The practice of gouging fans isn't illegal in Texas, angering consumers and Rockets management.

Mr. Lewis said he regularly attends such gatherings to learn what angers consumers and possibly spot opportunities.

The industry, too, has angered consumers who are demanding music that is not only more affordable, but easy to obtain via computers or wireless devices.

But for various reasons - many of them having to do with the fear of angering consumers - businesses are often reluctant to raise prices when demand climbs.

They angered consumers and didn't stop piracy at all.

The Russian government is leery of angering consumers and at the same time unwilling to protect an inefficient industry.

New York State regulators called yesterday for changes in the state's wholesale electricity markets to prevent the kind of sharp price increases that angered consumers last summer.

His abrupt decontrol of food prices angered already hard-pressed consumers.

The Bridgestone/Firestone company promises to replace them all - but only by next summer, a delay that has angered consumers and politicians.

The decision by Diageo angered both consumers and other whisky producers who were worried that the single malt image would be damaged.