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Customers Benefit As Oce Eco Start Program Accelerates

Source country finanznachrichten-en Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:41:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] consumer[2];

Entities: Gary Reed[1];

Other categories: OHIM; Alternative Energy; Environment (general);

TRUMBULL, Conn., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Oce, a Canon Group company and an international leader in digital document management, today announced that the Oce Eco Start Program......

Tekni-Plex, Inc. Announces Closing of $485 Million Senior Secured Notes Offering

Source country finanznachrichten-en Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:41:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] manufacturer[1]; guarantees[1]; consumer[1];

Other categories:

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Tekni-Plex, Inc. (the "Company") announced today the closing of its offering of $485 million aggregate principal amount of 9.750% Se......

Anti-obesity proposal fails again at McDonald's

Source country alertnet Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:41:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] advertising[2]; consumers[1];

Entities: Happy Meals[2]; Don Thompson[1]; Jim Skinner[1]; Lisa Baertlein[1];

Other categories:

Quotes in this article

Jim Skinner said: "We're proud of the changes we've made to our menu. We've done more than anybody in the industry around fruits and vegetables and variety and choice,"

Don Thompson said: "I would never do anything to hurt them or any other children, nor would we as a corporation ... Do me the honor, and our entire organization, of not associating us with doing something that is damaging to children. We have been very responsible,"

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:17 GMT Source: reuters // Reuters * Investors reject obesity report proposal for second time * Renewed proposal backed by 2,500 health professionals * Company defends its food and advertising practices By Lisa Baertlein OAK BROOK, Ill....

Beefed up imports welcomed across UAE

Source country gulfnews Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:37:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] consumption[2]; consumers[1];

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Dubai: French beef imports will soon be joining newly approved Canadian and British boneless beef cuts at supermarkets across the UAE, say officials. The French beef sector announced yesterday that the UAE Ministry of Environment and Water has approved beef-import certificates into the country.......

Beefed up imports of welcomed across UAE

Dubai: French collectively imports will be soon be joining newly approved by Canadian and British collectively boneless cuts at supermarkets across the UAE, say officials. The French collectively Sector announced that on the UAE Ministry of Environment and happily Water approved by collectively-import there into the country. ...

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Cargill re-launches `Sweekar' with unique blend of high oleic sunflo..

Source country nieuwsbank Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:32:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] consumers[3]; consumer[2];

Other categories: Food Safety (general);

[ Donderdag 24 mei 2012 | CARGILL ] Cargill re-launches `Sweekar' with unique blend of high oleic sunflower oil for improved heart health Sweekar also provides 12 exclusive recipes from Sanjeev Kapoor every month Cargill re-launches `Sweekar' with unique blend of high oleic sunflower oil for.......

The ‘infiltrator’ threat

Source country jpost Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:30:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] access to justice[1];

Entities: Eli Yishai[1];

Other categories: Consumer Affairs; UN Bodies;

It has become commonplace for politicians and the Israeli media to call for the deportation of “the Africans.” Israeli newspapers are rallying against them, claiming they are not only dangerous but that they threaten the delicate Jewish character of the state of Israel....

I Dialoghi sull'Uomo da Pennac a Benni

Source country firenze-repubblica Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:29:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] consumismo[1];

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Torna a Pistoia il terzo appuntamento con il pensiero e la filosofia. Questa volta è dedicato al tema del dono, dare senza aspettarsi niente in cambio...

ADAC Kindersitztest: Fünf Versager durchgefallen

Source country AntenneDE Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:29:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] Verbraucherschutzaktivitäten[1];

Entities: Maxi Cosi[1];

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Der ADAC hat gemeinsam mit der Stiftung Warentest 33 Kindersitze getestet: 17 Sitze erreichten das Urteil gut. Außerdem fiel kein einziges Produkt we-gen einer zu hohen Schadstoffbelastung durch. Aber: Ein ausreichendes Schutzniveau ist bei Kindersitzen immer noch keine Selbstverständlichkeit....

Articles published more than 20 minutes ago

Appeal: Don’t raise commuter bus fares

Source country theCitizen Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:26:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] Consumer[1]; consumers[1];

Other categories:

By Alex Bitekeye The Citizen Reporter Dar es Salaam. Transport stakeholders in Dar es Salaam have urged the Surface and Marine and Transport Regulatory Authority (Sumatra) to reject a proposal by commuter transport companies to increase tariffs. They made the appeal yesterday during a stakeholders.......

Geschäfte wollen früher öffnen

Source country moz Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:24:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] Verbraucherschutz[1];

Entities: Manfred Wagner[1];

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..Altstadtcenter : Veränderte Ladenzeiten erfordern neues Lärmgutachten / Verkauf von 7 bis 21.30 Uhr angedacht Der Zeitplan für das Altstadtcenter im Norden der Großen Straße verschiebt sich nach hinten . Weil ein Lärmschutzgutachten überarbeitet......

Bovespa Heads to Seven-Month Low as B2W Sinks on Growth Concern

Source country bloomberg Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:17:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] consumers[1]; consumer[1];

Entities: Dilma Rousseff[1]; Pedro Galdi[1]; Jason Vieira[1];

Other categories: Banking - Financial Services;

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Pedro Galdi said: “We’re seeing weak economic data all around the world, which adds to concern that Brazil will have more difficulties boosting domestic growth,”

Pedro Galdi said: “The unemployment rate wasn’t that big of a surprise,” “The problem in Brazil isn’t in the jobs market. It’s companies cutting back investments, and manufacturing slowing”

The Bovespa stock index headed to its lowest level since October as retailer B2W Cia. Global do Varejo led a rout in consumer stocks on mounting concern that a deeper global slowdown will curb growth in MRV Engenharia & Participacoes SA was the worst performer among homebuilders as the BM&FBovespa.......

Articles published more than 30 minutes ago

From Rooftops And Abandoned Lots, An Urban Harvest

Source country npr Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:15:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] consumption[3]; consumer[1];

Entities: Alice Waters[1];

Other categories: Alternative Energy; Environment (general); Manmade Disasters;

From rooftop apiaries in Paris to a vegetable-and-chicken farm in Philadelphia, agriculture has come to the city. Urban farmer Mary Seton Corboy and food writer Jennifer Cockrall-King talk about the future of food in the city. Plus, Tama Matsuoka Wong gives tasty tips for eating garden weeds....

Taranto, attesa doppia: la partita vale il futuro

Source country corrieredelgiorno Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:15:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] garanzie[2];

Entities: Ermanno Pieroni[1];

Other categories:

La partita e il futuro. Taranto pensa doppio, l’attesa è ansia. Ed è carica, anche, che si trasmette in un ampio passaparola. Tutti vogliono vincere, [...] Corriere del Giorno...

State finds Muslim police surveillance legal

Source country dailystar-LB Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:10:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] enforcement[3];

Entities: Barack Obama[1]; Cory Booker[1]; Michael Bloomberg[1]; York Police[1]; John Brennan[1]; Eric Holder[1];

Other categories: Consumer Affairs;

New York City police did not violate New Jersey laws when they conducted surveillance of Muslim businesses, mosques and student groups....

Talking tax with the Comptroller

Source country thevincentian Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:07:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] enforcement[2]; advertising[1];

Other categories: DG Taxation & Customs Union;

Kelvin Pompey has been employed at the Inland Revenue Department for over 16 years now. Seven years ago, he was given the power to administer the income tax and licensing laws in SVG, when he was appointed to the position of Comptroller of Inland Revenue....

Meddik Grabs $750K From Chris Dixon, Founder Collective & More To Build A Better WebMD

Source country techcrunch Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:07:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] advertising[2]; consumers[1];

Entities: Chris Dixon[2]; Learn More[1];

Other categories:

Thanks to health-focused startup accelerators like San Francisco-based Rock Health and New York City-based BluePrint Health lacking intimate familiarity with HIPAA or med school experience is no longer a disqualifier for entrepreneurs looking to enter the health space. There are plenty of problems to tackle, and there's growth capital to be found ....

Articles published more than 40 minutes ago

Momentum gathers to end free banking

Source country telegraph Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:06:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] Consumer[1]; consumers[1]; consumer[1];

Entities: Richard Lloyd[1]; Andrew Bailey[1];

Other categories: Banking - Financial Services;

An end to the era of free banking moved closer last night after the Treasury Select Committee threw its support behind plans for banks to introduce current account charges...

Check on rights?

Source country BangkokPost Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:02:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] Access to justice[1];

Entities: Sunai Phasuk[1]; Yingluck Shinawatra[1]; Abhisit Vejjajiva[1];

Other categories: Consumer Affairs; Conflict;

Quotes in this article

Sunai Phasuk said: "Access to justice is a basic right for all. Attaching strings to a humanitarian payment is an attempt to silence the victims,"

"The red shirt group has been criticising double standards in the justice system, but now this red shirt government is propagating these double standards by imposing these conditions ahead of the court's final decision. This is ridiculous," said Mrs Payao, 47....

Google faced with a million requests a month to remove copyright searches

Source country guardian Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:02:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] enforcement[2];

Entities: María José Sánchez[1]; Fred von Lohmann[1]; Adam Yauch[1];

Other categories:

Quotes in this article

Fred von Lohmann wrote: "Fighting online piracy is very important, and we don't want our search results to direct people to materials that violate copyright laws. So we've always responded to copyright removal requests that meet the standards set out in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). At the same time, we want to be transparent about the process so that users and researchers alike understand what kinds of materials have been removed from our search results and why"

Figures from Google's transparency report reveal huge increase on 2009 as growth comes from rise in 'enforcement vendors' Google is receiving more than a million requests a month from copyright owners seeking to pull their content from the company's search results, the web giant has revealed....

Perfect Commerce Acquires WebProcure expanding their eProcurement se..

Source country nieuwsbank Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:01:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] Commerce[16];

Entities: Johnson Controls[1];

Other categories:

[ Donderdag 24 mei 2012 | Business Wire ] May 24, 2012 01:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time Perfect Commerce Acquires WebProcure expanding their eProcurement services to both private and public sectors NEWPORT NEWS, Va...

Bank of America to Report Second-Quarter Financial Results on July 1..

Source country nieuwsbank Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:01:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] consumers[1]; consumer[1];

Entities: Jerry Dubrowski[1];

Other categories: Economic Crisis - Internal Market;

[ Donderdag 24 mei 2012 | Business Wire ] May 24, 2012 02:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time Bank of America to Report Second-Quarter Financial Results on July 18 CHARLOTTE, N...

Luxemburg court rejects MasterCard challenge to EC interchange ruling

Source country irishsun Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:01:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] consumers[2];

Entities: Javier Perez[1];

Other categories: EC News; Market; Consumers;

Quotes in this article

Javier Perez added: "Today's ruling, if it stands, would upset that sharing and tip the balance decidedly against consumers. It would also threaten the continued delivery of the most advanced electronic payment technologies in Europe which, in turn, are essential to facilitating business and driving economic growth,"

BRUSSELS - An European Union court Thursday dismissed MasterCard's challenge against a European Commission ruling that the global payments and technology company's cross-border interchange fees ......

[Report] Metabolite Profiling Identifies a Key Role for Glycine in Rapid Cancer Cell Proliferation

Source country sciencemag Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:59:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] consumption[13]; Consumption[1];

Other categories: Environment (general);

Rapidly growing cancer cells rely on the amino acid glycine to make nucleotides. Authors: Mohit Jain, Roland Nilsson, Sonia Sharma, Nikhil Madhusudhan, Toshimori Kitami, Amanda L. Souza, Ran Kafri, Marc W. Kirschner, Clary B. Clish, Vamsi K. Mootha...

Articles published more than 50 minutes ago

AP: NJ finds NYPD Muslim surveillance is legal

Source country news-yahoo Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:52:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] enforcement[6];

Entities: Michael Bloomberg[1]; Matt Apuzzo[1]; Michael Ward[1]; John Brennan[1]; Eric Holder[1]; Chris Christie[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Cory Booker[1]; York Police[1];

Other categories: Consumer Affairs;

New York City police did not violate New Jersey laws when they conducted surveillance of Muslim businesses, mosques and student groups, Gov. Chris Christie's administration said Thursday following a three-month review, rejecting demands by Muslim leaders for a formal investigation and a clampdown on cross-border police operations....

Articles published more than 1 hour ago

Banco de Guayaquil Seeks Acquisitions in Andean Region

Source country bloomberg Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:46:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] Consumer[1]; consumption[1]; consumer[3];

Other categories:

’s second-biggest publicly traded bank, is seeking acquisitions in the Andean region after the sale of its insurance unit boosted cash holdings, Vice President of Finance Miguel Macias said. The bank is looking for a lender to buy in Ecuador, Colombia or Peru after booking a profit from the asset.......

Dexia-Bank Milliarden-Stütze soll verlängert werden

Source country tageblatt-LU Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:38:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] Garantien[2];

Entities: Elio Di Rupo[3];

Other categories: Market;

Luxemburg, Belgien und Frankreich wollen das Mutterhaus des in Abwicklung befindlichen Finanzkonzerns Dexia weiter mit Garantien von 45 Milliarden Euro stützen....

Online Advertising Using Purchaser Data Delivers Three Dollars in In..

Source country nieuwsbank Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:31:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] Consumer[2]; advertising[11]; consumers[1]; Advertising[4]; consumer[3];

Other categories:

[ Donderdag 24 mei 2012 | Business Wire ] May 24, 2012 01:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time Online Advertising Using Purchaser Data Delivers Three Dollars in Incremental Sales for Every Dollar Spent 800 Studies from Nielsen Catalina Solutions Involving 300 Brands Demonstrate the Power of Behavioral Data.......

CEA Line Shows to Feature More than 120 Innovative Tech Companies | ..

Source country nieuwsbank Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:31:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Consumers] Consumer[2]; consumption[1]; consumer[1];

Other categories:

[ Donderdag 24 mei 2012 | Business Wire ] May 24, 2012 12:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time CEA Line Shows to Feature More than 120 Innovative Tech Companies CEA Line Shows 2012 ARLINGTON, Va...

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