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...facts show that my hypothesis is completely wrong: Visits to online shopping sites are up compared to the previous year. Perhaps the increase could be explained by consumer price sensitivity. In the same University of Michigan Consumer Index report, consumers expect an inflation rate of 5.6% over the next 12 months. Here's a new hypothesis: when economic times get tough, online shopping sites become an important tool to help consumers find the best price on potential purchases...
...change in search term usage in the online retail sector is "new" versus "used." The volume of searches that contain the term "used" in search queries has increased 21.8% since the beginning of the year, indicating that people are using the Internet as a means of locating price savings over "brand new." This change in consumer behavior is also apparent in the individual domains with the greatest increases in traffic over the last year. The online classifieds website Craigslist.org is up 93.4% comparing the week ending May 31, 2008 to the same time period...
...major agricultural producer, Vietnam is aware of the government subsidies paid to European and American farmers and how this might contribute to food price inflation. Is this one of the things you'll be talking about in Washington...
...clear, however, whether anyone has that power. The sprawling Busch family is divided on the InBev offer, which at $65 per share is well above any price the long-stalled stock has seen from Wall Street. No single family member owns more than 1% of the firm...
...Lehman has survived, although its stock price is down 70% from a year ago. Perhaps it's time for a few more such civil discussions about how Wall Street does business...