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Free Cash Profiles: Consumer Products
Tepid demand is putting a choke hold on the cash flow of consumer products companies.
February 3, 2012
For quite a while now, consumer spending has been flagging. In December, despite the holiday season, personal consumption expenditures decreased by $2 billion, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. That followed tepid increases in October and November. Read more...
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