan change in bankruptcy law designed to make it more difficult to file for bankruptcy and to make those in bankruptcy pay more of their debts.

* " The Consumer Price Index and index number purpose " – A technical article by economist W. E.

In July 2007, Lucas came in eighth place in the New Consumer Magazine Top 100 Ethical Heroes list, behind a number of celebrities including fashion designer Katharine Hamnett ( who came 1st ), Anita Roddick ( The Body Shop founder ), Al Gore ( former US Vice-President who is now a campaigner for action on climate change ) and Jonathon Porritt, a former Green Party politician.

She has also served on a number of government committees, including the National Consumer Council, the Health Education Authority and the Campaign for Quality Television.

Other contributors included: law enforcement officials ; PhRMA ; Abbott Laboratories ; the Consumer Healthcare and Products Association ( CHPA ); and a number of other organizations, including the ONDCP, the DEA, the FDA, the NIDA, the SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment ( SAMHSA / CSAT ) and the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.

While in government he has served as parliamentary assistant to a number of different portfolios including Minister of Consumer and Business Services ( 2003-1004 ), Minister responsible for seniors ( 2005 – 2007 ), Minister for Municipal Affairs and Housing.

Power Consumer Center released the results of its New York Retail Banking Satisfaction Study indicating that PNC Bank had an average number of satisfied customers.

He has held a number of Opposition Front Bench positions including spokesperson on the Food Industry ( 1989 – 1991 ), Consumer Affairs ( 1991 – 1993 ), Regional Affairs and European Development ( 1993 – 1994 ).

The magazine Consumer Reports in 2001 published a review of many beers in which Natural Light was ranked as the number two light beer and additionally characterized as one of the " best buys.

Larson has also written a number of books, beginning in 1992 with The Naked Consumer: How Our Private Lives Become Public Commodities ( 1992 ), followed in 1995 by Lethal Passage: The Story of a Gun ( 1995 ).

* South Carolina Appleseed has been a leader in the state ’ s passage of a number of economic opportunity reforms including passage of the state ’ s Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the South Carolina High Cost Mortgage and Consumer Home Loan Act.

Consumer product failures are often tracked by the number of returns.

The company has created a number of non-profits, including the Center for Consumer Freedom and the Center for Union Facts.

In Prometheus Radio Project v. FCC, a number of broadcasters and citizens groups, including the Consumer Federation of America, the National Council of Churches of Christ, and Media Alliance, sued to prevent the FCC from following through on the decision.

The remaining part of Hagemeyer ’ s revenues was realised by its Agencies / Consumer Electronics ( ACE ) business, which distributes consumer electronics and branded products in the Netherlands and Australia and luxury goods in a number of countries in Asia.

Parker Collegiate offers courses in mathematics ( divided into Consumer Math, Applied Math, and Precalculus ), English, Science ( divided into Biology, Chemistry, and Physics ), Social Studies and a number of optional courses typical of Canadian High Schools.

These data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey are used in a number of different ways by a variety of users.

Consumer testing ( sometimes called ' hedonic testing ') involves having potential consumers of a product evaluate various products and a small number of items on a ballot.