Bucking a trend of strong consumer-oriented firms.    From Wordnik.com.  [GE, Dow Chemical, Motorola Lead Rally] Reference

Reflecting an uptick for several consumer-oriented stocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lehman, Goldman, Morgan Stanley Rise] Reference

But consumer-oriented companies are growing more concerned.    From Wordnik.com.  [Earnings Streak Defies Consumer Fears] Reference

Some companies have such consumer-oriented products in development.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Tomato With A Body That Just Won't Quit] Reference

Not all consumer-oriented stocks fell Friday, as Circuit City Stores.    From Wordnik.com.  [UniSource Energy, Pharmerica Gain;] Reference

But as the tradition becomes increasingly consumer-oriented, we think its.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kerry Trueman: Ghoulish Goodies: Your Guide to Cheerfully Eerie Edibles] Reference

In the interview, Mr. Lewis defended the bank's consumer-oriented strategy as sound.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bank of America Hit by Consumer Woes] Reference

Last week, GMAC relaunched its consumer-oriented GMAC Bank under the new name Ally Bank.    From Wordnik.com.  [GM Finance Arm to Get a Fresh Bailout] Reference

Meanwhile, H-P this year introduced a line of two consumer-oriented smartphones in Europe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dell's Revival Strategy Runs Into Trouble] Reference

On the software side, consumer-oriented companies are also increasingly relying on the GPU.    From Wordnik.com.  [Graphics Chips Gun for Supremacy in Silicon Showdown] Reference

Plus, Apple is consumer-oriented, which makes it a good subject for consumer-oriented news.    From Wordnik.com.  [Are Apple's Customers Rebelling?] Reference

It's also less well understood how consumer-oriented businesses have found a stake in China.    From Wordnik.com.  [How China and America Became One] Reference

But this supercharged financial center offers a glimpse of China's consumer-oriented future.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shanghai Surprise] Reference

Several of the larger consumer-oriented companies, including telecom giant China Mobile Ltd.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tapping China's Consumer-Culture Revolution] Reference

It was a basic structural problem where we became very consumer-oriented, very import-oriented.    From Wordnik.com.  [Volcker Dishes Dirt On The Federal Reserve] Reference

Meanwhile, J.P. Morgan's consumer-oriented businesses continued to bear the brunt of the recession.    From Wordnik.com.  [Profit Solid, J.P. Morgan Aims to Repay TARP Funds] Reference

We have provided a stimulus for a consumer-oriented growth plan, which, frankly, is already taking place.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2003] Reference

And it's why very few new consumer-oriented dot-coms are being started in garages around the Valley today.    From Wordnik.com.  [Finally, The Net Gets Real] Reference

There were still a couple major consumer-oriented package shippers, but the day of the mailman was long over.    From Wordnik.com.  [Postman] Reference

There, investors worry that the latest consumer-oriented stocks are weaker companies with copycat business plans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Europe's Choosy Net Investors] Reference

And as the economies switch from export-oriented to consumer-oriented, the cycles there will be much more stable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Get Briefed: Bob Browne] Reference

It is about to become extremely inexpensive to create full-featured, consumer-oriented digital media experiences.    From Wordnik.com.  [Web Platforms: Critical Insights for the Future: Shelly Palmer Report] Reference

The money Filipinos send home sustains countless families and fuels the country's strongly consumer-oriented economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manila Banks on Its Expats] Reference

Where were the 'trusted names in news' telling people that we were an overly materialistic, consumer-oriented culture?.    From Wordnik.com.  [RJ Eskow: Is the Crisis Your Fault? or, Epochal Events On the Easy Credit Plan] Reference

Time and again, middle-income and lower-income Americans have been unable to get credit on consumer-oriented, fair terms.    From Wordnik.com.  [David M. Abromowitz: Shirley Sherrod: Beyond the Media Circus, Lessons for Economic Progress] Reference

This website includes links to databases, bibliographies, tutorials, and other scientific and consumer-oriented resources.    From Wordnik.com.  [Contributor: National Library of Medicine] Reference

Another site we like is Medicarerights. org, sponsored by the Medicare Rights Center, a nonprofit, consumer-oriented group.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making smart Medicare Part D choices] Reference

And it suddenly occurred to me that the happiest societies in the world are relationship-oriented, and not consumer-oriented.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2007] Reference

However, because these are consumer-oriented solutions, it's the worker who must start the program and agree to be "tracked.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Staying In Touch With Mobile Workers] Reference

Small-capitalization stocks tumbled as consumer-oriented shares took a hit from slower-than-expected income growth last month.    From Wordnik.com.  [MarineMax and Skyline Each Fall More Than 7%] Reference

Many landlords prefer not to mix consumer-oriented companies like medical offices with more traditional office users, brokers say.    From Wordnik.com.  [Union Station Lures a Kaiser Unit] Reference

The Social Security Administration won an award for being the most efficient consumer-oriented business in America in serving people.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 8, 2007] Reference

Because we are a consumer-oriented company, customer complaints and occasional adverse publicity are an inherent aspect of our business.    From Wordnik.com.  [Intelius Files To Go Public Again. Still A Huge Toxic Scam] Reference

The focus on consumer-oriented Internet offerings could "distract Microsoft from its desktop-software business," says Leon V. Schumacher.    From Wordnik.com.  [What's the Deal for Techies?] Reference

Prior to 2004, Intermix’s business consisted of running a collection of largely undistinguished consumer-oriented websites.    From Wordnik.com.  [2005 July] Reference

(Japan also seems to be edging away from consensual democracy-a polite form of authoritarianism-toward a more blustery, consumer-oriented version of freedom.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Elections Aren't Democracy] Reference

The company's tablet-style device seems to be sidestepping the resistance that the iPhone and other consumer-oriented devices have faced in the corporate environment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Businesses Add iPads to Their Briefcases] Reference

As the author of a consumer-oriented book, Estate Planning Smarts: A Practical, User-Friendly, Action-Oriented Guide, I make it a hobby of collecting DIY horror stories.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Case Against Do-It-Yourself Wills] Reference

For a consumer-oriented service, making the sign-up process as easy as possible is critical, Martin says, "but ease of use also makes us vulnerable to people out to do no good.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Filtering False Customers Online] Reference