Sentences with phrase «other consumer groups»

The Electronic Privacy Information Center and several other consumer groups plan Friday to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission asking for an investigation into the network's use of facial recognition for privacy concerns.

I spoke with advocates and farmers and they spoke with other consumer groups.

However, these third - quarter figures show that while subprime auto lending appeared to be increasing, lending to other consumer groups has risen with it.

CA along with other consumers groups, insurance agents and state regulators all strongly disagreed with the proposed rule during the comment period in 2016.

Not exact matches

Simon Property Group Inc. filed a lawsuit against Starbucks on Aug. 21, claiming the coffee giant had not fulfilled its lease obligations and «put its stock price above its contractual obligations, the viability of Simon and its Shopping Centers, other retailers and consumers who count on the Teavana stores,» USA Today reports.

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.

To consult their customers Tim Hortons used focus groups and other consumer research.

In a legal filing joined by other public interest groups and the consumer electronics trade association, the group said the justices should not become regulators of technology and «the court should not attempt to predict the future of television.»

Online lenders have not been feeling a lot of love lately, at least not from regulators and other consumer watchdog groups who are wary of the industry.

Amidst the barrage of new TVs and connected fitness trackers unveiled at last week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas came a surprising announcement from chipmaker Intel: a $ 300 million investment in training and recruiting female and other groups of under - represented computer scientists.

Tim Hortons says focus groups and other consumer research found that its customers felt the old extra large wasn't huge enough.

Paul Alan Levy, an attorney for consumer rights advocacy group Public Citizen, told Consumerist that it doesn't just help the consumer, but it also protects other businesses that operate without non-disparagement agreements.

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.

Ellen Gould is a Vancouver - based consultant who has advised local governments, consumer groups and other organizations on the potential impacts of trade agreements.

Extreme overvaluations also extend to many other large blue chip stocks, consumer stocks, and financials, including GE, IBM, United Technology, Pepsico, Budweiser, Anheuser Busch, Colgate Palmolive, American International Group, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Concord EFS, First Data, and others.

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.

Arby's is majority owned by affiliates of Roark Capital Group (Roark), an Atlanta based private equity firm that focuses on investing in franchised and multi-unit businesses in the restaurant, retail and other consumer sectors.

There are many other tactics shareowners use as levers including, investor statements endorsed by a broad group of institutional investors; direct outreach to other shareholders; proxy voting services; and other investment advisors to gain support for specific shareholder proposals; and, outreach to consumers and the press as a way to draw public attention to an issue or a company.

Among other pro-regulation groups, the Consumer Federation of America and the Center for Economic Justice proposed adding «prohibited practices» to the NAIC model law.

FlyBuy is among a group of startups that utilize technology to help get food, grocery items and other products into the hands of consumers in the most efficient way possible.

The aim for 2018 is to involve this first pilot companies group in participatory information and education field actions, detecting and analyzing how the postulated principles can apply in the productive and distribution chain and how it may be possibole to guarantee, communicate and share them with other market operators and consumers.

The other group subsidiary, Bryden Pi Ltd., imports and distributes pharmaceuticals, hospital supplies, and personal care and consumer products.

is to get connected with other consumers — yes, a support group — and to attend gluten - free fairs at local natural food stores where you can sample different items before buying.

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.

About 200 farmers, consumers, church groups, organic advocates and other sectors convened in the city of Cabanatuan to calling the Department of Agriculture to deny the application of open field test of Golden Rice in Munoz, Nueva Ecija and in San Mateo, Isabela.

Working with social analytics company Digivizer, the company has identified 300,000 potential consumers and is marketing Bionade directly to about 10 per cent of that group, hoping these people will in turn influence other consumers.

«With so many consumers turning to protein from sources other than meat and poultry, there is an opportunity for marketers to reach a sizable group with concerns related to health, particularly cholesterol and fat content.»

With so many consumers turning to protein from sources other than meat and poultry, there is an opportunity for marketers to reach a sizable group with concerns related to health, particularly cholesterol and fat content,» said Billy Roberts, Senior Food and Drink Analyst at Mintel.

Still, the industry could be more aggressive because consumers will probably accept even bigger cuts in salt, according to Leith Greenslade, head of JustActions, a group that campaigns on health and other issues.

Restaurants, grocery stores and other food industry groups are transforming their supply chains, voters and state legislatures are taking a stand and undercover investigations are opening consumers» eyes to the plight of farm animals.

Global warming, greenhouse gases and carbon footprint have become household terms, and consumer groups, government agencies, and businesses are working on ways to preserve the land, air, water and other natural resources.

The results for the few food group intakes that were dichotomized before the heritability analysis, such as for infant formula milk and fruit juice, should not be overinterpreted because there are several indications that they might be an artifact: small numbers of pairs with at least one consumer for formula milk (15 %) and other beverages (13 %) made their distributions extremely positively skewed, and the reduced variation in the data due to dichotomizing these variables compromises power and accuracy of the parameters, therefore limiting interpretation.

We created this index to address the broad range of sustainability - related topics that matter to our business and our stakeholders including, investors, suppliers, customers, consumers, associates, communities, government agencies, NGO partners and other stakeholder groups.

The consumer and health groups said in their letter that a hospital's involvement could sway women and that giving away formula samples worked against their other efforts.

We thank the North American Registry of Midwives Board for helping facilitate the study; Tim Putt for help with layout of the data forms; Jennesse Oakhurst, Shannon Salisbury, and a team of five others for data entry; Adam Slade for computer programming support; Amelia Johnson, Phaedra Muirhead, Shannon Salisbury, Tanya Stotsky, Carrie Whelan, and Kim Yates for office support; Kelly Klick and Sheena Jardin for the satisfaction survey; members of our advisory council (Eugene Declerq (Boston University School of Public Health), Susan Hodges (Citizens for Midwifery and consumer panel of the Cochrane Collaboration's Pregnancy and Childbirth Group), Jonathan Kotch (University of North Carolina Department of Maternal and Child Health), Patricia Aikins Murphy (University of Utah College of Nursing), and Lawrence Oppenheimer (University of Ottawa Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine); and the midwives and mothers who agreed to participate in the study.

WASHINGTON — Despite ongoing safety concerns from parents, consumer groups and politicians, a chemical used in baby bottles, canned food and other items is not dangerous, federal regulators said Friday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Despite continuing concerns from parents, consumer groups and politicians, a chemical used in baby bottles and other items is not dangerous, regulators said Friday.

«The weight of scientific evidence, as assessed by Health Canada and other agencies around the world, provides reassurance that consumers can continue to safely use products made from bisphenol A,» said Steven G. Hentges of the American Chemistry Council's Polycarbonate / BPA Global Group.

After sharp protests from Leahy, Consumers Union and other groups, Ann Veneman, then agriculture secretary, rescinded these and two other directives issued by Robinson.

Yellow and green items were the most likely to have high lead levels, says Judy Braiman, president of the Empire State Consumer Project, a nonprofit group that lab - tests consumer products for lead and other heavyConsumer Project, a nonprofit group that lab - tests consumer products for lead and other heavyconsumer products for lead and other heavy metals.

Kids In Danger commends Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL - 9), Representative Bobby Rush (IL - 1) and US Senator Dick Durbin (IL) along with other congressional leaders and consumer groups who worked to pass the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) to improve children's productconsumer groups who worked to pass the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) to improve children's productConsumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) to improve children's product safety.

People generally expressed concern about the food dye issue as well as other aspects of our food supply which may be unsafe, and I shared with the group some resources I've recently learned about — first, a link to Natural Candy Store.com (which, coincidentally, I found out about from Jenna herself via Twitter) as well as a mobile phone app created by CSPI to help consumers sort through additives on food labels (shared with me by a TLT reader and fellow Houston School Health Advisory Council Member — thanks, Mike!)

I sit on many other national and regional maternity committees including the BFHI committee in the NMH, the Consumer forum in The Rotunda, The National Home Birth Steering Committee, The Baby Feeding Law Group and many others.

But, as Black Friday approaches, one consumer advocacy group is urging Las Cruces parents and other gift givers to take a closer, more - cautious look at the toys they buy their children this holiday season.

(1) to protect and promote breastfeeding, as an essential component of their overall food and nutrition policies and programmes on behalf of women and children, so as to enable all infants to be exclusively breastfed during the first four to six months of life; (2) to promote breastfeeding, with due attention to the nutritional and emotional needs of mothers; (3) to continue monitoring breastfeeding patterns, including traditional attitudes and practices in this regard; (4) to enforce existing, or adopt new, maternity protection legislation or other suitable measures that will promote and facilitate breastfeeding among working women; (5) to draw the attention of all who are concerned with planning and providing maternity services to the universal principles affirmed in the joint WHO / UNICEF statement (note 2) on breastfeeding and maternity services that was issued in 1989; (6) to ensure that the principles and aim of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the recommendations contained in resolution WHA39.28 are given full expression in national health and nutritional policy and action, in cooperation with professional associations, womens organizations, consumer and other nongovermental groups, and the food industry; (7) to ensure that families make the most appropriate choice with regard to infant feeding, and that the health system provides the necessary support;

Mayor Bloomberg's proposed plan to limit the sale of soda and other sugary drinks to containers that are 16 ounces or less has drawn national attention, been widely criticized by editorial boards and columnists, and has made him a target for attacks from several groups including the Center for Consumer Freedom which ran an full page ad in the New York Times.

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.

The socialisation once provided by family, church and other groups is no longer there and is too often replaced by MTV and a consumer culture that tells young minds that respect is gained by the acquirement of goods, rather than earned.

He called for a shared analysis of trends in supply and demand, an international group of experts to promote producer - consumer dialogue, increased cooperation and investment in other sources of energy.

Sampson's group and other business interests have objected to the proposed toll hike, calling it a tax on consumers, and saying it flies in the face of Governor Andrew Cuomo's assertion that New York is now open for business.