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Injured motocross rider opens eyes, moves a bit

...nation, as off-road vehicles generate far more serious injuries than mainstream sports and activities.The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported in 2011 ? the latest year for available data ? that more than 60,000 people were injured...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-30/injured-motocross-rider-opens
Metric system use on the rise in the U.S.

...by the French government on April 7, 1795.Use in the United States is more widespread than some would think.Consumer products from shampoo to ice cream bear metric units. Consumers buy soda in 2-liter bottles without a second thought. Metric...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/life/life-style/2013-04-04/metric-system-use-rise-u
Staff Quality Engineer Job Job in Skillman, New Jersey US | Monster.com

...Engineer-9094130415 Description Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Company, a member of Johnson & Johnson Family...location in Skillman, NJ. Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Company develops and markets baby care, wound care...

http://jobview.local-jobs.monster.com/Clinical-Account-Specialist-Augusta-GA-Bio
Sales - Preset Appointments Job in Augusta, Georgia US

...customer service associate, customer service representative, business to business sales, closer, lead, manager, consumer products, telecommunications, outside selling, inside selling, agent, merchant, negotiator, dealer, broker...

http://jobview.local-jobs.monster.com/?ch=augusta/Sales-Preset-Appointments-Job-
Strong earnings lift S&P 500

...70.65 points. The Nasdaq composite gained 19.33 points to 3,149.71.Procter & Gamble, world's largest consumer products maker, gained $2.83 to $73.25 after reporting that its quarterly income more than doubled. P&G also raised...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-01-25/strong-earnings-lift-sp-50
Dollar stores are not always bargains

...trick in many of those cases is to pay attention to the package size. Pat Conroy, vice chairman of Deloitte's consumer products division, said dollar stores are able to make money by working with suppliers to offer name brand products in smaller...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/your-business/2012-12-07/dollar-store
Avon will cut 1,500 jobs, leave South Korea and Vietnam

...the plan. The restructuring follows moves other consumer product makers have made this year to cut costs and exit...sales in international markets.A growing number of consumer product makers are exiting businesses and cutting costs to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-12-12/avon-will-cut-1500-jobs-le
New Year's fireworks burns hospitalize 4 people

...associated with fireworks, the July Fourth holiday accounts for the highest number of such accidents, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. A national study by the commission, using 2011 data, found that 65 percent of the 9,600 injuries...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-01-02/news-years-fireworks-burns-ho
Club Car recalling 950 cars

...Club Car is recalling nearly 1,000 of its gas-powered golf cars.The Augusta-based company told the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission that the fuel hose could separate from the fuel tank, posing a fire hazard.No incidents have...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-02-06/club-car-recalling-950-car
Goodell stresses safety at youth clinic

...football clinic in Akron, Ohio, where players received new helmets through a partnership started by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.Player safety has been one of Goodell's overriding interests, sparking changes to outlaw dangerous...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nfl/2012-08-04/goodell-stresses-safety-youth