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Sixty Eight Percent Polled Believe U.S. Entering Recession |
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High Energy, Food Prices
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Economic Confidence Index Plummets; Half of Small Business Owners Rate Economy Poor, Getting Worse |
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Gas Prices
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Consumer Survey Finds Decline in Consumer Electronics Spending |
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U.S. Retail Gasoline Price Table By Region, City |
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History of Cinco de Mayo |
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Small Business Owners Say Stimulus Package Will Have No Significant Impact |
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Recession Unlikely; Housing Sector Correction Nearly Over |
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Blu-ray Win Doesn't Solve Basic Consumer Issues |
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Older, White Households More Digital-Ready than Younger, Black and Hispanic Households |
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The R Word; Consumer Confidence Drops On Recession Fears |
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Consumer Spending Intentions Drop; Nearly half expect to spend less in February |
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Sony Tops U.S. LCD Shipments For First Time |
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Report: Weakness Forecasted For Consumer Spending On Furniture, Appliance, Electronics |
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Poll: Small Business Economic Confidence Falls to 18-Month Low |
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Poll: Print Inserts Pass TV Ads In Influence; Consumer Purchasing intent Lowest Since 9-11 |
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Retailers To Bush, Congress - Act Quickly on Economic Stimulus |
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Study Finds Retail Winners Keep Price Central To Overall Strategy |
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Lower Consumer Spending Threatens Retail Margins
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17,000 To Attend National Retail Federation Convention Next Week |
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Comscore Releases Final Online Holiday Shopping Results; Up 19 Percent Versus Year Ago |
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Balancing
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Consumer Confidence Up In December; Experts Remain Wary |
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Thanksgiving Trivia |
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Retailers Twitchy As Black Friday Looms and Wal-Mart Hawks 50"
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Small Business Owner Confidence Continues
Decline |
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Wal-Mart Jumps The Black Friday Gun; Will Reduce Pricing Three
Weeks Early |
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Consumers Will Shop Later, Spend Less This Holiday |
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Consumer Confidence Declines For Third Consecutive Month |
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Poll; What is The Most Important Factor In Judging A
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Shows |
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Online Holiday Retail Sales to Exceed $39 Billion; Online
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Retailers
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Countrywide Financial Announces a $16 Billion Bailout For
Sub-Prime Borrowers |
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Quarter |
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to Move
Than Homeowners; 40 Million Americans Moved Between 2005 and
2006 |
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Sectors |
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Flat Panel TV Market Saturation by 2009 |
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Consumers To Delay Holiday Shopping; Fewer Plan To Purchase
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Business Owners Unconcerned About Credit Availability; Economy
To Continue Slow Growth, No Recession |
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HDTV Picture Quality Drives Sales; Consumers Less Enthusiastic
About Programming Options |
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New And Traditional Forms Of Media |
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Quarter Effects |
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Job, Local Economy Fears Drive U.S. Consumer Confidence To
16-Month Low |
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Over 80% Of
Small Business Decision Makers Research New Products Online;
Online Buys To Exceed $70 Billion by 2012 |
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LCD
Shipments Continue Growth; Dell Leads Worldwide Shipments |
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Use of Social Security Numbers
Causing Increased Concern; Eighty Nine Percent
of Americans Want Lawmakers to Restrict Use |
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Tight
Credit Market Has Small Business Owners Concerned; Optimism
Drops In July |
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Brand Value
Of Being Green; American Consumers Influenced By Environmental
Initiatives |
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LCD TV,
Notebook and Monitor Shipments Post Record Highs; 32" Continues
To Dominate; 52" Shows Impressive Growth |
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Median Income Rises, Poverty Rate Declines For First Time Since
Millenium |
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Consumers
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U.S. Home Prices Post Record Decline; No Sign Of Slowing |
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Only Eleven Percent Of Consumers Say Video Primary Reason To Buy
Portable Media Player; Experts Predict That Will Change By 2009 |
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Study Shows Sixty Four Percent Of Women Use Internet To Research
Products After Seeing Ad |
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Dorm Furnishings, Electronics Push Back-to-College Sales Past
$47 Billion |
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Interest
In Plasma Falls As LCD Continues March Toward DTV Dominance |
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Experts
Predict LCD Panel Shortages In Second Half Of 2007 |
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Consumers Delay Back-To-School Spending; 46% Plan To Buy
Electronics |
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Consumers
Remain Wary; Purchasing Intentions Up Slightly From 2006 |
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Prediction; Consumer Spending Will Not
Collapse in Face of Sub Prime Housing Correction |
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Electronics Growth Slows; PC Market Perks Up |
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Consumer
Electronics Factory To Dealer Sales To Grow Eight Percent In
2007 |
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Experts
Predict Wage Increases, Rise in Short-Term Interest Rates |
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Wal-Mart CEO, "Consumers Continue To Be Challenged Financially" |
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772
Million People Online Worldwide in May; Google Continues
Domination |
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Hurting Business |
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Game Console Competition Fierce; Penetration To Reach 50% in
2008 |
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Asset
Limited Income Constrained; Study By Clemson University Attempts
To Better Understand Subprime Consumers And The Industries That
Serve Them |
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Survey
Finds Women Most Pessimistic About Economy; Data Indicates
Furniture, Appliance Spending Increase By Q4 |
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Apple iPhone to Grab 10 Percent Smartphone Share By End of 2007
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Large-Size TFT-LCD Shipments Record 33.1 Million in May |
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Widescreen Notebooks And Bigger Screen TVs Will Dominate Fathers
Day Consumer Electronic Sales |
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There
Will Be One Billion PCs In Use By End Of 2008; Two Billion PCs
Worldwide By 2015 |
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TransUnion Begins Offering Rent to Own, Payday Loan Histories;
Traditional Retail Paying Increasing Attention To
Non-Traditional Financial Services Data |
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New Study
Of Underbanked Consumer Preferences |
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U.S.
Census Data Available Online For All US Counties |
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65% of Business Professionals Use Social Networking Sites To
Connect With Peers |
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Consumers Cautious; Gas Prices Continue Negative Effect On
Economy |
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70 Percent
of US to Have Broadband By 2012 |
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Samsung
Leads Q1'07 Units Shipped And Revenue |
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Census
Reports More Houses Have More Bedrooms |
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Younger
Consumers Driving Demand for Online Payment Options |
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Prediction; Fuel To Reach $4 Per Gallon |
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The Web 2.0
Train is Coming; Get Your Business On Or Get Out Of The Way |
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Top 10
Consumer Electronics and Computer Gifts for Mother’s Day 2007
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LCD
Continues To Dominate Plasma; Plasma Shipments Fall for the
First Time |
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Survey;
Nearly 70 Percent of Workers Confident in Future of Current
Employer |
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Recruiters Get Aggressive As Labor Market Tightens |
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Teenagers Lead Early Adoption of Consumer Electronics |
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Flat
Panel TV Prices Predicted To Plunge In December |
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 Nearly a quarter (24 percent) of respondents in the poll,
conducted for the AICPA by Harris Interactive, said they are
considering a second or part-time job to help them meet current
expenses.
Sixty-eight percent of America's
adults believe the United States is heading toward a recession,
and slightly more than half (53 percent) are cutting their
spending and paying down debt as a result, according to a survey
by American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Americans' most pressing financial concerns, according to the
poll, are escalating energy costs, retirement and education
(either a child's education or student loans).
"Hard economic times tend to be a spur for people to curtail
their spending and reduce their debt burden," said Carl George,
chair of the AICPA's National CPA Financial Literacy Commission.
Nearly a quarter (24 percent) of respondents in the poll,
conducted for the AICPA by Harris Interactive, said they are
considering a second or part-time job to help them meet current
expenses. This is a significant increase from last year, when 16
percent of the respondents said they were contemplating this
course of action.
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