Word: consumerization
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The debate erupted the moment genetically engineered crops made their commercial debut in the mid-1990s, and it has escalated ever since. First to launch major protests against biotechnology were European environmentalists and consumer-advocacy groups. They were soon followed by their U.S. counterparts, who made a big splash at...
In 1995 a team of scientists set up a field trial of two transgenic lines--UH SunUP and UH Rainbow--and by 1996, the verdict had been rendered. As everyone could see, the nontransgenic plants in the field trial were a stunted mess, and the transgenic plants were healthy. In...
It wasn't, to put it mildly, a stellar day for the booming supplement industry, whose U.S. sales have ballooned to more than $14 billion a year. ConsumerLab, a small, independent laboratory in White Plains, N.Y., is trying to position itself as the Consumer Reports of the supplement industry. According...
"I think this agreement is terrific," said Josh Isay, spokesman for DoubleClick, the largest Internet advertising network and a major force in the Network Advertising Initiative, which penned the agreement. In other words, whew. Because without some consumer information these firms can dangle in front of companies, the economy of...
This much we do know: Duchovny, who last year suggested he might not return to the series at all, will be back for 11 episodes, about half the series. Fox just hired a new male lead, Robert Patrick, who will sub for Mulder, playing a cop turned Fed. About six...