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...Speech talk show. And in September the government appointed a new board to run the country's most credible polling organization, the Russian Institute for the study of Public Opinion (VTSIOM). Fearing state control, the Institute's staff walked out. The new Putin-friendly VTSIOM recently announced a survey showing that the pro-Kremlin United Russia party was 18% ahead of its main rival, the Russian Communist Party (kprf). But the breakaway VTSIOM-a group published its own data giving United Russia only a 6% lead. Still, it seems United Russia is likely to win a hefty majority...
...profits by being famously stingy about hiring, even as the work volume increased, which is one of the reasons worker productivity has zoomed. "What's happening is that businesses are telling workers to suck it up and work harder," says Mark Zandi, chief economist at Economy.com According to a survey by Monster.com 71% of workers polled said they put in more than 40 hours a week, and 57% consider themselves overworked. "They can't do that forever," says Zandi. "Companies have got to hire." After the 1991-92 recession, it took 18 months for job growth to resume in earnest...
Forty-two percent of workers cash out their 401(k) retirement savings plans when they leave their jobs and take their accounts with them, according to a survey by consulting firm Hewitt Associates. Big mistake. When you cash out, you pay taxes and possibly a penalty of 10% of the account's value; also, your money no longer grows tax-deferred. Financial planner David Bergmann advises that you roll the money into an IRA or your new employer's 401(k), or leave it in the old employer's plan...
...typos are easy to make, but the most frequent mistake executives commit on their resumes is being too wordy, according to a recent survey of global recruiters by Korn/Ferry International. Another oft cited blunder? A resume that's too short. So be careful on that tightrope. Two pages is the preferred length; then again, your resume is just "an ante into the game," says Caroline Nahas, a Korn/Ferry managing director. "Your interview and ability to match up your experience and personal qualities with the company is absolutely essential," she continues. And if you do make it to the offer table...
Ordinarily, Volkswagen might be able to argue that Jones received a rare lemon. But in the latest survey of three-year depend-ability by J.D. Power & Associates, American consumers ranked VW-brand cars 34th, ahead of only Suzuki, Daewoo, Land Rover and Kia. Consumer Reports, which recommended three VW models in the late 1990s, keeps only the pricey Passat on its list of recommended cars. That's quite a tumble for the Volkswagen Group, Europe's largest automaker, which turns out 5 million units a year under brands including Audi, Bugatti, Seat and Skoda...