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Lenovo is attempting to defuse controversy over its pre-installed Superfish crapware — which appears to have run man - in - the - middle attacks against consumers in order to sling ads — by saying it has discontinued use of the visual - recognition technology on new laptops and promising to review outstanding concerns.

This is just another way that China discriminates against their consumers in favor of exporters who are political cronies.

Is the Deck Stacked Against the Consumer in Civil Litigation Today An interview with Jerome L. Ringler on the Business and Technology Report featuring «America's Best Lawyers» as presented on the Forbes Business Channel produced by Sky Radio Network (2005)

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Washington state filed the country's first consumer - protection lawsuit against a crowdfunding campaign in 2014.

Hargreaves Lansdown, a financial services company, also launched two bitcoin ETFs (exchange - traded funds) for its consumer investors in June — though it cautions against investing for most customers.

Only in recent years has insurance been used to provide protection against relatively small losses, such as on consumer goods and airline tickets.

We want to protect consumers against breaches of privacy [but] we want access to data to enable us to do things in a more targeted, more refined, more acceptable way.

Consumer Reports has identified about a dozen class - action lawsuits in the U.S. involving shattered sunroofs, finding complaints against Hyundai, Kia, Ford, Mercedes - Benz, Nissan, and Volkswagen, among others.

A day after the CDC warned pregnant women against traveling to one neighborhood in Miami after learning the Zika virus is spreading there via mosquitoes, consumers looking to cancel their flights into the city may encounter difficulty.

While rates of online fraud attacks against merchants in the travel industry were down 33 percent in 2016, compared to 2015, consumers who buy online are still vulnerable to fraudsters.

Similarly, though Windows Phone has become a tech press darling, developers and consumers will need to adopt it in numbers for it to gain traction against iPhone, Android, and even BlackBerry.

Dollar Shave Club dealt the first blow against the shaving industry incumbents, when, in 2011, its brand of raucous marketing — and a direct to consumer, e-commerce model — first introduced dollar blades to customers.

While the announcement to automatically eliminate tracking cookies in the new browser was celebrated by privacy advocates, it has been slammed by the FTC and the online ad community since it goes against Microsoft's previous agreement to a default browser setting that would require consumers to opt - out of tracking (much like what's available on Google Chrome).

The Justice Department said AT&T sought to hide the high cost to consumers of its $ 85 - billion deal to buy Time Warner in its closing arguments against the wireless giant.»

To really find value in your consumer data, your team should know how to produce against success metrics, such as leads, click - throughs and even page views.

We rage against out - of - control CEO pay, demand stricter corporate governance, and yet we love the dominant leader who cuts through the noise, gives us something we didn't know we wanted and creates the most valuable company in the world in an industry — consumer electronics and entertainment — that commands just two or three per cent of household budgets and GDP.

The heads of the CIA, FBI and NSA warned consumers against purchasing Huawei phones due to security concerns in February.

«Over 240» class action lawsuits by consumers against Equifax in US federal and state courts and in Canadian courts.

Meanwhile in Europe, the EU is preparing to roll out its revised General Data Protection Regulation in May 2018, carrying stiffer data privacy rules that generally elevate consumers» rights, and levy steep penalties against violators.

Scotia, having expanded into Latin America, and TD and BMO, with operations in the United States, are somewhat insulated against a period of consumer debt reduction.

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, a consumer rights action law firm that also represented consumers in a recent $ 400 million lawsuit against Apple (aapl) for price fixing, filed the New York lawsuit.

The first German consumer to file a lawsuit against VW has been identified; and many are sure to follow on the continent and in the U.S. West Virginia's attorney - general also has filed suit against VW on behalf of consumers in that state who were allegedly deceived.

Not only are health stocks seen as a good hedge against market volatility, interest in the category is growing among consumers.

ACTION taken against an Australian Internet domain name company by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has resulted in the establishment of a $ 250,000 compensation trust fund.

The Fed left its key short - term rate at 1.5 per cent to 1.75 per cent — the level it set in March after its sixth increase since December 2015 — as it gradually tightens credit to control inflation against the backdrop of a tight labour market and a pickup in consumer prices.

It's also a good idea to check whether consumers or franchisees have filed complaints against the franchise or franchisor with franchise regulators, Better Business Bureaus (BBBs) or local consumer protection agencies in your state or the franchisor's home state.

Such a violation, if eventually confirmed by the Federal Trade Commission, could lead to many millions of dollars in fines against Facebook, said David Vladeck, who as the director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection oversaw the investigation of alleged privacy violations by Facebook and the subsequent consent decree resolving the case in 2011.

A CFPB spokesperson said in an email to Vox that the bureau is authorized to take «supervisory and enforcement action against certain institutions engaged in unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices, or that otherwise violate federal consumer financial laws,» including the failure of institutions to engage in «reasonable data security practices» in connection with consumer report information.

In January, the CFPB dropped another lawsuit against four online payday lenders that allegedly stole millions of dollars from consumers» bank accounts to pay debts they didn't owe.

The rule, which will go into effect for new accounts in about eight months, will not prohibit individual forced arbitration — meaning individual consumers (as opposed to groups of consumers) could still be be blocked from going to court against financial firms.

«Business Roundtable strongly disagrees with today's announcement because it will hurt the U.S. economy and American companies, workers and consumers by raising prices and resulting in foreign retaliation against U.S. exporters,» Joshua Bolten, president of the influential Business Roundtable, said in a statement.

I am in favor of reviewing them, as Trump has ordered, and streamlining them to make them work for the financial sector and consumers rather than against them.

The rise in interest rates to 20 percent by 1980 forced most states to revoke their usury laws, and credit card companies played states against each other in a race to the bottom when it came to protecting consumer rights.

This summer MillerCoors has been running a blind taste test in bars called «Know Your Beer» in which it puts Lite up against Bud Light with a goal of reaching 500,000 consumers by the end of the season.

Just like a thorough vetting of cabinet nominees could have foreseen the scandals that later emerged, a thorough vetting and review process for the monster tax cut legislation would have cautioned against such radical moves in the face of massive maturing supply, a trimming Fed, and a debt - strapped consumer that is seeing higher interest rates on mortgages and credit cards as a result of the spike in rates.

Mastercard explained in the 2016 announcement that «accordingly, the use of traditional payment networks and payment systems technologies in combination with blockchain currencies may provide consumers and merchants the benefits of the decentralized blockchain while still maintaining a security of account information and provide a strong defense against fraud and theft.»

The Fed is gradually tightening credit to control inflation against the backdrop of a tight labor market and a pickup in consumer prices.

Investors, it seems, are increasingly betting against the retail sector ahead of the big shopping season on the assumption that U.S. consumers will continue to skip the mall in favor of shopping online.

In 2010, the Metzger Law Group filed suit against ready - to - drink coffee companies to require them to give consumers cancer hazard warnings regarding acrylamide in coffee or to reduce the acrylamide content of their coffee products to safe levelIn 2010, the Metzger Law Group filed suit against ready - to - drink coffee companies to require them to give consumers cancer hazard warnings regarding acrylamide in coffee or to reduce the acrylamide content of their coffee products to safe levelin coffee or to reduce the acrylamide content of their coffee products to safe levels.

Oil - related revenue has dwindled since 2015 as a period of low prices reduced interest from producers and consumers in financial instruments that offer protection against price volatility, said Amrit Shahani, research director at Coalition.

The Bank of Americard Travel Rewards card does have a slightly longer 0 % intro APR period (by 3 billing cycles), though we advise against this being a decider, as consumers should strive to not pay any interest in the first place.

As US consumer prices declined unexpectedly on a month - to - month basis, Treasury yields retreated, while the Dollar remained under pressure against the Euro (although a break above 1.24 didn't happen in the EUR / USD), while the safe - haven Yen regained some of its recent losses against the Greenback.

Other buyout funds which do not have a presence in the consumer and healthcare industries and would not be able to use existing portfolio companies as an acquisition vehicle have been advised against entering the process, they said.

He is currently working on a history of commercial fraud in the United States, and especially organizational fraud against consumers and investors, from the early nineteenth century to the present.

Lower consumer spending means less sales by U.S. and foreign manufacturers — especially those in countries whose currency is rising against the dollar (e.g., Japan).

In consumer technology — and increasingly enterprise — the best user experience wins, and it is the best hedge against disruption.

Turkey's demand for gold surged by more than a third in the first quarter, as consumers flocked to the precious metal as a protection against a tumbling currency and rising inflation.

Minister of Finance Bill Morneau is trying to balance soaring household debt levels against the need for strength in consumer spending.

The strength of our brand, an unparalleled connection with our consumers and the continuation of investments in our fastest growing businesses — footwear, international and direct - to - consumer — give us great confidence in our ability to navigate the current retail environment, execute against our long - term growth strategy and create value to our shareholders.

More important to the executives at the show will be the question of net neutrality, including whether carriers can offer consumers streaming music or video that doesn't count against monthly data limits — which could give their in - house services or those of partners an edge over rivals.