Consumers on Townhall

• Record Bank Profits and Zombie Consumers Fri Apr 12
  Michael Schaus
  Now. . . If I could just figure out how to print my own money, I’d be happy to help Bernanke out with his QE. ... more
• Apps help U.S. consumers rent from each other Tue Apr 9
  Reuters News
• Apple apologizes to Chinese consumers over warranty confusion Mon Apr 1
  Reuters News
• A Drug Deal That’s Bad for Consumers Fri Mar 8
  Devon Herrick
  As drug coverage has become more common, special interests (mainly pharmacy trade groups) are pressuring lawmakers to impose self-serving regulations on health insurance drug plans. ... more
• Study: 1 in 5 consumers had error in credit report Mon Feb 11
  AP News
• Microsoft launches new Office for consumers Tue Jan 29
  Reuters News
• Let the Taxi App Roll Wed Dec 5
  Jonah Goldberg
  If Hollywood remade "The Graduate" and set it in 1980, the one word the businessman would have for Dustin Hoffman's character wouldn't be "plastics." It'd be "medallions." ... more
• How the Consumer Became King Thu Nov 29
  Steve Chapman
  Some 200 retailers nationally opened their doors on Thanksgiving Day, and a lot of others did so at midnight. Shoes, jewelry, sporting goods, flat-screen TVs, fancy chocolate -- if you wanted it, you could buy it before the football games were finished. ... more
• FTC Poised to Help Google's Rivals, Not Consumers Tue Nov 27
  Bartlett Cleland
  The Obama administration is well-known for its heavy-handed regulatory overreach, and letting government decide winners and losers instead of the free market. No better example of the Obama administration’s contempt for free enterprise is at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which is currently considering how to proceed with its investigation into whether Google uses its position in Internet search to steer users to the company’s preferred services and away from those of its competitors. And while the agency ponders whether to bring a formal complaint against the company, there's a real danger that it may confuse aiding Google's competitors with serving consumers. ... more
• Supreme Court deals setback to consumers over card disclosure Tue Nov 13
  Reuters News
• Analysis: Romney would send consumers healthcare bill, with benefits Tue Oct 2
  Reuters News
• AmEx to refund $85 million to consumers to settle credit card probe Mon Oct 1
  Reuters News
• Green supercars lure crisis-hit consumers into a cleaner future Fri Sep 28
  Reuters News
• American Taxpayers and Consumers Subjected to International Taxation Wed Sep 5
  David Williams
  American taxpayers are quite often skeptical and critical of federal government bureaucracies. That skepticism is amplified when applied to international institutions like the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN), which receives more than $1 billion in taxpayer dollars. ... more
• Analysis: China consumers counter economy gloom with travel boom Sun Aug 12
  Reuters News
• The Dynamics of Market Credit for Low End Consumers Wed Jul 25
  Armstrong Williams
  A recent Wall Street Journal article examined how the Feds' use of low interest rate policies has failed to reach those in need the most. Aptly calling it the “credit divide,” the article finds that “Fed officials have been frustrated in the past year that low interest rate policies haven’t reached enough Americans to spur stronger growth, the way economics textbooks say low rates should.” ... more
• Apple sags as consumers buy cheaper iPhones Tue Jul 24
  AP News
• Dodd-Frank: Dangerous Dead End Sun Jul 22
  Ed Feulner
  It’s been two years since President Obama signed the Wall Street-reform bill that has come to be known as Dodd-Frank. So has it succeeded in creating “safer and more modern rules of the road for the financial industry,” as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner claims? ... more

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