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Most Americans say that healthcare issues will be very important indetermining which presidential candidate will get their vote, according to newT-N-S Healthcare research. Healthcare concerns are particularly important tovoters sixty-five or older, with seventy-five-percent indicating health issueswill play a major role in their presidential choice. Even among the youngestvoters -- those eighteen to twenty-nine -- fifty-nine-percent give very highimportance to health topics.
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Survey Shows Shoppers Won't Compromise on Food Quality Despite EconomicTimes
Whole Foods Market announced results from a recent survey that found,despite rising food prices, nearly eighty percent of U-S adults say they donot want to compromise on the quality of the food they buy and the majority iscontinuing to buy the same amount of natural and/or organic foods as theyalways have. The survey also found two in three adults prefer to buy naturaland/or organic foods to conventional foods if prices are comparable, and theywould like to find ways to be able to buy these foods within their budget.Surprisingly, the survey results were similar across geographic locations,despite the varying regional impact of the housing slump and economicdownturn.
New Study Identifies World's Most Weather Sensitive Economies; GlobalEconomy Could Grow by Two Hundred Fifty Billion Dollars by Hedging WeatherRisk
WeatherBill released a new study ranking the weather sensitivity of sixty-eight countries around the world. The study finds that Brazil is the world'smost weather sensitive country and Pakistan the least. The report estimatesthat if all of the countries included in the study hedged all of their weatherrisk, world output could grow by as much as two-hundred-fifty-eight billiondollars. For the full study and a summary of findings, visit weatherbill-dot-com.
Federal 'Green Government' Initiatives Gaining Momentum According to Study
Government Business Council released results of an exclusive surveyconducted to gauge the current state of "green government" initiatives withinthe federal government. G-B-C surveyed federal managers regarding the level ofpriority given to green initiatives within federal agencies, the challengesfacing federal program managers in implementing green initiatives, and theextent to which federal employees individually adopt environmentally-friendlypractices. Survey participants were selected randomly from GovernmentExecutive magazine's subscriber base of federal decision-makers. The surveywas completed by one-hundred-ninety-seven managers from across the entirefederal government and representing all functional areas. Of the surveyrespondents, eighty-four-percent hold grade level G-S-twelve or above andeighty-two-percent have served in the federal government for at least elevenyears.
Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products Partners with Lucky Brand for Lineof Election-Themed T-Shirts Inspired by Nickelodeon's Kids Pick the PresidentCampaign
Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products and Lucky Brand announced a line ofelection-themed kids' t-shirts inspired by Nickelodeon's Kids Pick thePresident campaign. The shirts will have a limited-run nationwide in one-hundred-fifteen Lucky Brand Kids, Lucky Brand Adult, and Nordstrom Departmentstores in U-S cities including: New York; Los Angeles; Las Vegas; Miami; andWashington D-C among others.
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