Blog entries tagged with "consumers"
CONSUMERS’ CHOICE: REGULATING GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD?
Previously in this blog, we discussed various food labeling requirements and consumer preferences in food. One of debates among consumer preferences is whether people should eat genetically modified (“GM”) food. A simplified explanation of GM food is food with an alternation of “the genetic composition of organisms by mixing genes ...
Continue reading "Consumers’ Choice: Regulating Genetically Modified Food?"ARE AMERICAN CONSUMERS SPENDING BORROWED MONEY?
American consumers have finally come out of hiding. New figures suggest that consumers are no longer restricting their budgets to necessities. Consumers have started to buy clothes, jewelry, and every cars again. After the financial crisis hit in 2008, consumers stopped spending heavily on anything but necessities. However, it seems ...
Continue reading "Are American Consumers Spending Borrowed Money?"THE FEDERAL CREDIT CARD ACT OF 2009 - WHAT WILL IT COST CONSUMERS?
The Credit Card Act of 2009 ("the Act") grants to consumers an entire host of new statutory rights with respect to their unsecured revolving credit accounts. Among those new rights include protection from misleading terminology, arbitrary interest rate increases, and freedom from excessive fees. While a boon to many consumers ...
Continue reading "The Federal Credit Card Act of 2009 - What will it cost consumers?"ECONOMIC TURNOVER
With programs like Cash for Clunkers and the tax rebate program for new home owners, the economy is slowly turning around. However, recovery continues to depend on US consumers. Consumers need to rebuild their confidence in their personal financial situations and in our country’s economy. They need to break ...
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