Apple beats Street in holiday quarter; shares soar (AP)

AP - U.S. consumers may have stayed home this holiday season, but no matter for Apple, which managed to turn a profit in the last quarter as people elsewhere stocked up on iPods, Macbooks and other goodies.

Stocks surge as investors bet on consumer spending (Reuters)

Reuters - Stocks jumped on Friday as investors bet that a steep drop in oil prices will boost consumer spending, lifting retail stocks and offsetting government data showing half a million jobs were lost in November.

Retailers offer deals, discounts on ‘Cyber Monday’ (AP)

AP - Retailers who saw Thanksgiving holiday sales drop off as the weekend progressed stepped up online promotions on the day known as “Cyber Monday” to try to get consumers tired of the crowds at stores to keep shopping.

Car sales slide shows auto crisis worsening (Reuters)

Reuters - The global automotive industry faced a fresh wave of bad news Monday, as data showed drops in Swedish, Japanese and South Korean November car sales, with figures for France, Spain and Italy due out later in the day. Automakers are cutting production as well as seeking help from governments to survive as they [...]

Holiday sales get off to slow start (Reuters)

Reuters - The holiday shopping season got off to a slow start as consumers, squeezed by the economic crisis, bought carefully and said they would wait for better deals closer to Christmas.

Holiday shoppers buy carefully, expect more deals (Reuters)

Reuters - The stores are open, the prices are marked down, but U.S. consumers spooked by the economic crisis bought sparingly at the start of the holiday shopping season.

Shoppers cautious with gadget buys on Black Friday (AP)

AP - Consumer electronics have long been among the most popular holiday gifts, with fierce competition among shoppers for day-after-Thanksgiving deals on flat-screen TVs and laptop computers.

Ipsos Reid & Diversity Media Services Join Forces to Conduct Largest Ever Study of Canada’s New Mainstream(TM)

Survey will investigate consumer attitudes of the country’s large multicultural communities

Consumers cut spending (Reuters)

Reuters - Housing, consumer spending and business investment all weakened sharply last month as the dizzying downward spiral of the world’s largest economy gathered speed, data showed on Wednesday.

Fed throws fresh lifeline to financial system (Reuters)

Reuters - The Federal Reserve threw a massive life-line to consumers on Tuesday with two new programs aimed at making it easier for them to obtain loans for homes, cars and on credit cards.

Fed plan boosts Dow, S&P as Cisco sinks Nasdaq (Reuters)

Reuters - The Dow and S&P 500 gained on Tuesday on optimism that the Federal Reserve’s latest rescue package could revive the sagging housing market and free up consumer lending.

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Fed announces new plan to support mortgages (Reuters)

Reuters - The Federal Reserve, in another massive life-support intervention for the U.S. financial system, on Tuesday announced a $600 billion program to buy mortgage-related debt and securities and a $200 billion facility to support consumer debt securities.

Economy contracting, slow recovery seen: OECD (Reuters)

Reuters - The economy has probably slipped into a recession that will last through the middle of 2009, and recovery will be slow as consumers cut spending to rebuild lost wealth, the OECD said on Tuesday.

Blockbuster to rent through new on-demand device (AP)

AP - Blockbuster Inc. will start renting movies and television shows through a new gadget that may give consumers another reason to bypass the struggling video chain’s 7,500 stores.

Real-Life Stories of Diabetes Success

ALEXANDRIA, VA–(Marketwire - November 21, 2008) - How do you measure success? The December
issue of Diabetes Forecast, the
consumer magazine of the American
Diabetes Association, features the personal triumphs of people with
diabetes — some of their stories may surprise you. Here are just a few:

With a glucose meter tucked in his pocket, Jerry Nairn, 49, [...]

U.S. consumers expect steep unemployment rise: survey (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. consumers expect the unemployment rate to rise steeply in a prolonged recession, and as a result have slashed spending plans, according to a survey released on Friday.

North Valley Bancorp Declares Cash Dividend

REDDING, CA–(Marketwire - November 20, 2008) - The Board of Directors of North Valley Bancorp
(NASDAQ: NOVB) has declared a cash dividend of $0.10 (ten cents) per common
share. The dividend is payable on January 2, 2009, to holders of record at
the close of business on December 12, 2008.

North Valley Bancorp is a bank holding company [...]

Fed’s Bullard: U.S. spending slump to sap 2009 growth (Reuters)

Reuters - St Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said on Thursday that financial market turmoil has collapsed U.S. consumer confidence and this would weigh on growth well into next year.

October consumer prices and home starts plummet (Reuters)

Reuters - Consumer prices dropped at the fastest rate on record in October and new home construction was at a record low, according to government reports on Wednesday that underlined how rapidly the economy was weakening.

ReachLocal Launches in Western Europe With Office Serving the United Kingdom

Global Internet Advertising Firm Uses Technology and Its Team of Internet Marketing Consultants to Help Small- to Medium-Sized Businesses Follow Consumers That Have Migrated From Offline to Online Search; Transparent Solution Allows Advertisers to Monitor Their ROI in Real Time

Online retail spending slows to a crawl in October (CNET)

CNET - Consumer spending on e-commerce sites grew just 1 percent during October compared with the same month a year ago, according to ComScore.

U.S. Libor Rates Higher on Friday

U.S. inter-bank lending rates are higher on Friday as
renewed concerns over the fate of the economy are back again in the
forefront.
An article in the Wall Street Journal on Friday suggests that U.S.
banks are raising deposit rates in a bid to attract more capital from
consumers…
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Wall Street sells off as consumers snap wallets shut (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. stocks fell on Friday after a record drop in retail sales last month heightened fears that American consumers’ reluctance to spend will push the economy into an even deeper downturn than currently expected.

Stocks drop on worries about the consumer (Reuters)

Reuters - Stocks fell on Friday after a record drop in retail sales last month raised fears that American consumers’ reluctance to spend will push the economy into a deeper downturn.