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03 Dec 2009 03:55

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Politics: Guess what? This poll says most people want a public option

  • 59.9% in fact want a public health care option
  • 86% of Democratic voters want a public option
  • 33% of Republican voters want it too source
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06 Oct 2009 21:14

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Biz: Fewer employers punishing workers for skipping out on work

  • 15% of employers fired workers for playing hooky this year
  • 18% of employers fired workers for missing work last year source
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03 Oct 2009 10:56

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Tech: Why AT&T is probably regretting the iPhone right now

  • 90% of iPhone owners love their phone so much that they’d recommend it to a friend; that’s some great customer satisfaction
  • 50% would switch service providers to someone other than AT&T if they could; that’s some cruddy customer satisfaction source
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12 Sep 2009 13:30

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Tech: The age barrier to cell phone mass adoption? 13 years old

  • 52% of kids between the ages of 12-13 own a cell phone
  • 72% of 14-year-olds have cell phones; it only rises from there source
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01 Jul 2009 20:48

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Culture: Hitting the Michael Jackson media saturation barrier yet?

  • 64% of folks think we should shut about the King of Pop source
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06 Apr 2009 10:00

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Offbeat: When are we most likely to be stressed at work?

  • 11.45A.M. on Tuesdays. So plan for it. source
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31 Mar 2009 10:09

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U.S.: More people think the U.S. is headed in the right direction

  • 15% number of respondents who in December said yes to a Washington Post survey about whether they think the country’s headed in the right direction.
  • 42% number of respondents who said the same thing in March – surprisingly, the highest percentage of yes responses that question has seen in five years. source
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