This balance-of-payments shock also prompted the sweeping privatizations, liberalization of consumer prices and introduction of a convertible currency in the early 1990s — reforms that ultimately put the Russian economy on a modern footing.
This balance-of-payments shock also prompted the sweeping privatizations, liberalization of consumer prices and introduction of a convertible currency in the early 1990s, measures that ultimately put the Russian economy on a modern footing.
The mobile phone industry has also started focusing on Muslim consumers, with the introduction of a number of applications, including religious calendars and Koran downloads.
Mindful of the adverse reaction from some consumers over the introduction of genetically engineered crops, the food industry hopes regulators will come up with supportive guidelines that will also allay consumers' fears.
Unilever was heartened, Mr. Weed said, by the response last year of American consumers to the introduction of a brand of ice cream bars, Magnum, that the company sells in markets like Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
In fact, the Kobo eReader is among the most affordable eReaders available, giving consumers an economical introduction to eReading via a stylized, easy-to-use, eInk based reader.
As mentioned in the introduction, consumers who hold firm contracts on the gas markets have first priority in their bids for gas as well as for any overtaking of gas on the secondary markets.
EcoGrid EU is designed as a real-time market, through which engineers seek to realize price responsive electricity consumers through the introduction of smart meters, variable short-term price signals and training users.
[PSGallery=9xmaju104bh]. SAN DIEGO, August 5, 2009 ¾ Sony is today delivering on its promise of making digital readers and eBooks accessible and affordable for consumers with the introduction of two new Readers.
Just as the format wars have historically frustrated consumers during the introduction of a new technology – think Blu-ray versus HD-DVD or VHS v Betamax video formats – the use of glasses means that many 3DTVs do not play nicely with each other.
Although the carcinogenicity-testing paradigm has effectively protected patients and consumers from the introduction of harmful carcinogens as drugs and other products, the testing paradigm is clearly not sustainable in the future.
