Word: consumerized
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
When they are rolling through the streets in strollers, toddlers are usually the ones throwing temper tantrums. Now it's their parents who are having the biggest fits. On Monday the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a stunning recall of some 1 million Maclaren strollers that were released...
After Japan's frustrated voters handed power to the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in the Aug. 30 parliamentary election, many had hopes that the country's new leaders would begin to solve some of the country's intractable economic problems. Among other popular proposals, the new government, led by...
In an effort to make this vital structural change, the DPJ has recognized a simple fact long denied by predecessors: consumer spending is weak because household income is so low relative to GDP. Real wages per worker have fallen every year but one since 2001. In response, the DPJ, in...
Behind Hatoyama's flip-flops is contradictory advice from top aides. Some are telling him to stick to fiscal austerity to mollify voters' fear of ever-larger deficits - a public concern that could hurt the DPJ's chances of winning a majority in crucial July 2010 elections for the Diet...
The Dodd proposal would likewise strip the existing regulators of their consumer-watchdog role, putting that authority in a new, separate body, the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA). In this Dodd, Frank and Geithner agree that a single agency should not be responsible for both ensuring bank stability (read: profitability...