PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Wednesday, February 21, 2007

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Wednesday, February 21, 2007

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Rawlings Unveils Ballot of Top Fifty All-Time Rawlings Gold Glovers; Fans to Vote for Best at Each Position During 'Summer of Glove'

Accompanied by some of baseball's "finest in the field," Rawlings has unveiled a ballot of the fifty greatest Rawlings Gold Glovers of the past fifty years, challenging fans around the world to select the All-Time Rawlings Gold Glove Team -- the very best defensive player at each position since 1957.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3405321

New Schwab Survey: Gen-X'ers Facing Significant Roadblocks on the Road to Saving for Retirement

A new survey from Charles Schwab and Company shows younger investors are aware they should be saving for retirement, but face significant challenges like competing spending priorities and a lack of information to make simple investment choices. Schwab surveyed over five hundred Americans between the ages of twenty-five and forty -- a range that generally overlaps with the so-called Generation X -- regarding finances and retirement. The survey found paying daily living expenses is a higher priority than saving for retirement for this age group, with paying off debt also a significant factor. While more than eight in ten of those born into Generation X are taking some sort of action to save for retirement, only forty percent of those who are saving have an I-R-A.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3406157

Spike TV Plays Amateur Detective to Solve Real-Life Crimes in 'Murder'

Spike TV has ordered ten one-hour episodes of the alternative/reality series "Murder" from reality innovator Bunim-Murray Productions. The show is set to premiere in the Summer of 2007. Following in the dramatic tradition of "C-S-I" and "Law and Order," "Murder" is an unscripted series in which amateur sleuths try to correctly solve a real homicide pulled directly from police files.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3406038

Knowledge Workers Putting in Longer Workweeks, Says Poll by Lexmark and Ipsos

American knowledge workers are putting in more hours on the job than they were five years ago. That's according to a national telephone survey of knowledge workers -- defined as individuals who use a computer at work for word processing, database, spreadsheet, Internet or e-mail applications. The study was commissioned by Lexmark International, and conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs. The survey revealed that American knowledge workers currently work an average of five hours a week in addition to the hours they are committed to, which, for sixty-one percent is a forty hour week. One in ten works an extra twenty hours or more per week.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3405701

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