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consumer stories: 49 news summaries

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Death Be Not Proud
(At a Discount)

Apr 12, 07 4:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - What does it say about us, Mark Morford asks, that wandering the aisles at Costco in Palm Desert, CA, we come upon not only drums of olive oil and eighty-packs of frozen cream puffs, but over there, right next to the tires and the lawn furniture and right behind the... More »

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shopping • Costco • coffin • casket • consumer • death

Wal-Mart Chokes On
Organic Food

Farmers say the company miscalculated demand, manipulated supply

Apr 12, 07 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wal-Mart customers aren't buying organic food, and the farmers who stepped up production to supply the giant discounter are the big losers. A year ago Wal-Mart ballyhooed an aggressive push into organic foods, saying they would offer 400 items at low cost. The company placed massive initial orders, farmers say... More »

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food • organic food • consumer • organic • farmer • Wal-Mart

Small Towns to Chain Stores:
Let Us Shop!

Little places lure big retailers at annual shopping convention

Apr 4, 07 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Small towns and exurbs are bending over backwards to woo national retail chains, Governing magazine reports from the International Council of Shopping Centers' convention. Phalanxes of city reps descend on the dizzingly massive—and cutthroat—annual spring conference in Vegas, attempting to raise their profile and land a Pottery Barn... More »

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retail • Starbucks • International Council of Shopping Centers • shopping • consumer • economics • business • growth • retail shopping

Old News Rules in New China    

Communist propaganda is alive and well in world's fastest-growing economy

Mar 23, 07 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just about the only Western consumer product the Chinese aren't buying these days is news:  they're clinging tenaciously to their stodgy, state-run nighty news program, where not even the hairstyles have changed in decades. More »

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China • television • communism • propaganda • consumer • news • journalism

Big Guns Battle Video Sharing With Free TV Shows

Copyright-protected content will be available for free online in new NBC-News Corp. partnernship

Mar 23, 07 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - TV biggies NBC Universal and News Corp. are teaming up to hit YouTube with the full force of their their combined TV content, offered online for free. Starting this summer, AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft's MSN and News Corp. subsidiary MySpace will hope to win over internet users (and the advertising that... More »

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television • Yahoo • Google • Internet • YouTube • AOL • Microsoft • MSN • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • Heroes • 24 • NBC • advertising • intellectual property • consumer • copyright • file sharing • Internet advertising • News Corp

Consumer Financial
Savvy Peaks at 53

Data shows the age of 53 is sweet spot for financial savvy

Mar 22, 07 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Middle aged consumers make better decisions—and fewer mistakes—than their younger and older counterparts.  A study of  thousands of credit card and home and car loan documents shows that they are the most  likely to get the lowest interest rate available  and the least likely to pay unnecessary... More »

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personal finance • baby boomer • consumer • capital • experience • credit card • interest rate

CD Sales Drop 20%

Mar 21, 07 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - CD sales plunged more than 20% in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, and online music sales didn't come close to making up the difference. Closing stores, weak albums, and over a billion songs shared illegally every month combined to deliver the sharpest... More »

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music • music industry • music downloads • compact discs • brands • consumer • CDs • merchandise

Muggles Save Trees From Harry

Mar 21, 07 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's almost 800 pages long and everyone you know will buy one, so Scholastic has a big chance to score green points with the printing of the final Harry Potter book this summer. The latest installment will use at least 30% recycled material in the U.S., and a "... More »

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Harry Potter • Scholastic Books • Greenpeace • environmentalism • consumer • publishing • book

(Newser) - Still smarting from this fall's E. coli outbreaks, the produce industry is trying to coax Americans into eating their greens again with high-tech solutions. Companies like Dole and Western Growers are using radio-frequency tags and GPS surveillance to track veggies as they move from farm to grocery store. More »

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food • agriculture • E. coli • consumer • food contamination • produce • contamination

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