MANILA, Philippines - Instead of contesting surveys and seeing motives in them, Malacañang should make it a New Year's resolution to address the poverty reflected in those surveys.

Federal surveyors may have uncovered where many of the endangered North Atlantic right whales congregate in the winter, given an uncommon flurry of activity in December in the Gulf of Maine.

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In the Internet age, surveys show fewer than one in three doctors nationwide engage in "e-visits" with their patients.

Survey Reveals Nearly Two-Thirds Are Hoping for Green Holidays! ENGLEWOOD– Two surveys conducted by Western Union (NYSE:WU) show that consumers are reconsidering their holiday wish lists this season.

MANILA, Philippines—The labor department said it would conduct surveys of companies in export processing zones next month to get a better picture of how the global credit squeeze affects their firms.

Marketing research companies are not new. They have existed ever since consumerism hit our nations. These companies are hired by consumer product and service companies to come up with paid web surveys.

Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (right) surveys a damaged classroom after a Hamas longer-range Grad rocket landed in a school in the southern city of Beersheba, Israel yesterday.

As federal regulators and environmental groups take steps to protect the diminishing number of North Atlantic right whales, recent surveys indicate that many of them might spend the winters grouped off the coast in the Gulf of Maine.

(RTTNews) - The manufacturing ISM index fell to a 26-year low in November, and we forecast a slight further decline in December, predict the analysts at UBS. The headline indexes of the regional manufacturing surveys were marginally weaker in December than in November, suggesting a slightly more rapid pace of decline in manufacturing.

While many people make traditional New Year’s resolutions today, surveys show that few people will keep them. But experts say with the right steps, there is no reason people can’t stick to their vows and create happier lives in 2009.

North Carolinians likely will hunker down after the holidays, and the economy will get worse in early 2009 before the recession ends.

LAKEVILLE — The Apponequet Regional High School administration and NEASC (New England Association of Schools and Colleges) Steering Committee have announced that the results of September's surveys, completed by students, parents/guardians, and high...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- For most college seniors home for winter break, this holiday season has been more about resumes and networking than laundry and mom's cooking. This year's graduating class will enter one of the tightest job markets in history, according to recent surveys of top companies. Compounding shrinking employment indicators is the fact that most college graduates lack the basic ...

CHARLOTTE – With the next census just one year away, thousands of North Carolinians will soon take jobs to help conduct the surveys. About 5,000 jobs are available across the state and workers will help the U.S. Census Bureau collect information.

Surveys bolster the officials' views, finding that the president's ratings went into a free-fall after the New Orleans disaster, with most Americans summing him up as 'incompetent.' Three years ago, Hurricane Katrina and its chaotic aftermath produced a collage of indelible images. Among them was a photo of President Bush, viewing the devastation from the comfort of Air Force One as he jetted ...

As 2008 comes to a close, many folks make a New Year resolution. Surveys show that the top resolutions have to do with having a healthier lifestyle, which includes giving up tobacco.

Usually when we do our year-end story of the year surveys, there's one or two stories that get consideration as the top news item of the year. Last year bucked that trend in a horrid fashion after the Benoit family double-murder-suicide.

Recent surveys show a disturbing trend toward a politically ignorant American electorate. An exit poll on Election Day found that a majority of voters were uneducated on many of the most important issues facing America. Unfortunately for us, this is a terrible time to hand the future of our nation and our communities over to ignorance.

Two surveys offer a mixed picture of the health of the UK's largest company pension schemes in 2008.

If 2008 was the year of the staycation, then `09 is bound to be the year of the naycation. As in, nay -- we're not vacationing. The conventional wisdom about travel is that it will slip by just a few percentage points next year. But the unconventional wisdom -- supported by several troubling surveys -- points to a much bigger drop.

I DON'T know why the Social Weather Station (SWS) insists on conducting surveys on what Filipinos feel every time an old year ends. We have always been a people that put premium on hope, thus the SWS survey result that showed more than 90 percent of Filipinos will enter 2009 with that feeling.

Dutse — Market surveys carried out by the Daily Trust in Jigawa and Lagos States have revealed that the prices of food items are increasing compared to the pre-Sallah and Christmas period. Others items have stabilized, while others are falling.

Residents near Nix Creek in Texarkana, Ark., are being asked to review maps at City Hall to find out if they are within the floodplain. The maps, which outline the floodplain levels along the creek, are drawn up by the Federal Emergency Management Agency through aerial and ground surveys.

China's consumers are still buying most things, except cars and houses, says Shaun Rein, of China Market Research Group. November retail sales grew by 20.8 per cent year on year and Mr Rein's consumer surveys show that 70 per cent of Chinese shoppers plan to spend as much next year as this year.

Several gas stations are advertising prices of $1.39 per gallon this morning, according to local price surveys.

Many technology companies are freezing salaries and hiring in 2009, according to Radford’s Surveys and Consulting firm in California’s Silicon Valley.

Retiring county administrator saluted. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR David Gill surveys construction work at the Leelanau County Government Center in 2007. read more

Associated Press - December 30, 2008 5:55 PM ET Here are the top 10 stories in New Mexico for 2008, according to surveys of AP members in the state.

COLUMBIA — Drunk, hammered, tipsy, wasted. With some in Columbia welcoming the new year with a shot or a champagne toast, these terms may be in high use after the ball drops, but the feeling they describe may vary from person to person. According to an MU study, the term "drunk" is used too broadly by researchers when asking people to gauge their level of intoxication in surveys. One of ...