Coke? Oreos? That’s so last year - MSN Money
Many of its fellow consumer goods manufacturers, whose sales are typically so steady that they are known as "staples" to investors, have also tumbled this year in contravention of ...
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Hidden taxes you pay every day - MSN Money
American University's Pike says the United States is the only industrialized country that does not have a value-added tax, which taxes all consumer goods and services at each step ...
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How the flat-screen TV saved Best Buy - MSN Money
That reflects a growing number of consumers who consider such goods closer to necessities than luxuries, says David Schick, retail analyst at Stifel Nicolaus.
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Latest Dispatches- MSN Money
U.S. consumers are once again spending more than they are earning. Consumer spending rose ... Wall Street will watch for data on jobless claims, durable goods, income and spending ...
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15 ways stores trick you into spending - MSN Money
This means I spend my time walking by a lot of consumer goods on my way to find the item I want. Because these consumer goods are effectively marketed to me, there's a good ...
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Latest Dispatches- MSN Money
Consumer spending rose 0.7% in October, the Commerce Department reported this morning ... Wall Street will watch for data on jobless claims, durable goods, income and spending ...
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Wal-Mart to require 'green' labeling - MSN Money
Consumer-goods companies Procter & Gamble (PG, news, msgs), General Mills (GIS, news, msgs), Tyson Foods (TSN, news, msgs) and Unilever (UN, news, msgs), among others, are partners in ...
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Chinese Teens - MSN Money
These are the traits that will reshape the rapidly expanding market for consumer goods in China, whether the product in question is a Li Yuchun CD or a new cell phone.
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Say goodbye to era of cheap Chinese imports - MSN Money
The problem for American retailers and consumers hooked on $3 T-shirts and $30 DVD players is that there is no other China waiting in the wings to make cheap goods reliably for ...
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Toys just 1 danger imported from China - MSN Money
Environmentalists are lobbying Beijing to ban the use of lead in consumer goods. Greenpeace's Choi said the group also wants to see foreign companies make sure their contractors ...
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