International Business News - Survey http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Some Long Island farmers say they can't keep their workers on the job. A new report says that more than half of 102 farmers surveyed on Long Island say they have difficulty maintaining their work force. Eighty-four percent of those surveyed by Dowling College also say they believe they'll have trouble keeping workers over the next three years. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/survey-li-farmers-say-workers-difficult-to-retain.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:31:19 EDT Consumers are growing more satisfied with their auto insurance, but not so with their homeowners insurance, a survey by J.D. Powers and Associates shows. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/satisfaction-gap-with-home-car-insurance-widens.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:10:25 EDT Most Americans expect Main Street to be hurt more than Wall Street by the current economic crisis, and just a handful think they won't feel some of the pain, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/survey-most-americans-expect-pain-from-crisis.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:50:59 EDT For medical office manager Sue Stein, working past the typical retirement age was a choice she made because she's still having fun at her job and likes the lively banter with the young medical students around her. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/money-not-the-motive-for-many-to-work-until-67.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:02:16 EDT For medical office manager Sue Stein, working past the typical retirement age was a choice she made because she's still having fun at her job and likes the lively banter with the young medical students around her. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/money-not-the-motive-for-many-to-work-until-67.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:01:40 EDT More than two-thirds of business travelers questioned in a recent survey valued airline loyalty programs but complained that it was difficult to redeem the miles they earn. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/business-travelers-complain-about-redeeming-miles.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:46:02 EDT Public confidence in China's economy is weakening as growth slows, and export orders and planned home purchases have fallen to the lowest in at least nine years, according to a government survey released Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/chinas-business-consumer-confidence-weakening.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:52:00 EDT American workers' confidence in the job market is as low as it was during the 2001 recession, according to a survey released Thursday. When asked whether this is a bad time to find a quality job, 65 percent said it was, matching the level of the 2001 recession, according to the survey by Rutgers University's John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/survey-us-workers-confidence-in-job-market-sags.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:41:45 EDT Retirees Madeline and Philip Ammon are feeling the financial pinch as their home energy costs climb while their income--primarily Social Security--remains mostly stagnant. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/higher-energy-costs-concern-consumers-survey.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:13:53 EDT It's not only tough to find a job in the current environment, it's tough to fill one too. That's the conclusion reached in a study done for staffing and consulting firm Robert Half International Inc. and job search Web site CareerBuilder.com. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/finding-qualified-workers-getting-tougher-survey.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:23:54 EDT Indigenous Mexicans make up nearly a quarter of the farmhands who pick the apples, cherries and other crops in western Washington, a new survey has found. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/survey-many-wash-farmworkers-indigenous-mexicans.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:56:19 EDT Fewer Americans are reading newspapers and are instead getting their news online, but television remains the leading source of news in the country, according to a survey released Sunday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/tv-remains-top-source-of-news-even-as-online-grows.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:36:10 EDT A survey released Monday by the International Air Transport Association suggests airline executives have lowered their already-pessimistic views for the industry's profitability over the next year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/iata-survey-air-executives-confidence-declining.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:16:08 EDT Most rural bank CEOs surveyed in eleven Midwestern and Plains states support a federal bailout of mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the event of financial collapse. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/bankers-survey-shows-support-for-mortgage-bailout.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:09:13 EDT Consumers are cutting back on spending because of rising gas prices, according to a survey released Thursday by Nielsen Co., which tracks consumer habits. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/survey-consumers-cutting-back-because-of-gas.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:21:50 EDT Europeans are increasingly shunning landlines for mobile phones and online calling, according to a European Union survey released Friday. The poll, carried out in November and December, found that 24 percent of European households have given up fixed landlines for mobile phones, up from 22 percent in a survey two years earlier. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/europeans-picking-mobiles-over-landlines.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:09:33 EDT Vehicles atop each segment in the J.D. Power and Associates Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout Study, released Thursday. The Multi-Activity Vehicle (MAV) segment includes vehicles such as sport utility vehicles and crossovers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/j-d-power-owner-satisfaction-study-results.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:26:56 EDT A majority of near-retirees overestimate how much they can withdraw each year from savings to pay for retirement and most also underestimate their average life expectancy, according to a survey released Wednesday by the MetLife Mature Market Institute. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/study-shows-near-retirees-savings-knowledge-low.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:22:42 EDT America remains a nation of believers, but a new survey finds most Americans don't feel their religion is the only way to eternal life--even if their faith tradition teaches otherwise. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/religious-americans-my-faith-isnt-the-only-way.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:39:14 EDT A half-million Iraqis fled their embattled country in 2007, the third consecutive year more Iraqis were displaced than any other nationality, a survey of the world's refugees reported Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/survey-says-500-000-iraqis-fled-fighting-in-2007.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:12:59 EDT