Consumer straight talk: Chewing gum special report.

Consumer straight talk: Venus flytrap.

Consumer straight talk segment.

Consumer straight talk segment: super shopping trolley reviewed by Peter Wherrett.

" Stalking the Amphisbaena ", Journal of Consumer Research, 23 ( 3 ), Dec. 1996, pp. 163 – 176.

* Consumer / lifestyle public relations – gaining publicity for a particular product or service, rather than using advertising

Securities whistleblowers are provided incentives and protection by the Dodd – Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ( 2010 ).

* January – The world's first personal all-in-one computer ( keyboard / screen / tape storage ), the Commodore PET, is demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago

* Inflation 1290 – 2006 – Based on the historical Consumer Price Index of the Swedish Riksbank

Official indices report a Consumer Price Index increase of 30 % in Beijing between 1987 – 88, leading to panic among salaried workers that they could no longer afford staple goods.

::: Consumer Loss – Government revenue – Producer gain

* The Library of Congress – U. S. Congressional bill status and text of The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005

" Postmodernism and Consumer Society " in The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Post-Modern Culture, Hal Foster ( ed ), Seattle: Bay Press, 1989, pp. 111 – 125

U. S. Consumer Confidence Index 1966 – 2012

Although these figures are greater than the 1962 figure at which the Mona Lisa was valued, the comparison does not account for the change in prices due to inflation – $ 100 million in 1962 is approximately $ 720 million in 2010 when adjusted for inflation using the US Consumer Price Index.

* Fall 2005 – Consumer Product Safety Council Shredder Safety Alert

The OPA itself – through its Consumer Division – mobilized the public on behalf of these guidelines, reducing the likelihood of " cheating " by those who would seek higher wages or prices.

Financial capital maintenance in units of constant purchasing power, i. e., Constant Item Purchasing Power Accounting – CIPPA – in terms of a Daily Consumer Price Index or daily rate at all levels of inflation and deflation ( see the original Framework ( 1989 ), Par 104 ( a )) Conceptual Framework ( 2010 ), Par.

It is divided into two parts, the first being " The Consumer ", a series of short stories from the early 1990s, the second, " Various Traps, Some Weaknesses ", made up mostly of prose-poems and vignettes, all dating from 1983 – 1986.

* Harvey W. Wiley: Pioneer Consumer Activist, from the January – February 2006 issue of FDA Consumer magazinex

* Stephen B. Nolan ( born 1964 ), Acting Director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs and Mayor of Highland Park, 2010 – 2011.

* 2001 Adult Stars magazine – Consumer Choice Awards – " Best New Starlet "

** Sylvio Tang Wah Hing 鄧學升 / 邓学升 ( Meixian, Guangdong ; born in Mauritius ; Hakka pronunciation: Thien Hock Sin ), Minister of Youth and Sports, 2005 – 2008, Minister For Consumer Protection And Citizens ' Charter, Sep 2008-May 2010

After exhibiting at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 1999, Mike Ramsay announced to the company that the first version of the TiVo digital video recorder would ship " In Q1 ," ( the last day of which is 31 March ) despite an estimated four to five months of work remaining to complete the device.

The preliminary results from the Consumer Confidence Survey are released on the last Tuesday of each month at 10am EST.

The BluFin Consumer Confidence Index ( CCI ) was 39. 9 in March, 2012 compared with its lowest score of 35. 8 in December last year.

The Consumer Consultative Panel, in December 2009 said that they were unable to function for almost a year because officials ignored requests for meetings and " we believe it is unacceptable that the board of the financial regulation section has failed to take responsibility for their stewardship of the organisation during the last six years. They did not understand many of the sectors and financial products it regulates.

On July 1, 2010, Christgau announced in the introduction to his Consumer Guide column that the July 2010 installment would be his last on MSN.

Following the 1979 general election and another change of government, Sally Oppenheim, described by the last director of the Metrication Board, Jim Humble, as having " been almost the lone but persistent critic of the metric programme " was appointed Minister of State for Consumer Affairs.

Opponents of RALs, like as the National Consumer Law Center, argue that the profit motive of the lender results in RALs being issued too often to low-income individuals who are made to believe the wait for their refund is longer than it really is, who do not realize they are taking a loan, do not understand the high interest rates charged by the loan ( often exceeding 100 % APR until the last two tax filing seasons ), and who do not actually need the funds immediately.

In 1977 he was elected to the Indian Parliament and was inducted in the Morarji Desai Cabinat as the Agriculture Minister at the time when the Ministry included Irrigation Water Resources, Food, Environment and Forests, Consumer Affairs, Power and Chemical And Fertilizers and Rural Development. In 1978 Barnala signed the historic Ganga Waters Agreement ( Farakka Agreement ) with Bangladesh. In 1979 during the turmoil in the national govt when PM Morarji Desai resigned the then President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy toyed with the idea of appointing an interim Govt with Barnala as Prime Minister but had to drop the idea at the last moment fearing horse trading by a top member of the Cabinet, and Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh assumed Prime Minister ship

" Though the two companies reached a tentative agreement, with final contract papers to be signed at the 1983 Summer Consumer Electronics Show ( CES ), Atari refused to sign at the last minute, after seeing Coleco, one of its main competitors in the market at that time, demonstrating a prototype of Donkey Kong for its forthcoming Coleco Adam home computer system Although the game had been originally produced for the ColecoVision and could thus automatically be played on the backwards compatible Adam computer, Atari took the demonstration as a sign that Nintendo was also dealing with Coleco.

The February 2010 issue of Consumer Reports ranked Mediacom amongst the worst cable companies in the United States: 15th of 16 in TV service, 24th of 27 in Internet service, and last of 23 in phone service, based on surveys.

The Consumer Confidence Barometer is published on the last working day of each month at 00: 01am

FAO is composed of eight departments: Administration and Finance, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Economic and Social Development, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Forestry, Knowledge and Communication, Natural Resource Management and Technical Cooperation.

In June 2008, the German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety suspended the registration of eight neonicotinoid pesticide seed treatment products used in oilseed rape ( canola ) and sweetcorn, a few weeks after honeybee keepers in the southern state of Baden Württemberg reported a wave of honeybee deaths linked to one of the pesticides, clothianidin.

In 1990, Christgau changed the format of the Consumer Guide ; it now contains six to eight reviews graded upper-B + or higher, one " Dud of the Month " review graded B or lower, and three lists: Honorable Mention ( B + albums deemed not worthy of full-paragraph reviews ), Choice Cuts ( excellent tracks on un-recommended albums ), and Duds.

According to a 2009 article in The Washington Post, Consumer Reports found Crest Whitestrips Supreme to be the best of the eight teeth whitening products it tested.

The Committee comprises eight members, along with the Governor of the Bank of England ( as of 2011 Mervyn King ), and is responsible primarily for keeping the Consumer Price Index ( CPI ) measure of inflation close to a target set by the government ( 2 % as of 2011 ).

Cardenas serves on eight committees: Committees, Finance, Aviation, Budget, Education, Rules and Ethics ; Health, License and Consumer Protection.

The defamation suit went to a jury, which found that eight of the 17 statements in the report questioned by Isuzu were false, with one displaying " reckless disregard " for the truth on the part of Consumer Reports magazine, but that Isuzu was not damaged by that statement.

The Investment Officers are organised into eight specialist sector teams covering Hong Kong's four pillar industries and six new growth sectors: Business & Professional Services ; Consumer Products ; Creative Industries ; Financial Services ; Information & Communications Technology ; Innovation & Technology, Tourism & Hospitality and Transport & Industrial.