Sentences with phrase «of the advocacy group consumer»

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In addition, our approach to connecting business with social change is based on addressing the priorities of a wide range of stakeholders including employees, business partners, shareholders, government regulators, advocacy groups and consumers.

Others, such as consumer watchdog Public Citizen and the preventive medicine advocacy group Trust for America's Health (TFAH), had very different takes, arguing Cures mostly benefits pharma companies at the expense of other important public health initiatives.

Consumer advocacy groups call on regulators to police this new industry of predictive scoring.

Public Knowledge, a consumer advocacy group, said Pai had a «history of attacking consumer protections» and urged him to keep the FCC's recent initiatives intact.

The FTC is probing a complaint brought by the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, which looked at some 1,000 products on Amazon's website in June and found that Amazon (amzn) put reference prices, or list prices, on about 46 % of them.

The majority of those stem from a template put together by liberal consumer advocacy groups, though.

And that's led to criticism from a consortium of critics which includes consumer advocacy groups and notorious drug price - hiker Martin Shkreli himself.

We need the consumer being confident and strong, having those extra dollars to go out and have a set of wine glasses or buy some extra dinnerware,» said Walt Rowen, owner of Susquehanna Glass Co. in Columbia, Pa., at the press conference Small Business Majority, an advocacy group based in Washington, D.C.

The Consumer Federation of America plans to file an amicus brief in the court case in conjunction with other advocacy groups this week, highlighting reasons it believes the case was wrongly decided.

The FCC will continue to work with Internet and broadband providers, consumer advocacy groups, and others to hammer out the details and determine the best course of action for the future of broadband in America.

«A new U.S. rule aimed at restoring consumers» ability to band together to sue financial companies has survived its first challenge, as a top banking regulator on Monday said he would not petition for it to be suspended... «The rule is a well thought - out response to the serious consumer harm of forced arbitration,» said Brian Marshall, policy counsel for advocacy group Americans for Financial Reform.»

However, imposing taxes on products used daily by American consumers and job creators is not the way to achieve those ends,» said Myron Brilliant, executive vice president of the US Chamber of Commerce, an advocacy group that has long been opposed to Trump's trade policy.

Breadwinners: «If anyone in your life depends on you financially, you need life insurance,» said Marvin Feldman, CEO of consumer advocacy group LifeHappens.org.

According to the Consumer Federation of America, a non-profit consumer advocacy group, payday loans range in size from $ 100 to $ 1,000, depending on state legal maximums and carry an average APR of 400 % and an average loan term of twConsumer Federation of America, a non-profit consumer advocacy group, payday loans range in size from $ 100 to $ 1,000, depending on state legal maximums and carry an average APR of 400 % and an average loan term of twconsumer advocacy group, payday loans range in size from $ 100 to $ 1,000, depending on state legal maximums and carry an average APR of 400 % and an average loan term of two weeks.

Consumer advocacy group Choice said only 13 % of Australians actually drink Milo with skimmed milk, while 55 % drink their Milo with full cream milk.

Consumer advocacy group CHOICE has launched a campaign against a proposal seeking the removal of quantity statements from the front of pack on consumer goods paConsumer advocacy group CHOICE has launched a campaign against a proposal seeking the removal of quantity statements from the front of pack on consumer goods paconsumer goods packaging.

Consumer advocacy group CHOICE has today launched a campaign calling on Kellogg's and six other food manufacturers to roll out the front of pack health star rating on their products.

Although the ACCC said the legal action follows a complaint from the Obesity Policy Coalition on toddler foods which make health claims but are made mostly from fruit juice concentrate, consumer advocacy group CHOICE also reported on one of the Shreadz products produced by Heinz in May 2016.

Consumers will appreciate our efforts in being responsible stewards of the land and good neighbors, while maintaining the long - term viability of businesses that contribute significantly to the state's economy,» said Robert P. Koch, president and CEO of Wine Institute, the public policy advocacy group for nearly 800 California wineries and affiliated businesses.

Research shows that a majority of global consumers, and especially Millennials, support companies that are committed to minimizing environmental impacts and that prioritize sustainable approaches to operations.2 To share more about its water initiatives, Fetzer Vineyards developed a new page on its website containing facts about agricultural water use and details about the company's water policy support. Visit fetzer.com/water for more on Fetzer Vineyards» water initiatives, including its adoption of BioFiltro's BIDA ® treatment system and its support for water conservation research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on March 22, 2016.

«If you want to start selling supplements today, you don't have to register, you don't have to show your product to be effective,» says Dr. Sidney Wolfe, director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group, a consumer advocacy organization.

On Nov. 21, the regulatory agency sent a letter to two consumer advocacy groups saying that it is seriously considering setting guidelines for what levels of inorganic arsenic should be allowed in apple juice.

Back in April, the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen wagged its finger at hospitals for being complicit in unethical marketing of the formula products, and so called for healthcare facilities to «immediately discontinue the distribution of commercial infant formula manufacturer discharge bags.»

The CSPI, a Washington - based non-profit consumer advocacy and education group, is often derisively referred to as the «food police» for coming out against a range of foods, including fettuccine alfredo («heart attack on a plate») and ice cream («coronaries in cones»).

«It is clear that the complex array of federal food safety programs doesn't adequately protect America's schoolchildren,» said Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer advocacy group.

Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy for the consumer advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest, agrees.

Concern is mounting among physicians, health professionals, environmental advocacy groups, public safety officials, as well as consumers because of the possible effects of these chemicals on our children.

Many of NYPIRG's proposals were endorsed by other good government or advocacy groups such as the League of Women Voters, Empire Justice Center, Common Cause, Consumers Union, Environmental Advocates of New York and the Brennan Center for Justice.

Swan, the director of a consumer advocacy organization called Connecticut Citizen Action Group, was an experienced local organizer.

The Group's members include academic scientists, ethicists, and theologians, religious leaders of different faiths, and representatives from consumer and patient advocacy groups, government, and the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

«The law requires that a food safety plan be written up and that the farms keep a record of the way it is administering the plans,» said Alexis Baden - Mayer, political director of the Organic Consumers Association, a nonprofit advocacy group.

«Whether that means there's a connection between the human form of sporadic Creutzfeldt - Jakob and the new strain of mad cow is a completely open question, but the fact that we see similar damage is intriguing,» says Michael Hansen, the senior research associate for Consumers Union, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group.

Up to 1.6 billion pounds of plastics — from water bottles, food packaging and other consumer goods — end up in oceans every year according to Oceana, a nonprofit marine advocacy group.

Sidney Wolfe, MD, director of the Health Research Group at the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, notes that weight - loss products have a dismal history in terms of safety and effiGroup at the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, notes that weight - loss products have a dismal history in terms of safety and effigroup Public Citizen, notes that weight - loss products have a dismal history in terms of safety and efficacy.

A consumer advocacy group As You Sow did independent testing on a number of popular brands and found levels to be higher than the safe threshold set by California (though the levels were still within the FDA's limits).

According to the consumer advocacy group the Center for Science in the Public Interest, seven of the 13 experts on President Bush's newly appointed task force, which is assembled to create the next version of the food pyramid, have received research and consulting money from the food and drug industries.

From there you can contact your local Federal Trade Commission or consumer advocacy group and you can even contact the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

: Parents should keep track of how many apples, peaches, and green beans their children eat because those fruits and vegetables, as well as several others, may contain unsafe levels of pesticides, a consumer - advocacy group contends.

-LRB-...) At the same time, however, a chorus of consumer and student advocacy groups said they had serious concerns about the sale.

The Web site of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has at least 200 complaints about transmissions on those vehicles, while the Center for Auto Safety, a consumer advocacy group, has almost four dozen.

Comprised of an experienced group of consumer advocacy law firms, Lexington Law has over 25 years of experience in credit repair.

CardRatings.com is part of U.S. Citizens for Fair Credit Card Terms, a consumer advocacy group devoted to educating consumers about credit cards.

A group of consumer advocacy law firms, Lexington Law offers its clients over 25 years of credit repair experience.

I asked him if I could just do this myself and he told me that The Dept. of Education didn't have employees that handle loan consolidation and that they depended on consumer advocacy groups to handle it.

I received a call today from a consumer advocacy group telling me that my loan wasn't consolidated through the Department of Education and since my load consolidation is through Great Lakes that it's not a true consolidation and that it's not a real Income Based Repayment plan.

The line «The Dept of Education doesn't have the staff and relies on consumer advocacy groups» is complete B.S. Literally all this company would do for you is file paperwork with the Department of Education!

But taking the time to learn about and shop for coverage could pay off for millennials — and all renters, says Linda Sherry, director of national priorities for the consumer advocacy group Consumerconsumer advocacy group ConsumerConsumer Action.

Shop around «A funeral is a major business transaction,» says Nicole Renwick, executive director of the Memorial Society of British Columbia, a consumer advocacy group for the bereaved.

Advocacy group OpenMedia welcomed the announcement, calling the recent roll - out of new TV service requirements a stark reminder of why consumers need a strong complaints mechanism.

«Be warned: Failing to repay a loan has consequences just as serious as not paying other kinds of debts,» says Monica Steinisch, who wrote a report on the P2P industry for the consumer advocacy group Consumerconsumer advocacy group ConsumerConsumer Action.