Word: consumerized
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Never much loved outside of its member states, OPEC is a convenient whipping boy for leaders responding to consumer pain, but oil analysts say it may not deserve all the blame. Its members have certainly earned mammoth windfalls from rocketing oil prices over the past year, but some face the...
Consumer groups argue that part of the redefault problem is lenders' reluctance to make the sorts of changes that will really improve a homeowner's chances. While the popular notion of loan modification might have the lender lowering an interest rate or reducing the overall loan balance, many work quite...
But ultimately, even lenders' best efforts might be crippled by a harsh reality: plenty of homeowners are never going to be able to pay for their houses, no matter how generous the terms, because someone - the homeowner, the mortgage broker - lied about or simply ignored income and assets. Cena Valladolid...
Few consumers buy iPhones or Blackberrys with an eye toward energy efficiency, and most wouldn't know where to begin recycling a used laptop. But that's beginning to change, thanks largely to initiatives coming from within the consumer electronics industry itself - with a significant push from environmentalists. A new...
Ultimately, both of those conditions will need satisfying before the electronics industry can go deep green. Companies like Dell - which sources one-fifth of its power from renewable resources and offsets the rest - will go green of their own accord, and customers may reward them for it. Other companies will...