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Berkeley-Based Coffee Brand Acquired For Near $1 Billion

AP | Posted 09.22.2012 | Business
Read More: Sara Lee, Mergers and Acquisitions, Video, BDT Capital, Consumer Brands, Peet's Coffee & Tea, Consumer Goods, Joh. A. Benckiser, D.E. Master Blenders 1753, Business News

EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Peet's Coffee & Tea is being taken private by a German conglomerate for approximately $977.6 million. Privately held Joh. ...

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States With The Highest And Lowest Credit Card Debt

24/7 Wall St. | Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 01.22.2012 | Business
Read More: Debt, Spending, Credit Karma, Consumer Goods, Credit Scores, Credit Cards, 24/7 Wall St, Cnnmoney, Income, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: Americans cut down their credit card debt by 11 percent last year, compared to 2010, according to a new report by Credit Karma. 24...

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Consumer Spending Falls For First Time In Nearly Two Years

Posted 10.02.2011 | Business
Read More: Keynesian Economics, Deflation, John Maynard Keynes, Inflation, Great Recession, Consumer Goods, Consumers, Consumer Spending, Demand, Business News

WASHINGTON (Lucia Mutikani) - Consumer spending unexpectedly fell in June to post the first decline in nearly two years as incomes barely rose, a ...

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Both Imports And Exports Fell In February

Posted 06.12.2011 | Business
Read More: U.S. Trade Deficit, Balance of Trade, Trade Deficit, Imports, Exports, Consumer Goods, Oil Prices, China Trade, Trade Gap, Business News

WASHINGTON (By Doug Palmer) - The trade deficit shrank in February as imports fell more than exports, according to a government report on Tuesday ...

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Larry Summers: 'No Question' U.S.-China Relations More Important Than The Cold War

The Huffington Post | Maxwell Strachan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Chinese Economy, Larry Summers, Health Care, Interview, International Economy, Middle Class Incomes, Barack Obama, Consumer Goods, Business News

No longer head of President Barack Obama's National Economic Council, economist Larry Summers has no reason to bite his lip anymore. In the most recen...

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A Dozen Ways to Eliminate the Middle Class

Tom Shachtman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Debt, Greed, Debit Cards, Retirement, Economy, Middle Class, Congress, Pension Plans, Government Action, Dividends, China, Mortgages, Credit Cards, Consumer Goods, College Tuition, Middle Managers, Interest Rates, Unions, Health Care Costs, Second Mortgages, Business News
Tom Shachtman

Cleaning out my files at year's end, I came across notes that I wrote in early 2002 on a dozen ways to eliminate America's middle class through the actions of government and private industry.

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Go Below the Surface to See the Real Eco-Disaster from the Gulf Oil Spill

Wendy Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Plastics, Nrdc, Energy Efficiency, Oil Addiction, Reducing-Meat-Consumption, Marine Life, Eco-Systems, Shrimp, Consumer Goods, Dispersants, Public Transit, Gulf Oil Spill, Green News
Wendy Gordon

Consensus is building that we need to break our addiction to oil at home through individual action as well as by moving forward with government reform

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Outrageous and Excessive Holiday Deals (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: American Consumerism, Consumerism, Black Friday Shopping, Black Friday, Unneccesary Products, Consumer Goods, Slidepoll, Waste, Green News, Trash, Green News

A big part of the enticement of holiday shopping is getting "deals." Here at HuffPost Green, we think that the frenzy around Black Friday and holiday...

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Obama's Global Challenge

Marco Trbovich | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: President Obama, Coal Energy, Cap and Trade, Global Economy, Clean Coal, Dirty Energy, Globalization, Obama Administration, Clean Energy, Energy Policy, Robert Rubin, Clintonian, Steve Hildebrand, Consumer Goods, Obama Appointees, Green Economy, Barack Obama Environmental Policy, President Elect Obama, Citigroup, Green News
Marco Trbovich

America's energy future is a goods news, bad news joke. The good news is that America has enough domestic resources to meet its energy needs. The bad news is, the resource is coal.

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