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The article focuses on the California Public Utilities Commission's decision to change the way most residents pay for energy, introducing a new fixed monthly charge of 24.15 U.S. dollar and lowering rates for energy use, with the goal of reducing monthly bills.

The article focuses on the perception of the economy and its impact on the potential Biden versus Trump 2.0 matchup, emphasizing that consumers don't universally think the economy stinks but rather have mixed feelings about it, with a distinction between sentiment about the future.

The article focuses on the impact of rising electricity costs on consumers, particularly low-income individuals who are disproportionately affected and unable to afford clean energy solutions like solar panels. Topics include the national average increase in electricity costs, the strain on the budgets of low-income households, and efforts to mitigate these challenges while examining how people are coping with higher bills.

The article provides information on a used automobile auction, focusing on how purchases have no legal protection in the event a vehicle is defective or has been recalled. It notes that many such vehicles are sold to low-income consumers with limited budgets for automobiles.

The article reports on the cost of living and low-income classification of families in California.

The article discusses health insurance for low-wage workers under the U.S. Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010. It is suggested that although employers with more than 50 full-time workers are required to offer insurance benefits, few low-wage workers are willing to purchase such plans. According to the author, plans that qualify as affordable under the ACA are still too expensive for many workers. Financial details on an insurance plan offered by the Golden Corral restaurant chain are presented.

The article focuses on the reversal of Medicaid expansion plan, previously headed by the Obama administration, by the Trump administration, suggesting that the expansion plan is disabling low-income people to receive Medicaid and requests beneficiaries to defray the plan for the low-income pool.

The article discusses multinational corporations' increasing efforts to market their products to lower-income consumers in developing countries. Topics addressed include considerations of changes to a product's design and pricing in order to accommodate the needs of lower-income consumers, the marketing of products to consumers in India, as well as products by telecommunications company Nokia and electronics company General Electric (G.E.) .

The article reports on the proposed bill by U.S Republican governor Rick Snyder which is intended to expand healthcare law of U.S. President Barack Obama. It says that the bill will provide medical assistance to low-income families in the country. It mentions that the bill will undergo voting processes within the Senate house before implementation.

The article discusses economic forecasting related to the retail industry in the United States as of August 15, 2013, highlighting concerns regarding a lack of spending by American consumers. Topics addressed include the effect of job market conditions in the U.S. on discretionary spending; decreases in spending by low-income consumers and teenagers; and sales at retail stores such as Wal-Mart, Macy's and Kohl's.

The article discusses debates in the U.S. over down payment requirements on housing purchases, including the attitudes of consumer advocacy groups and lenders. Subprime mortgages, the housing market in 2013, and economic recovery are discussed, as well as regulations regarding foreclosures. Research on low-income borrowers and the U.S. Federal Housing Administration are also mentioned.

The article reports that U.S. energy company Consolidated Edison has offered use of its own rooftops to help solve energy issues being faced by low-income customers of the company, as of October 2016.

The article focuses on the anti-prevention initiatives of various U.S. states which were unfairly denying childless adults below poverty line of its coverage and services.

Unitaid, the international agency created in 2006 to buy medicine to counter AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, has taken the first step toward establishing a mechanism to deal with a vexing problem of drugs so expensive they are out of reach for most poor people. The agency is endorsing the creation of a panel of experts to explore the feasibility of a ''patent pool.'' In theory, the pool would hold licenses on patented medicines, which it could use to have them made at lower costs for poor countries. Initially, it would focus on drugs for infants with AIDS and for adult patients who have developed resistance to first-line drugs. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The death toll from poisonous moonshine rose to 180 in India's worst spate of such deaths in recent years, the police said. People in the southern states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu bought the liquor, sold in plastic pouches from illegal shops and laced with chemicals, over the weekend and immediately became sick. At least 20 dealers have been arrested and 25 state customs officials suspended. In rural India, poor villagers often buy illegal liquor because they cannot afford bottles sold at state-approved shops. In 1981, more than 300 people died from the sale of illicit liquor in Karnataka. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Looks at United States consumer spending in the first four months of 1999. Increase in sales in stores open at least one year; Comparison to the corresponding period in 1998; Factors in the increase, according to retail analysts and economists; Role of spending by lower-income households.