A campaign from a giant insurance company seeks to school consumers on health care by offering them a chance to attend a virtual institution of higher learning with no campus, sports teams, classrooms or fight song.
Echoing Dell's outlook, Hewlett-Packard last week described the demand for back-to-school consumer products as "subdued," and CEO Carly Fiorina Carly Fiorina said the company doesn't see any signs of improvement until early 2002.
While I wrote about educational trauma and how it negatively impacts schools, consumers, and producers of education, I also indicated there is some good news.
Other reported sources included friends (73 consumers, 19%); nonrelative farmers, including direct farm sales (50 consumers, 13%); the workplace or a relative's workplace (39 consumers, 10%); neighbors (16 consumers, 4%); drop-off sites (7 consumers, 2%); or other sources, including at daycare or school (11 consumers, 3%).
The measures are aimed at curbing unemployment by providing public money for roads, schools and consumer car-loan incentives.
The campaign is among many that have tried to school American consumers on the correct pronunciations of the names of brands, particularly those of foreign origin.
João Pinho de Mello of Insper business school uses consumer-price levels and government-approval ratings (which are on the rise as Ms Rousseff has used ample media exposure to play up her successes).
With Junior still needing fall pants, sweaters and supplies to take back to school, retail consumers kicked off September on a strong note, and analysts are mostly confident that the trend will continue for the rest of the month.
"We need everyone in the food system to get involved — from farmers and retailers to the health service, schools and consumers.
The basic model is priced at $199 and is aimed at schools and consumers who would like to add Internet access around the house without nicking too much from the family budget.
