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Leisure Inequality a Mirror Image of Income Inequality: Study
The
richest
2% of adults in the world own more than half of global household
wealth according to a recent study. But those at the bottom of the the
income spectrum seem to have more time at their hands, as during
the last 30 years high-wage workers spent more time working and left with
less leisure time.
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Top 10 Surveys, Polls, and Market Research Insights on Trends for Today
Here
is a list of the some key surveys, polls, studies and market research
reports that came out today, which may have implications for consumers
and/or businesses.
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Economic Indicators for Today: CPI Unchanged; Industrial Production Up
On
a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index (consumer inflation)
was unchanged in November, following declines of 0.5% in each of the
preceding two months, according to the U.S. Department of Labor report.
Energy prices, which declined sharply in September and October, fell 0.2
percent in November. The food index decreased 0.1 percent in
November.
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How Critical is IT in Financial Services? Cool $317.7 billion
Financial
services forms are enjoying record profits and staggering year-end holiday
bonuses. Goldman Sachs alone is planning to dole out some $16 billion in
employee bonuses this year. In addition to smart people, financial
services firms are heavily dependent on Information Technology (IT),
seeking sustainable operational efficiencies.
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Yahoo! Answers Celebrates 60M Users, 160M Answers and 1st Bday
Yahoo!
Answers turns one and celebrates a growing community of 60 million users
and 160 million answers. Almost one in three online adults (33%) have used
a Q&A site, and 52% of those say that information from a Q&A site
has influenced a decision they have made, according to a recent survey
commissioned by Yahoo! and conducted by Harris Interactive.
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U.S. Worker Interruptions Cost $588 billion Each Year: Study
U.S. office workers get interrupted on the job as often as 11 times an
hour, costing as much as $588 billion to U.S. business each year,
according to research, reports
Reuters. A typical manager is interrupted 6 times an hour, one recent study
showed.
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IDC: Mobile Enterprise Application Market to Reach $3.5 Billion by 2010
Driven by mobile employee, the mobile
enterprise application market reached $1.2 billion in 2005 and is expected
to grow at double digit 23% CAGR to hit $3.5 billion in 2010, according to
IDC.
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FT: Non-Public 150 Companies Worth $7 trillion, Dominated by Oil and Private Equity
The first comprehensive study of the
world’s largest unlisted companies, "The FT’s Non-Public 150"
by the
Financial Times and McKinsey, found that Saudi Aramco, the Saudi
Arabian state company
that sits on by far the world’s largest conventional oil reserves, is worth
an estimated $781 billion, some 80% larger than the $454 billion market
capitalization of its publicly listed rival ExxonMobil.
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