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 6 On Tuesday, Union minister for housing and urban affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri, released a report prepared by Moneylife Foundation to document the efficacy of Real Estate Regulation and Development Act, 2016 (RERA) in India from the consumer perspective. The research project, made possible due to the support of Housing Development Finance Corp (HDFC) and its top management team, highlighted that RERA has been a game changing legislation that has imposed discipline, transparency and accountability on developers and intermediaries.      However, the "Report on Efficacy of RERA From the Con...

>> from a consumer perspective, the paper products have an impact. so much pulp is made in china. many consumers have seen an increase. >> wal-mart has yet to say which products have seen the most impact from tariffs. they told reporters that we're going to do everything we can to keep prices low. that's who we are. increased tariffs will lead to increases prices for customers. >> i'm sure if price goes up a little bit, i'll worry. right now it's on the back of my mind. >> we're seeing over $10 million this year on the current tariffs that we're having to pay that we can't pass along do you re...

Unions for the air traffic controllers and the tsa have urged their employees or union members do not strike. because they risk getting fired, and they risk putting their own pensions in some cases could be decades' worth of a pension at risk. and so up until now that's been the official line. >> give me the consumer perspective here. if you have to fly somewhere today and it's in or out of new york or the region, what's the advice? >> i think this -- my own opinion is we could be starting to see the tipping point here. if it's not coordinated, but some controllers may be saying i have to find...

And then when you have people on furlough, you know, you can't do all the things that have to be done and the vulnerabilities are real. i don't think the american people should be worried. >> don't freak out. >> don't freak out. but i think it's irresponsible to put the fda in this position. i think that, you know, the american people really should care. it's not just food safety, either. fda is an enormously important and unique government agency that is making a difference in all our lives every single day in ways that are profound, often life saving. we need to be paying attention to this. ...

The current supreme court how do you think it will go? >> likely the way the amex case recently went 5-4 in apple's favor. >> shepard: and do you find that to be the right decision personally? >> from a consumer perspective no and 31 state attorney generals agree and 31 states led by texas and we have an iowa democrat citing with the plaintiff in the consumers' interest. >> we'll watch it. there's a snow form bringing blizzard conditions to the midwest and causing problems for travellers in a huge way and also for some companies. companies that are trying to fill your orders on this cyber mond...