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Revenue. $241.7 million (2017) Employees (2019) 592. Website. www .consumerreports .org. Consumer Reports ( CR ), formerly Consumers Union ( CU ), is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.
The Consumer Price Index was initiated during World War I, when rapid increases in prices, particularly in shipbuilding centers, made an index essential for calculating cost-of-living adjustments in wages. To provide appropriate weighting patterns for the index, it reflected the relative importance of goods and services purchased in 92 ...
On March 15, 1962, President John F. Kennedy presented a speech to the United States Congress in which he extolled four basic consumer rights, later called the Consumer Bill of Rights. The United Nations through the United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection expanded these into eight rights, and thereafter Consumers International adopted ...
Perchlorate, a chemical found in rocket fuel, has contaminated water and food and is more likely to be found in food given to babies and children, a study from Consumer Reports found. The chemical ...
Ray Combs. Raymond Neil Combs Jr. (April 3, 1956 – June 2, 1996) was an American stand-up comedian, actor and game show host. He began his professional career in the late 1970s. His popularity on the stand-up circuit led to him being signed as the second host of the game show Family Feud in its second run and first revival.
The study considered housing, child care, food, health care, transportation and taxes, among other costs, to determine the minimum income needed for a family to maintain a modest standard of ...
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Headquarters. 21st Km, Udaypura, Kanakapura Road, Bengaluru. Website. www.artofliving.org. The Art of Living Foundation is a volunteer-based, humanitarian and educational non-governmental organization (NGO). [ 1] It was founded in 1981 by Ravi Shankar. [ 2] The Art of Living Foundation has centers in 180 countries. [ 3]