PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday March 16, 2006

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday March 16, 2006

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Low Levels of Public Trust and Confidence in President Bush's Ability to Improve the U.S. Healthcare System

A new Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive Health-Care Poll shows U-S adults in general show lackluster confidence and trust in the president when it comes to improving the healthcare system as we know it today. Large majorities say they are not very or not at all confident that President Bush can improve various aspects of the healthcare system, including the quality of healthcare and the percentage of Americans without health insurance. As expected, the poll finds that adults are deeply divided along party lines about the president's ability to make the needed changes and about who they would trust to develop good policies to improve and reform the U-S healthcare system.

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Loud Talkers Among Biggest Workplace Pet Peeves, According to Randstad Survey

The American workforce is minding its manners, claiming to be buttoned up while buckling down in the office. In a workplace etiquette-themed survey released by Randstad U-S-A, behaviors that interfered with work performance rated high among employed U-S adults as their biggest "pet peeves" in their place of business. Thirty-two percent of employees listed "loud talkers" as one of their biggest pet peeves in the office; even more than cell phones ringing, which came in at thirty percent; use of speakerphones in public areas, which was identified by twenty-two percent of respondents; and using personal digital assistants or P-D-A's during meetings which was mentioned only by nine percent of those surveyed.

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One-In-Ten Workers Admit to Drinking on Company Time on St. Patrick's Day, CareerBuilder.com Survey Finds

St. Patrick's Day, like many holidays, is a time for celebration for workers of all backgrounds. While some may partake in parade-watching, group lunches and treats, others elect to drink in the festivities. One-in-ten workers say they participate in after-work happy hours on St. Patrick's Day, while another one-in-ten admit to having an alcoholic beverage on company time on St. Patrick's Day. CareerBuilder.com's survey, "Drinks on the Job," was completed in December of Two-thousand-five and featured more than two thousand workers representing multiple backgrounds and industries.

Drinking while on the job extends beyond holidays. One-in-five workers, or twenty-two percent, say they have gone out for an alcoholic beverage during a regular workday at some point in their careers. Ten percent of workers report a more habitual pattern, stating they consume an alcoholic beverage with lunch during the workday at least once a week.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3163409

New National Survey Finds That On-Demand Television Services Have Positive Impact on Family Viewing Habits

As time-shifted television viewing becomes increasingly popular, a new independent survey confirms that families with children are frequently using on-demand television services -- such as video on demand, or V-O-D and digital video recorders, D-V-R's, to more effectively manage their television viewing experiences, and that these services are having a positive impact on family viewing habits.

The national survey was conducted for Comcast Corporation by Horowitz Associates.

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PRNewswire -- March 16

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