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Poll: Gun vote boosts Hagan, Landrieu
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | 20 days ago
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Kay Hagan of North Carolina and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana got a boost for their support of a failed bipartisan bill that its creators said would improve background checks. For Hagan, 52 percent of voters said they're more likely to reelect Hagan
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Poll shows drop in New Jersey's perceived quality of life
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | 30 days ago
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N.J. (AP) A new poll finds a dip in how New Jerseyans perceive their quality of life. The Monmouth University poll out Monday finds 6 in 10 respondents say Jersey is a good or excellent place to live. But that's down by 7 points from February and off
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Poll: Confidence in economy is steady
Princeton :: NJ :: USA | 1 month ago
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Confidence in the U.S. economy held steady in the week that ended Sunday, holding in the vicinity of a five-year high, a Gallup poll indicates. For the week, the Gallup Economic Confidence Index -- a compilation of current condition and future
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Polls sees trouble for Calif. school plan
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Half of California voters agree with a plan to shift more money to lower-income school districts, but a large percentage have doubts, a poll said Saturday. The USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll said 39 percent of respondents opposed Gov. Jerry
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Poll: 15% approve of Congress
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 months ago
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According to a Gallup survey posted Tuesday, Congress is at a 15 percent approval rating. That was the body's average approval rating throughout 2012, but it's a point higher than last month's figure. Eighty-one percent of Americans disapprove of
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Many households have no retirement plan
Northbrook :: IL :: USA | 3 months ago
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Almost half of U.S. households with earnings of $50,000 per year or less have no retirement plan, an Allstate Financial survey found...In comparison, 89 percent of respondent in households earning $75,000 or more per year indicated they had a
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US consumer confidence up for first time in 2013
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 months ago
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Confidence among American consumers rose last week for the first time this year, a sign the strain on households from a higher payroll tax is easing. The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index climbed to minus 36.3 in the period ended February 3 from minus
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Poll shows Russians satisfied, optimistic
Moscow :: Russia | 4 months ago
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Russians are more satisfied with their lives, and more optmistic, than at any time in recent years, a state-run public-opinion poll indicates. RIA Novosti said the VTsIOM survey, conducted last month indicated Russians' overall satisfaction with life
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Why We Often Mix Up Great Business Strategies With Dumb Luck
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 5 months ago
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There is much to enjoy in Michael Mauboussin's latest book, The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports and Investing, but here are a few highlights...He writes that: There's a quick and easy way to test whether an activity
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Over 80% of local residents fond of Taipei
Taipei :: Taiwan | 5 months ago
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Around 83 percent of residents of Taipei recently surveyed said they like the city, with 95 percent citing the convenient transport in particular. In addition to the convenient transport, the reasons most cited were the variety of hospital choices
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