...This is not just a societal trend. This is the mobile carriers marketing to parents," says Carl Howe, a mobile-industry analyst and research director for Yankee Group. "Carriers are saying, 'Your child needs a phone,' and they're making...
...million orders of iced, frozen or what are categorized as "slushie" coffee drinks, says Bonnie Riggs, restaurant industry analyst for NPD Group, a major market research firm.That compares with 400 million in 2006, an impressive performance...
...Gasoline prices dropped below $1 for yet another new all-time low, but prices may finally be bottoming out, an industry analyst said Sunday. The weighted average was 99.8 cents per gallon Friday, down 1.61 cents from two weeks earlier...
...to be losers in the market. Most of the high-mileage models that comprise EPA's ''Top Ten'' are what auto industry analysts call ''entry compacts.'' According to 1998 and 1999 sales figures compiled by J.D. Power and Associates...
...Up until now, consumers have generally decided the protection provided by airbags outweighs the risks, say auto industry analysts who expect the new warning to have little effect. ''It will not impact sales,'' said Art Spinella of CNW Marketing...
...beef is once again being looked at in a more favorable light as high-protein diets gain in popularity, said food industry analyst John McMillin of Prudential Securities in New York. ''All the dietiticans are telling us to eat the steak but...
...S. economy from other price pressures during the long economic boom, helping to dampen overall inflation. Oil industry analysts said the cancellation of Iraqi sales could push prices higher in the coming weeks. Latta said those higher energy...
...three and a half years, even rational people start to act irrationally,'' said Brad Bartholomew, an airline industry analyst who specializes in labor relations. Recent precedents in which courts have ruled against sickouts or other job actions...
...per-gallon price of $1.3412, due to continued stabilization of crude oil prices and a season of lower demand, an industry analyst said Sunday. Trilby Lundberg, who conducts the Lundberg Survey of 10,000 stations, also said there was little...
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