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    A Penney Earned

    JANUARY 26, 2012 5:26PM

    By firstinpro


    Topics: shopping, retailers, consumers, j.c. penney

    • 9 Ratings
    • 615 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    The U.S. of Debt and Bondage

    APRIL 18, 2011 3:10PM

    By Kate Flannery


    Topics: bankruptcy laws, government, consumers, shame, guilt, taxes, mortgage debt, student loan debt, credit card debt, foreclosure, bankruptcy, economics, debt

    • 6 Ratings
    • 782 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Now Not Appearing in Aisle Three

    APRIL 8, 2011 2:46PM

    By Ann Bancroft


    Topics: humor, shopping, consumers, marketing, news, distraction, comedy

    • 23 Ratings
    • 826 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    'losing it all'

    JANUARY 13, 2011 3:32PM

    By Mission


    Topics: prose poem, poetry, american dream, lost souls baubles, trinkets, consumers, pollution, environment, politics, economy

    • 2 Ratings
    • 200 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    The Great American Consumer Stand-off

    DECEMBER 1, 2010 2:10PM

    By Blu Speck


    Topics: shopping, christmas, prices, consumers, retail, banks, recession

    • 19 Ratings
    • 541 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Weekend Media Musings

    NOVEMBER 27, 2010 8:01PM

    By Mission


    Topics: dark humor, comedy, economy, the world is going to hell while we shop, consumers, rant, general and weekend nonsense

    • 0 Ratings
    • 117 Views
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    Is Anybody in Charge Here?

    OCTOBER 9, 2010 5:56PM

    By fredstancis


    Topics: tea party, consumers, business, politics

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    • 20 Ratings
    • 2779 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Adverse Elements of the Continuous News Cycle

    JULY 21, 2010 2:40PM

    By Catherine Forsythe


    Topics: news, competition, consumers, cnn, hln, tylenol recall, communication, safety, security

    • 2 Ratings
    • 1373 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Comcast-NBC Merger: Nonprofits Distract, Support the Move

    JULY 15, 2010 1:24PM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: fcc, television, chicago, consumers, net neutrality, internet, politics, news, entertainment, journalism, media, comcast, nbc

    • 0 Ratings
    • 193 Views
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    Social Media Users: Your New Consumers

    MARCH 17, 2010 7:06PM

    By V Souvannasane


    Topics: yellow peril media, twitter, trends, technology, social networks, social networking, social media, reality, perception, imoderate, facebook, customers, consumers, chadwick martin bailey, business

    • 0 Ratings
    • 309 Views
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    Caveat Emptor

    FEBRUARY 28, 2010 11:19AM

    By Emily Chiodo


    Topics: advertising, marketing, consumers

    • 10 Ratings
    • 1714 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Consumer Outrage: The Death of Customer Service

    FEBRUARY 12, 2010 11:03AM

    By Mary Ann Sorrentino


    Topics: corporate abuse, waste, inefficiency, rudeness, big business, customer service, consumers, sears

    • 0 Ratings
    • 161 Views
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    FCC Seeks to protect wireless customers

    JANUARY 27, 2010 11:57PM

    By Amir Khan


    Topics: politics, media, consumers, technology

    • 2 Ratings
    • 1104 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Every Dollar Spent is a Vote for Something

    JANUARY 18, 2010 11:44AM

    By Marie Louise Brown


    Topics: diabetes, products, cleaning, buying, shopping, advertising, politics, food/drink, feminism, fashion, environment, business, consumerism, consumers, corporate, poison, cancer, simplicity, children, women, family, health

    • 1 Ratings
    • 323 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Bow down to FOX and Microsoft

    JANUARY 1, 2010 2:49PM

    By Art Lynch


    Topics: open call, cable, las vegas, consumers, big business, new york, los angels, pt barnum, cox, time warner, sports, bing, windows 7, microsoft, newscorp, fox

    • 1 Ratings
    • 638 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    A Broad Coalition to Take on the Banksters

    OCTOBER 24, 2009 10:43PM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: foreclosures, showdown in chicago, greed, consumers, banks, protest, activism, bonuses, goldman sachs, citibank, bank of america, geithner, obama, politics, news, economy, recession, chicago

    • 0 Ratings
    • 261 Views
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    Weekly Audit: Protect Consumers, Not Wall Street

    OCTOBER 6, 2009 12:52PM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: unemployment, jobs, workers, ralph nader, cfpa, consumers, wall street, foreclosure, economy, the media consortium, zach carter, weekly audit, tmc, in these times, mother jones, the progressive, alternet, the nation,  yes!

    • 14 Ratings
    • 2846 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Cash for Clunkers--A Penny Well Spent

    AUGUST 3, 2009 2:51PM

    By Walter Blevins


    Topics: cars, auto industry, epa, mpg, miles per gallon, fuel economy, consumers, rebate, bail out, tarps, house of representatives, senate, government, finance, auto, economy, car allowance rebate system, cash for clunkers, nada, cpo, cpov

    • 0 Ratings
    • 216 Views
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    Staying Cool (or Warm) on a Fixed Income

    JULY 21, 2009 4:13PM

    By David Holt


    Topics: consumer energy alliance, energy policy, energy prices, consumers, energy, senior citizens

    • 0 Ratings
    • 254 Views
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    The New Normal and Sustainability

    JULY 16, 2009 11:04AM

    By thegreenmarket


    Topics: environment, consumer culture, consumers, paradigm shift, thrift, cost cutting, efficiency, sustainability, new normal, new economy

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