Sentences with phrase «bite out of the consumer»

The company's first own - brand tablet is intended to help Android take a bigger bite out of the consumer tablet market Apple's iPad revived in 2010, but it may also end up pushing some of Google's Android partners out of the picture by undercutting them.

Not exact matches

However, lending restrictions are less stringent in the auto loan industry, so it's a bit easier for consumers to take out this kind of loan.

Keeping this in mind, you need to remain astute and block out news bits, such as «the index is at 80 so things look gloomy» or «the level of consumer sentiment is up slightly from last month.»

After Equifax left consumers» vital information vulnerable, the top state financial regulator wants to take a bite out of the company and any others who do the same.

The study also reveals sharp differences in out - of - pocket costs for people who chose «consumer - directed» health plans offered by their employers — which often take the smallest bite out of each paycheck — and for people who bought individual private plans during the study period.

At least, that's why I am «freaking out» and why I wrote a lengthy post with suggestions for getting the information across to the (likely) small population of possible placenta consumers while removing «the placenta bit» so that those who found it disturbing & / or in bad taste would not have to experience it or — my concern — its like in future videos.

SLAVE MARKET FOODS: Studies, and a bit of common sense, show that classifications on the socio - economical scale such as low income, inner city and / or ethnic minority [Hispanic / Black] predisposes consumers (who are equal under the law to protections against harm) to diabetes, obesity and other health risks as grocery stores in their area tend to sell lower qualities foods while food producers price high quality (or even halfway decent) foods out of reach.

Some of the trends tend to be a bit bold and maybe a little out there for the average consumer.

As the glut of new consumers begins to wise up to the ways of the gaming world and the profit potential for a critically panned game starts dropping, such games will likely fade out a little bit.

Consumer Reports ranks Volvo 23 out of 27 major manufacturers for the 2018 model year J.D. Power ranks Volvo a bit higher, placing its cars about average in overall dependability.

I've had the tablet for a little less than a week now, and my feelings about it are more or less the same as they were back in February: I absolutely love G - Slate's hardware, find the 3D functionality a bit gimmicky, and wish Google could have ironed out more of Honeycomb's bugs before shipping the software on consumer devices.

However, lending restrictions are less stringent in the auto loan industry, so it's a bit easier for consumers to take out this kind of loan.

This might be a bit out of reach for the typical consumer, but between the list of presents, the Black Friday electronic deals, and normal household spending, the $ 3,000 minimum becomes a lot easier to meet.

FICO discovered a bit of a surprise in 2012 when it looked at what it calls «high achievers,» or consumers with a score of greater than 785 out of a possible 850.

In an environment of subdued investment returns, Davis says consumer awareness will increase that the 2.5 per cent management expense ratio of the average Canadian mutual fund will «take a much bigger bite out of returns and investors will be more apt to notice that.»

«This trended data is teasing out a little bit of the nuance and allowing us to get a better read on the consumer in terms of their likely behavior,» Davies said.

So, the whole concept then in a consumer proposal is, you take what I would have had to pay in bankruptcy, offer a little bit more because we need the creditors to say yes to it; but I can stretch those payments out over a longer period of time then what would happen in a bankruptcy.

Mecado points to high consumer debt, including mortgages and credit cards, as an often «overlooked» factor that takes a «significant bite out of workers» ability to save.»

Recently Dave Leuthold, the executive director of TASC, and I have been communicating about the news that TASC has come out, be it a bit begrudgingly, in support of the new Federal Trade Commission telemarketing sales rules (TSR) that regulate the debt relief and debt settlement industry and protect consumers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which prides itself on being the watchdog for U.S. consumers, has been snarling at America's three major credit bureaus for a while and finally decided to take a bite out of their bottom lines this year.

I compared the rates of different pet insurance companies through Consumer Reports and Healthy Paws came out on top by quite a bit.

People crying about «censorship» only boosted the reach and sales of Fire Emblem Fates when actual consumers found out that it's actually a good game, and it turned out that all the «censorship» malarkey was just certain people who can't let themselves enjoy Nintendo consoles arbitrarily deciding to label random bits where characters can't be interpreted as having screaming sex as «censorship».

The retro gaming scene seems to be at an all time high right now with Nintendo putting out the NES / SNES Classic Editions so you have to think that if Retro - bit and Sega come together and put mini's of these old consoles that consumers would jump on it.

Meanwhile, as an expanding array of diseases delivered courtesy of biting insects continues to creep across the planet, Consumer Reports has gone and done what they do best; apply rigorous testing, this time to insect repellents, to ferret out which products deliver.

A UC Davis researcher is studying whether tiny bits of plastic used in face washes, toothpaste and other consumer products are accumulating in Sacramento - area rivers and flowing out to the Pacific Ocean.

On a more ethical level, if consumers buy a product from you and they believe it to be BPA - free because of information on signs, in catalogs or told to them by a salesperson, and then they find out it is not BPA - free, we suspect most would be more than a bit upset at all parties involved.

This represents unexpected out of pocket expenses for consumers — over and above their home insurance deductible — that can provide a bit of a shock when the time comes to pay the bills.

Today's cost of living can take a bite out of your budget, but it's good to know that as an informed consumer, you can find a renters insurance quote at an affordable price.

Consumers can do a great deal to take the frustration out of the experience by understanding that they do have quite a bit of control over the process.

Now, the concept of innovation seems to be fading a bit as consumers haven't received the fresh innovation they've been looking out for since quite a long time.

There are quite a few Android Wear smartwatches out there these days which gives consumers quite a bit of choice, but many of them are still selling for the retail cost, and some of them can be more than a few hundred.

Some might criticise the company for not keeping enough stocks in hand (as we pointed out, the quick sales of the Mi 3 were a bit of a double - edged sword, leaving many disappointed at not getting a unit), others might accuse them of dumping an old device on Indian consumers and then arbitrarily stopping its sales, still others might criticise their «flash sale» method of selling devices, but the one thing that can not be denied is the fact that Xiaomi did pretty much throw a spanner in the works of established high - end Android players by offering excellent hardware at a staggeringly low price in the Mi 3.

A couple dozen Chrome tabs can bring even the most spec'd - out consumer computer to a halt, while in Firefox Quantum, in our experience, you can have 30 to 40 tabs open and not feel a bit of lag.

It's worth reminding that Samsung has prepared a bit of exclusivity for its Android Oreo beta testers, as last week the OEM sent out a notification to beta participants informing them of a one - day head start over regular consumers.

So that's the challenge to us at this point — to get the word out to the public: «There are services available that are professional and basically the same as those offered by traditional companies, but by participating a little bit with the broker, the consumer can save a lot of money.»

Romney's goal for lenders to return to more normal lending standards is something NAR has been calling for quite a bit in the past year, and the paper cites as one of the roadblocks to this some of the rules to come out of the big Wall Street reform law enacted two years ago, including the qualified mortgage (QM) rule, which is being drafted by the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).