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...attend religious youth groups; whether they identify as born-again Christians; their level of sexual experience; their friends' risk behaviors; whether they think their friends know how to use condoms; and their knowledge of condoms and birth control [as demonstrated by] a quiz that was part of the survey...
Falling prices are only the No. 2 concern on the worry list of 21% of chief financial officers at U.S. oil and gas companies, according to a survey by BDO Seidman, an accounting and consulting firm. The No. 1 concern of 57% of the CFOs was access to capital. While the industry is not as capital-intensive as it once was, Perryman says, it is still intertwined with the health of the financial system. However, in Amarillo, where the energy sector is about 25% of the economy, the talk around the coffee shop is still dominated by the price...
...points, says Masafumi Yamamoto, head of foreign exchange strategy for Japan at Royal Bank of Scotland. "Yen appreciation is also causing the Nikkei [stock index] plunge," he says. And that's affecting the confidence of Japan's businesses. On Monday, figures of the Bank of Japan's tankan survey, a quarterly survey of business sentiment in Japan, fell to a seven-year low. The tankan figure showed the steepest quarter over quarter decline in 34 years. The economy is expected to decline 0.8% for the fiscal year ending in March...
...soaked weight of a drug cartel war and an equally vicious convulsion of criminal abduction. Kidnapping is such a booming business south of the border that an astonishing 5% of the country's 106 million people report having been a victim or having known one, according to a new survey by the Mexican polling firm Gabinete de Comunicacion Estrategica. In the same poll, 45% of Mexicans who have a phone line said they've been victims of telephone extortion, in which persons call a residence, claim they've abducted a family member and demand a ransom. Often the claims...
...reflected concerns that the district’s new leader be able to lead a diverse population and be willing to listen to public input, was generated from public feedback collected by Ray and Associates, the consulting firm hired by the district to oversee the search. In an online survey as well as focus group meetings held throughout the city, the public was asked to list the 10 characteristics that it would most like to see in the district’s new leader. At least one School Committee member, Patricia M. Nolan ’80, brought...