The Congressional Budget Office released an "interesting report" on on how "pharmaceutical companies market prescription drugs, a subject that has received some scrutiny during the debate on ways to control health care spending," The New York Times reports. Among the most widely...
When asked to compare apples to apples, consumers said they would pay more for locally grown apples than genetically modified (GMO) apples. But in a second questionnaire consumers preferred GMO apples - that is, when they were described, not as GMO, but as having a Reduced Environmental Impact...
Without getting into specific models, because both makes of automobile have high-end sports cars and luxury models, as well as cheaper priced cars; however, which make, Ford or Chevy, is more the car of the common man?
House Subcommittee Looks To Make Used Car Buying Safer For Consumers
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection held a hearing this week to examine the challenges facing consumers in the used car market.
Chairman Bobby Rush compared the problems...
Survey shows consumers are holding off on buying a new car
Nearly half the respondents to the 2009 Consumer Reports Car Brand Perceptions Survey reported that they have delayed the purchase of a new vehicle. This trend is also reflected in the marked decrease in national auto sales...
Grocery chain helps consumers in hard times
Here?s a great idea we wish more retailers would emulate. Instead of playing the typical ?high-low? game ? in which supermarkets practically give a way a few items one week then jack up prices the next ? the folks at Pennsylvania-based Weis...
...do we not have the same level of? protection from false and misleading public news and information? And of it's news caster's own personal opinion, should they be reqired to state such before they espouse it as news fact. I know there are watch-groups of the media, but they are often played...