One of my managers once told me I wasn't at work to make friends. But connecting with co-workers is a key to fruitful work environments. In Fired up or Burned Out, author Michael Stallard begins by citing Gallup research showing that only three in ten Americans are engaged in their...
hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube While Research In Motion's lawsuit against Samsung over the similarity of the Samsung BlackJack to the RIM BlackBerry is a prett ...
The Gallup Organization has chosen Datacap's Task Master 2000 Total Capture solution to capture more than 150,000 surveys daily at its central US processing facility in Lincoln, Nebraska. Later this year it will be installed in Singapore and Beijing.
The ability to access anything, any time, any place seems to be every enthusiastic wireless user's ultimate dream. But many seem unaware that the technology that might make that goal a reality is not just around the corner, it's already here. ...
GENEVA AFP — People are deeply confused about what causes cancer and the most effective means of prevention, with many favouring more fruit rather than cutting down alcohol, a new study said Wednesday. "Many people hold mistaken beliefs about what causes cancer, tending to inflate the threat from...
GALLUP, N.M. -- Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) today announced a 5-year, $7.4 million contract with Gallup-McKinley County Schools for a high-speed network that will deliver learning opportunities to students in this rural New Mexico district. The 12,000-student district is using Qwest Metro Optical Ethernet QMOE to...
DENVER -- Fewer than half of Hillary Rodham Clinton's supporters in the presidential primaries say they definitely will vote for Barack Obama in November, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, evidence of a formidable challenge facing Democrats as their national convention opens here today. In the survey, taken Thursday...
WASHINGTON AFP — US voters have serious misgivings about both US presidential candidates -- Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain -- faulting the former for lack of experience and the latter for close ties with President George W. Bush, according to a new opinion poll. The survey...
Recent study released by the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being IndexSM demonstrates that economic concerns, associated lowering of standards of living are affecting America's well-being NASHVILLE, Tenn. & WASHINGTON -- Research released by the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index last week points to a significant decline in overall well-being among all Americans over...
Many Families Do Not Consider Costs When Deciding How to Pay for College, Parents Worried Economy Will Affect Their Ability to Pay the Tuition Bill RESTON, Va. -- College students and their parents see higher education as a critical investment in the future, but according to a national...
WASHINGTON AFP — As Barack Obama prepares to rejoin the fray of the White House campaign, the Democratic hopeful can take heart from holding his own in the polls despite sequestering himself in Hawaii for the past week. But with Obama set to resume battle with Republican rival...
WASHINGTON -- Intensified attacks by Republican John McCain on the character of his Democratic opponent have coincided with Barack Obama losing a nine percentage point advantage in a national poll, which showed the candidates running dead even over the weekend. McCain, who had vowed to avoid the...
MERRIMACK, N.H. -- PC Connection, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCCC), a leading direct marketer of information technology products and solutions, will report a modest increase in net sales year over year for the three months ended June 30, 2008. Net sales were up 1.9% to $449.4 million over the three months ended...
New Gallup Poll Shows Beer's Lead Over Wine, Spirits is Back to Double-Digits; Shift Most Evident Among Adults Ages 30-49, Back to Beer After Trying Wine ST. LOUIS, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- According to a new Gallup poll, beer's lead over wine and spirits has returned to...
WASHINGTON AFP — White House hopeful Barack Obama's foreign tour has had only a muted impact among voters, and many Americans believe the Democrat is getting over-the-top media coverage, Gallup said Tuesday. In the first in-depth look at public perceptions of the Democrat's trip to Afghanistan, Iraq, the...
WASHINGTON -- Republican John McCain gained ground in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll that found Democrat Barack Obama's highly publicized foreign trip has not broadened confidence in his ability to be commander of the U.S. military. The poll, taken Friday through Sunday, showed a surge since last month...
Most people today reject the notion that couples who live together before marriage are more likely to get divorced, finds a weekend USA TODAY/Gallup Poll of 1,007 adults. Almost half (49%) said living together makes divorce less likely; 13% said it makes no difference. Just 31% said living...
WASHINGTON AFP — John McCain's White House campaign Monday dragged rival Barack Obama back to the domestic fray, scorning his economic plan as a recipe to plunge the United States into a 1930s-style depression. Top aides to the Republican senator vied to steal the thunder from an illustrious...
WASHINGTON -- Blacks and whites continue to have profoundly different perspectives on the prevalence of racism in America, a Gallup Poll finds, but it also shows a modest narrowing in some of those gaps and a jump in optimism about the future. The survey paints a mixed picture...
According to the most recent Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index survey, more than one-third of small business owners said that their personal financial situation as a whole is getting worse. Half of the business owners surveyed said they've postponed a major purchase in the past three months, and nearly as...
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