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View Article  Economic Downturn Shifts Consumer Spending to the Web for Deals
PriceGrabber.com's economic survey series reveals 89 percent of consumers are

still cutting back on spending

LOS ANGELES, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- PriceGrabber.com(R), a part of Experian, explores the effects the economy has had on consumer ...   more »

View Article  Shanghai Disney deal
Disney's on-again, off-again talks over a decade with the Chinese
government over plans to build a large theme park and hotel complex in the
southern outskirts of Shanghai may be the key to even more....   more »
View Article  Consumer Focus II 2008
Consumer Focus II

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following releases focuses on the topic Consumer Focus II

ALL TIME-OFFS ARE IN EASTERN TIME, UNLESS NOTED STORIES MOVED AT 4:35 AM ET ON JULY 29, 2008.

PORT ...   more »

View Article  New Study Details Hotel, Car Rental, and Meal Taxes in Top U.S. Markets

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) today released the findings of a comprehensive study of car rental, hotel and meal taxes in the top 50 U.S. travel destination cities (by number ...   more »

View Article  British Airways and Iberia may fly together.
British Airways and Iberia in merger talks to form world's third largest
airline in income terms with the fifth largest fleet.

MADRID, SPAIN (JULY 29, 2008) REUTERS -
British Airways and Spain's Iberia are in ...   more »
View Article  WTO talks to secure a global trade agreement are close to collapse amid farm stand-off.
Hopes to rescue a world trade deal are dim as talks resume at the World
Trade Organisation in Geneva.

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (JULY 29, 2008) WTO -
Talks resumed on Tuesday (July 29) at the World ...   more »
View Article  Europe's gloomy outlook
Europe has been hit with another wave of bad economic news

A survey by market research company Gfk says German consumer confidence is
worse than at any time since recession last struck.

And in Spain ...   more »
View Article  Session With Obama Closes UNITY '08 Conference

CHICAGO, July 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sen. Barack Obama told an audience of more than 2,500 journalists of color that actions speak louder than words when it comes to addressing past mistreatment of communities of color ...   more »