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Left, Right & Center: Consumer Spending, Health Care, Hillary and Pakistan, Elections

Huff Radio | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Jersey Elections, Health Care Reform, Hilary Clinton, Public Option, Consumer Spending, New York Elections, Pakistan, Virginia-Elections, Politics News

We discuss: Hillary Clinton in Pakistan -- did she say the wrong things? Consumer spending -- did we save the banks at the expense of the people? And the 2009 elections -- what are the implications?

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Why The Vitamin Industry Did So Well In The Recession

The Big Money | Daniel Gross | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Baby Boomers, Vitamins, Supplements, Economy, Healthy Habits, Consumer Spending, Recession, Business News

On Thursday, the government declared the recession over, which means it's time to figure out who won. During the past several months, I've been identi...

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Consumer Spending Falls In September, Biggest Drop In Nine Months

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Cash for Clunkers, Unemployment, Consumer Spending, Income, Economy, Business News

WASHINGTON — Flat incomes suggest more weakness ahead in consumer spending, reinforcing concerns about a ho-hum holiday shopping season and a sl...

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Eighty Years After Black Tuesday

Jenny Darroch | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer Behavior, Wedding Anniversary, Consumer Spending, Economic Recession, Great Depression, Business News

It's a shame we aren't talking about the 42nd anniversary, when the appropriate gift is improved real estate, or the 43rd year when the gift is travel or the 44th year where the gift is groceries.

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Selling Simplicity -- Not Just Marketing It

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Cisco, Marketing, Simplicity, Aeron Chairs, Technology, Consumer Spending, Choice, Business News

People want uncomplicated products, straightforward guidance, and things that work quickly and simply the first time, without lots of extra effort.

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2010: The Year Main Street Sticks It to Wall Street and Washington

Don McNay | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Mid Term Elections, Upheaval, Congress, Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, Hank Paulson, Lobbyists, Bailouts, Consumer Spending, Big Money, Roger Ailes, Lawrence Summers, Arianna Huffington, State Legislature, Cnbc, Economic Pain, Unemployed, Lexington KY, Spending Cuts, Wall Street-Washington, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Timothy Geithner, Kenneth Feinberg, Inside the Beltway, McNay Settlement Group, Incumbants, Republican National Committee, City Council, High Unemployment, Ky, Willie Stark, Democratic National Committee, Pay Czar, Fox Business News, Clu, Anger, Louisville, Million Dollar Round Table, Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, Bonuses, Czars, Jefferson Airplane, Small Business, President Obama, Congressional Elections, 2010 Elections, Washington, Main Street, donmcnay.com, Tea Parties, Msnbc, Unemployment, Tea Baggers, All the Kings Men, Rural Journalism, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Running for Office, President Bush, Richmond, American College, Incumbant Politican, Personal Finance, Msfs, Chfc, Small Towns, Kentucky, Don McNay, www.mcnay.com, Structured Settlements, Layoffs, Wall Street Bailouts, Wall Street, Vanderbilt University, Robert Penn Warren, Self Dealing, Eastern Kentucky University, Fox News, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Glenn Beck, Cssc, Too Big to Fail, Bill O'Reilly, Business News

If anyone has ever dreamed of being an office holder, 2010 is the year to do it. There are going to be several situations where voters elect a complete unknown, just to express their anger about the incumbent.

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Hiring, Consumer Spending Set To Improve Over Next Six Months According To Survey

AP | BETSY VERECKEY | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment, Jobless Recovery, Economy, Financial Crisis, Jobs, National Association for Business Economics, Consumer Spending, Recession, Business News

CHICAGO — Results from a new economic survey may ease concerns about rising unemployment and its effect on consumer spending, as forecasters say...

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No Impact Week: The Most Ridiculous, Wasteful Consumer Products Ever (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Slidepoll, Green Living, American Consumerism, Bacon, Pet-Products, Pet Snuggie, Noseaid, Wrapped Tic Tacs, Spinning Ice Cream Cone, Unnecessary Products, Tic Tac Silvers, Snuggie-as-Seen-on-Tv, Consumer Spending, Crazy-Japanese-Inventions, Products, Tatermitts, Avocado Slicer, Consumerism, Snuggie, Umbrella Hat, Exercise Machines, Automatic Ice Cream Cone, Funny, Funny Ads, No Impact Week, Green News

A major theme throughout No Impact Week has been consumption, and how much we buy (and waste!) that is unnecessary. Here at HuffPost Green we've been ...

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Don't Get Too Excited by Green Shoots, They Might Turn Brown

Jenny Darroch | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Neiman Marcus, Marketing Strategy, Employment, Consumer Spending, Economic Growth, Safeway, Recession, Google, Dow Jones, Business News

As we frantically look for evidence of economic recovery, we need to take care not to mistake all measures as signs that everything is back to normal.

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Not In Love With New Anymore

Schuyler Brown | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Marketing Trends, Consumerism, Neophilia, Newness, Schuyler Brown, Trendspotting, Trends, Marketing, New Thinking, Green Living, Consumption, Consumer Spending, Living News

Neophilia is in itself a new word. It was popularized around 1999 in techie and sci-fi subcultures to describe the trait of being enthralled by all things novel.

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What Consumers Can Do About Overdraft Fees

Christine Escobar | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Banks Overdraft Fees, Consumer Spending, Bank of America, Overdraft Protection, Harris Bank, JPMorgan Chase, The Center for Responsible Lending, Banks vs Credit Unions, Consumer Financial Protection, Overdraft Fees, Banks, Consumer Protection, Consumers Fighting Back, Christine Escobar, Business News

Even if you're embarrassed to admit it, you're very likely among the estimated 50 million Americans who have been overdrawn on their checking account in the course of any given year.

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Will Consumer Spending Change Once the Recession Ends?

Jenny Darroch | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Post Recession Behavior, Conspicuous Consumption, Consumer Spending, Marketing in a Recession, Brands, Consumer Behavior, Business News

It won't be hard to identify an increase in consumer spending but it will be more difficult to detect whether in fact consumer values have fundamentally changed. Now that will be interesting.

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Consumer Spending: What If Americans Dont' Start Buying Again?

nytimes.com | Posted 09.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer Spending, Economy, Consumers, Gdp, Consumption, g20, Recession, Business News

If Americans don't start buying a lot of stuff again, can the world economy be saved? What's the global Plan B? These are fundamental questions at the...

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Credit Card Delinquencies Up, Worst Yet To Come

Posted 10.01.2009 | Business

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Financial Crisis, Main Street, Ben Bernanke, Credit Cards, Consumer Spending, Recession, Citigroup, Business News

Despite optimistic pronouncements from the nation's financial stewards, a recovery is not in the cards. At least not anytime soon, judging by the late...

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"Capitolism": A Race between Congressional Corruption and the Most Massive Citizen Involvement in U.S. Legislative History

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 09.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Corporate Money, Federal Corruption, Consumer Spending, Kentucky, Capitalism, John Authers, John Yarmuth, Healthcare Costs, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Representative Yarmuth, Congressman Yarmuth, Louisville, Special Agent Christiansen, Big Money, Ways and Means Committee, 70 % of GDP, Legal Corruption, Mad as Hell Doctors' Cross Country Tour, Carl Christiansen, Capitolism, Insurance Reform, Rachel Newton, Legalized Corruption, Health Care, Campaign Finance Reform, Fbi, Healthcare, Co-Pay, Politics News

All of the sudden five-year increase in consumer spending, which primed the U.S. economy for the fall, can be attributed to health care costs.

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Wealthy Consumers Still Waiting On The Sidelines

washingtonpost.com | Ylan Q. Mui | Posted 09.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Wealthy, Luxury Spending, Consumer Spending, Wealthy Consumers, Business News

In this new era of frugality, well-to-do shoppers have gone into hiding and stowed away their splashy logos. But they may hold the key to a consumer r...

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A Year After The Crisis, The Consumer Economy Is Dead

McClatchy | Kevin G. Hall | Posted 09.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Savings Rate, Financial Crisis, Credit Crisis, Consumer Spending, Consumer Economy, Business News

WASHINGTON -- One year after the near collapse of the global financial system, this much is clear: The financial world as we knew it is over, and some...

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Consumer Spends When Value Exceeds Price

Grant Cardone | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Cartier, Small Business, Retail Sales, Apple Iphone, Tiffany's, The Gap, Automobile Sales, Spending, Selling, Cash for Clunkers, True Religion Brand, Grant Cardone, Consumer Spending, Wal-Mart, Business News

While the consumer is motivated to save money the desire to spend money runs deep in our culture.

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Frugality Is The New Normal: Consumer Spending Not Expected To Return To Pre-Recession Levels

AP | ASHLEY M. HEHER | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Penny Pinching, Consumer Spending, Economy, Recession, Business News

CHICAGO — A year after "shop 'til you drop" stopped, the nation fixates on this question: Will consumer spending ever return to pre-recession le...

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What Went Wrong

John F. Wasik | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Green Deal, Unemployment, Corporations, Economy, President Obama, George W. Bush, Green Living, Consumer Spending, Housing Crisis, Politics News

If most of his programs survive the legislative process, Obama will have revived social capitalism, a blend of humanistic service, pragmatic government supervision, and free-market principles.

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The Hidden Payoff from Cash for Clunkers

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Cash for Clunkers, Economic Stimulus, Brad Delong, George Akerlof, Animal Spirits, Consumer Confidence, Cash for Clunkers Consumer Spending, Cash for Clunkers 2009, Cash for Clunkers Benefits, Consumer Spending, Business News

To the extent that the Clunkers program gave Americans a reason to believe that things can return to normal and to that the government has a handle on recovery, it was a pretty good investment.

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What Will an Economic Recovery Build Upon?

Garrett Johnson | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreclosures, Price Increases, Housing Numbers, Foreign Trade, Fiscal Health, Green Shoots, Economic Recovery, Consumer Spending, Recession, Reinflating the Housing Bubble, Housing Bubble, Fundamentals of the Economy, Business News

The economy: Has it bottomed? Are we recovering? Will we see a "V" shaped bounce? Or a "U"? Or a "W"? Let's examine exactly what is going to lead this economy out of our deep recession.

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Five Reasons for Consumer Caution

Jim Randel | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumers, Media, Spending, Investing, Jobless Rate, Economy, Financial Crisis, Business, Housing Crisis, Consumer Confidence, Consumer Spending, Business News

The Great Recession may be technically ending, but I recommend that consumers proceed with caution.

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Searching for the Crisis and Finding It

Danny Schechter | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Hunger, Unemployment, Banks, Denial, Consumer Spending, Who Needs Credit Cards, Economic Crisis, Economic Recovery, Recession Not Over, Recession, Business News

Out in the street, you notice fewer cabs and town cars. There are retail vacancies on every block. Stores are discounting everything. When JC Penny opened in Midtown, 15,000 people applied for 500 jobs.

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