Dell planning late 2012 consumer tablet launch Digital Spy Dell has said that it intends to launch its first consumer tablet computer in late 2012, after previously adopting a watching brief over the hugely competitive market. | The once-dominant US computer maker has seen tablets and smartphones steal market share from PCs, leading to a slowdown in global ...
Consumers in the middle of battle over Internet privacy PhysOrg | For the past two years, each company has experimented with different ways to divine more and more about how people live their lives on the Internet, without sparking a revolt. | But the plans the rivals announced this week, which critics say could ...
Economy grew modest 2.8 percent in Q4, as consumers spent more and businesses restocked Star Tribune | WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy grew at a 2.8 percent annual rate in the final three months of last year, the fastest growth in 2011. | Americans spent more on cars and trucks, and companies built up their stockpiles. But growth in the October-Decemb...
Consumers showing frugality, but housing pain persists Review Journal | Consumers have changed their spending behavior during the economic downturn, saving more and reducing credit card debt, but that hasn't resolved their housing situations, a Las Vegas financial adviser said Thursday. | Michele Johnson still sees 400...
Riley shifts his priorities: Be competitive, not consumed Signon San Diego | More | Chris Riley is too sane, too centered, too mature and, frankly, too rich to agonize too much about his golf game. | The Point Loma-based pro has reached a point of diminishing drive and reordered priorities, the career crossroads where an at...
'Consumers just keep buying new watches, and collecting old ones' DNA India | Timex Group, India's second largest watchmaker after Titan, is set to report a 35% annual sales growth, its highest in a decade. V D Wadhwa, managing director, attri-butes the phenomenal growth to international brands in Timex's portfolio and revit...
Retailers lose consumers to brands doing it better The Times Of India Retailers choose their words carefully when announcing a lacklustre trading performance for the festive period. The aim is to link disappointing figures to the difficulties that beset the sector, rather than any failing closer to home. | 'Challenging...
Consumers Getting Mixed Messages On Debit Cards In Wake Of Swipe Reform The Consumerist | Last year, banks and financial regulators on Capitol Hill went head-to-head over swipes fees, the amount of money banks charge businesses each time they accept a debit card purchase. While swipe fees did end up being reduced by only a fraction of w...
