Consumers' Research

Apple: what recession? Laptops, iPhones lead the way to (another) record quarter.(Financial report)
Macworld; 1/1/2010; 929 words; ...the rest of the American economy staggers along, with weak consumer demand and scrawny profits, Apple continues to cruise, with...growth of the PC market as a whole, according to market-research firm IDC; Mac sales have grown faster than the overall PC...

Technology Miniaturization, Demographics and Healthcare Initiatives Converging to Drive Growth in Patient Self-Monitoring.
Heart Disease Weekly; 12/27/2009; 693 words; ...advances that will provide accurate readings in a format that consumers can understand, clearly indicating when a follow-up visit...presenting them to the patient in the proper context. A new research study, Patient Self-Monitoring: Evolving Technology...

Energy efficiency technologies offer major savings.(Report)
NewsRx Science; 12/27/2009; 934 words; ...money as well as energy, says a new report from the National Research Council. Fully adopting these technologies could lower projected...shortage of readily available, trustworthy information for consumers hoping to learn about the relative performance and costs of...

Competitive, trade-friendly nations weather volatile crop yields best.
NewsRx Science; 12/27/2009; 1249 words; ...depend largely on weather. Research shows that climate change...prices for the country's consumers. Its farmers, meanwhile...can exacerbate swings in consumer and producer prices." He...States, the interests of consumers and producers are more at...see less profit and U.S. consumers benefit ...

Families Find Roots in Cemeteries.
Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week; 12/26/2009; 1063 words; ...and convenient to access data through research and collaboration with others -- down...genealogy websites, which started charging consumers for information in the mid 1990s, had...a small fee for the staff's time to research the information; however, when a family...