Their study of US consumers on how they find local businesses.

US consumers can't buy out of this crisis, 20 August 2011.

U.S. consumers are exporting $400 billion a year to pay for foreign oil.

At $41,000, it is an expensive option for the traditional US consumer.

US consumers have also benefited recently from falling petrol prices, another effect likely to peter out.

"Why should U.S. consumers pay higher prices than the rest of the world?"

U.S. consumers pay $100,000 for each $25,000 job protected against imports in the textile industry, she said.

Liberalisation also gave US consumers a new deal by cutting the cost of car credit.

By the end of 2005 all U.S. consumers could use these services to obtain a credit report.

The company serves more than 150,000 businesses and 1 million U.S. consumers.