Since the data sources have different coverage of consumers, the combined dataset has significant missing values.
There's good coverage "because of consumer demand for having cell phone towers every place you go," said Fedak.
In its coverage of the consumer Internet sector, CSFB has "outperform" ratings on Ask Jeeves, eBay, Shopping.com, Time Warner and Yahoo!, with respective price targets of $33, $60, $20, $22 and $45.
If you're into the school 2.0 way of thinking, don't forget to check out Brian Benzinger's lengthy two-part coverage of Web 2.0 consumer level apps for education at SolutionWatch.
"We now have coverage (breadth) of all of consumer retail (except for autos, and we don't focus on books, music and videos) plus several B2B categories.
For instance, we'll devote parts of January's coverage to the broad theme of consumer technology (thanks, CES!).
David will lead a major expansion of consumer tech coverage on Yahoo and will publish columns, blog posts and video stories that demystify the gadgets, apps and technology that powers our users' daily lives.
Ironically, many of these firms are exempt from coverage of the new proposed consumer agency.
While the federal government offers a wealth of consumer protections, like coverage for preexisting medical conditions and maternity benefits, the states are a crap shoot.
Increased coverage drives consumer awareness of the choices available in the market.
