Full Coverage: Consumption

26.12.2006 Global poverty estimates report the number of people living on less than $1 or $2 a day. But purchasing power (dis)parities suggest that it could be more accurate to say that the poor in countries like India are living on less than $0.20 or $0.40 a day, says Aseem Shrivastava

25.12.2006 The Serbian Consumer Association (APOS) announced the election demands of Serbian consumers, prior to the Parliamentary Elections, scheduled for January 21, 2007. APOS aims to promote and improve consumer rights during election campaign.

22.12.2006 Pred parlamentarne izbore u Srbiji 21. januara, Asocijacija potrosaca Srbija (APOS) objavila je izborne zahteve potrošača, kako bi afirmisala i promovisala prava potrošača u vreme izbornih aktivnosti.

17.12.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 16 (OneWorld) - Your car's gas mileage is probably worse than you thought it was.

15.12.2006 El gobierno no puede controlar los precios de los productos de la canasta básica porque quedó atado con la aprobación del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con Estados Unidos, argumentó en exclusiva para LA TRIBUNA el presidente Manuel Zelaya.

13.12.2006 from Greenpeace:
In many countries it's holiday season. If last-minute shopping, baking and decorating turn you into Ebenezer Scrooge, just think about the toll this season takes on the environment. But to have your gingerbread cookie and eat it too, check out Greenpeace's 12 tips...

08.12.2006 The Serbian Consumer Association (APOS) published the first issue of Consumer Report magazine. The magazine will come out monthly, as a supplement to Danas daily newspaper.

03.12.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 2 (OneWorld) - Starbucks CEO Jim Donald traveled to Addis Ababa to meet with Ethiopia's prime minister Meles Zenawi this week in an effort to head off what's becoming an increasingly public dispute over the Ethiopian government's efforts to trademark the country's best-known coffee blends.