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American Consumers

Obama: China NOT A Currency Manipulator

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 01.27.2013 | Business
Read More: China US Trade, White House, Video, Yuan, China US Relations, China Currency Manipulation, Mitt Romney, Obama Administration, Chinese Manufacturing, American Consumers, China, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration declined Tuesday to label China a currency manipulator, noting that it has let the yuan rise nearly 10 per...

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Rick Perry President? A Primer on What a Texas Governor's Presidency Can Do For You and the Oil Industry

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.12.2011 | Business
Read More: Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Sen. Levin, Cftc, Amtrak, King Abdullah, Congress, State of the Union Address, Business, High Speed Rail Lines, Opec, Department of the Interior, Dick Cheney, Texas, Goldman Sachs, Saudis, Earl Devaney, Sen. Lautenberg, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Iraq War, Oil, Rep. George Miller, Rep.Tom DeLay, Bear Stearns, Washington Post, Department of Energy, American Consumers, President George W. Bush, Saudi Arabia, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Would a Perry presidency be tempted to follow in this predecessor's footsteps? Given the incestuous interrelationship between Texas politics and oil, in many ways the Bush presidency becomes a cautionary tale.

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Walmart, Big-Box Retailers Struggle To Get Shoppers Into Stores As Sales Drop

The Huffington Post | Maxwell Strachan | Posted 07.17.2011 | Business
Read More: Walmart, Same Store Sales, Jobs Crisis, Unemployment, Walmart US Sales, American Consumers, Home Depot Sals, Big Box Sales, Lowes Sales, Business News

Walmart continues to turn a profit. But it's doing so in spite of American consumers, not because of them. And the world's largest retailer is onl...

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The Deadly Greenhouse Footprint of American Consumers

Ronnie Cummins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Cost of Climate Stabilization, Cost of War, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, American Consumers, Carbon Footprint, Green News
Ronnie Cummins

We need to start redirecting $700 billion a year in federal expenditures away from war and corporate welfare, offer training and jobs in a giant green jobs program (similar to the Works Project Administration program of the New Deal era in the 1930s), and build a new green, full-employment economy.

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War on Christmas: Who Is the Enemy?

Jonathan Merritt | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: What Would Jesus Buy, American Consumerism, Culture Wars, Materialism, Morgan Spurlock, War on Christmas, Consumer Spending, Morgan Spurlock Documentary, Consumerism, Culture Warrior, Culture, Christmas, Christmas Gifts, Christianity, Christians, Conservative Christians, Christmas Shopping, American Consumers, Advent, Advent Conspiracy, Rick McKinley, Chris Seay, Healthy Living News
Jonathan Merritt

In reality, Christmas for Americans--and yes, even the Christian ones--is shaped more by Currier and Ives than Joseph and Mary.

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The New Marketing Paradigm: From Lack to Abundance

Schuyler Brown | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Consumerism, Advertising, Marketing, Abundance, Consumption, American Consumers, Paradigm Shift, Brands, Healthy Living News
Schuyler Brown

Our psychology of lack is being eroded by a sensation of abundance that has arisen despite our financial "woes."

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Holiday Shopping Season Disappoints Retailers As Expected

New York Times | MICHAEL BARBARO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: MasterCard Advisors, American Consumers, Business News

American consumers, uneasy about the economy and unimpressed by the merchandise in stores, delivered the bleak holiday shopping season retailers had e...

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The New Face of Fashion: Sustainable Luxury

Jeffrey Hutchison | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Green Fashion, Retail Industry, Green Architecture, Retail Sales, Eco Fashion, Architecture, Retail, Department Stores, Fashion/Apparel, Fashion Trends, American Consumerism, Profitable Businesses, Corporate Sustainability, Consumerism, Recycle, Advertising, Recycled Materials, Reuse, Sustainability, Marketing, American Consumers, Style News
Jeffrey Hutchison

Embracing sustainability and crafting a new face of luxury need not be at odds; by exploring ways to achieve both simultaneously, an exciting new era of of design can be borne.

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Will China Save the World from Depression?

Walden Bello | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: China, Economic Crisis, Rural Communities, Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus Package, Chinese Exports, United States, Beijing-China, American Consumers, Industrialized Agriculture, World News
Walden Bello

The heroic American middle class consumer -- weighed down by massive debt -- has ceased to be the key stimulus for global production, but don't expect Beijing to save the global economy any time soon.

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Credit Card Reform Stinks for Responsible Consumers (aka "Deadbeats")

Jill Schlesinger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: CBS Early Show, Credit Card Bill, American Consumers, Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act, Business News
Jill Schlesinger

Guess who's going to get screwed by the "Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act"? Responsible people who pay their bills on time!

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Asian Inflation Hits Western Consumers

New York Times | Keith Bradsher | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Higher Prices, Imported Goods, American Consumers, Low-Wage Countries, Inflation, Asian Inflation, Business News

The free ride for American consumers is ending. For two generations, Americans have imported goods produced ever more cheaply from a succession of low...

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