Women Who Consume Alcohol Gain Less Weight: Study Huffington Post | A study recently released by the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that initially normal-weight women who consumed a light to moderate amount of alcohol gained less weight than their abstaining counterparts. | Researchers charted the drinking habits of 19,220 American women "aged 38.9 years or o...
Consumer goods waste large quantities of water to be made DNA India | Washington, DC: A new study has shown that consumer goods can take a large quantity of water to be made. | According to a report in Discovery News, the study, carried out by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University in the US, showed that industries use jaw-dropping amounts in the production of com...
Credit card rates option 'risky' says Consumer Council BBC News | Finance Minister Sammy Wilson should scrap the option to pay rates bills by credit card, the Consumer Council says. | Credit card payments will be allowed from the beginning of next month. | The Consumer Council's Antoinette McKeown said it "p...
Consumer Protection Agency Opponents Take Fight To Google AdWords (PHOTO) Huffington Post | The opponents of the Obama administration's proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency apparently have very little competition in the Google AdWords space. | As you'll see by the below screen shot, contextual ads for the term "CFPA" have already...
A Consumer Bill Gives Exemption on Payday Loans Newsvine | Payday loans are getting a 400 % annual return that relegates cash strapped citizens to peons. Yesterday's loan sharks must be envious of today's payday loan businesses who have figured out how to sneak under the legal radar screen to gouge needy p...
Preventing medical identity theft: what consumers can do to protect themselves The Examiner | Medical records are targeted by identity thieves. Make sure your are protected. Getty Images If you like this ... Medical identity theft is a fast growing crime that can endanger your life Harvard study shows unpaid medical bills is the leading cau...
Strong consumer confidence boosts dollar The Daily Telegraph Australia | THE Australian dollar closed higher after the release of a positive consumer confidence report as market expectations firmed in the lead up to labour force figures tomorrow. | At 5pm (AEDT), the Australian dollar was $US0.9151, up 0.64 per cent fro...
Few consumers benefited from rescission settlement The Examiner Comments LOS ANGELES (Map, News) - Regulators are slated to answer to legislators in a hearing Wednesday after an assembly committee found very few consumers have benefited from the state's settlements with health insurers. | The Department of Manage...
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Dubai Mall attracts record visitors in shopping festival The Times Of India DUBAI: The Dubai Mall, world's largest shopping and entertainment destination, hosted a record five million visitors in the 15th edition of Dubai Shopping Festival Jan 28 to Feb 28...
Steel prices may rise next fiscal Deccan Herald New Delhi, Mar 10, (PTI) : | Steel prices in the country are set to go up on account of rising input costs and demand for the commodity, an industry expert said here today. | "Cost...
Consumer confidence holds steady despite rate rise - survey The Daily Telegraph Australia | THE Reserve Bank's decision to raise interest rates in this month has failed to dent consumer confidence, a report says. | The Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index rose 0.3 index points in March to 117.3 points, an increase of ...
A Consumer Bill Gives Exemption on Payday Loans The New York Times | WASHINGTON — Senator Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican who is playing a crucial role in bipartisan negotiations over financial regulation, pressed to remove a provision from draft legislation that would have empowered federal authorities t...
World Consumer Rights Day The Hindu | Staff Correspondent | Udupi: The function to mark the district-level World Consumer Rights Day will be held at the Upendra Pai Memorial College here on March 15. The theme of the programme is "Our money, our rights". | Home Minister V.S. Acharya wi...
Starbucks sticks to its guns The Independent | When most Americans step into a Starbucks, they do not expect a Wild West experience - frothing cups sent skidding down the counter, horses tied up on the street or pistols slung in the holsters of fellow latte-sipping patrons. But when it comes to gun barrels and biscotti, it turns out they would be wrong. They do go together. | The coffee-purve...
