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Survey: 92 Percent of Physicians Back Tort Reform (Update)

November 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

EDITOR’S UPDATE 11/21/09: Click here to see the SERMO.com blog page containing survey results mentioned by Dr. Dan Windsor at the Million Med March today in Clayton, Mo. More details about the rally will be published here during the remainder of the weekend.  Jackson Healthcare survey article continues below.
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Survey: Fewer Americans Worried About Warming

October 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

There has been a sharp decline over the past year in the percentage of Americans who say there is solid evidence that global temperatures are rising, according to results of a new survey released today by The Pew Research Center for People and the Press. And fewer also see global warming as a very serious [...]

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Survey: Lawyers Expect Boom in Bankruptcy

March 26th, 2009 · 4 Comments

A country that elects Barack Obama, a liberal lawyer, as its president should not be surprised by the results of a recent survey by Robert Half Legal:  Three-hundred attorneys from among the largest law firms and corporations in the United States and Canada were asked, “In your opinion, which one of the following areas of [...]

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Survey: Future of Coal Industry Looks Bleak

February 26th, 2009 · No Comments

On Nov. 3, 2008, a coal industry official told me that “Electricity costs would skyrocket” under President Barack Obama.  Today, more bad news — for both the coal industry and the economy — surfaced.
The global economic slowdown has cast a pall over the mining industry with the vast majority of mining executives saying they expect [...]

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Poll: Majority of Americans Say News Media to Blame for Making Economic Crisis Worse

December 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Is the news media to blame for making economic crisis worse?  According to new poll results released by the Opinion Research Corporation today, they are.
An overwhelming 77 percent of Americans believe that the US media is making the economic situation worse by projecting fear into people’s minds. The majority of those surveyed feel that the [...]

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