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...main indices measure consumer confidence in the U.S., where consumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of the economy. One is a monthly report by the Conference Board, a nonprofit supported by business executives. The University of Michigan publishes a similar monthly survey. During the summer, despite high gas prices and swings in the real estate market, consumer confidence edged upward to hover at a fairly strong level, considering the mounting bad economic signs. The Conference Board put its consumer confidence rating at 59.8 for September, a slight improvement from 58.5 in August. Compare that with the index's nearly...
...trade group was shocked to see the results of a similar survey they ran three weeks later, between Sept. 26 and 29. Thity-seven percent of companies said that as a result of reduced access to short-term credit, they had cut capital spending during the previous month. Twenty-six percent had frozen or reduced hiring, and 22% had considered layoffs. Ten percent had reduced inventory, and 7% had contemplated closing stores or factories. Workers and customers of the world, those are effects you'll feel...
...survey could eventually give rise to a more rigorous and specialized tax filing for colleges and institutions, a requirement the IRS recently created for hospitals after commissioning a similar compliance survey...
What game show involves a series of polls, John O’Hurley, and a team of five Harvard students? Survey says Family Feud. A team of Harvard undergraduates has been selected to compete on the show’s college edition, which will air in mid-November. On Oct. 17, the team, composed of Alexander B. Cohn ’10, Michael T. Henderson ’11, Tana Jambaldorj ’11, Nicholas A. Noyer ’09 and Michelle M. Parilo ’10, will fly to Los Angeles to tape up to three...
...shortage of pajama parties is not the problem—the problem is a shortage of pajamas. The biggest reason that Harvard students find themselves sleep-deprived seems fairly obvious: We are simply having too much fun. We party too hard, and we strip down too often. A 2007 survey by Harvard University Health Services found that just over half of Harvard students had engaged in sexual intercourse at least once. This astronomically high number should alarm us—have we completely forgotten our fair college’s Puritan roots? Aside from the obvious ethical and moral questions...