Sentences with phrase «year survey for»

(BTW — Foer's Eating Animals is also the current frontrunner in our End - of - the - Year Survey for Book of the Year - more on that the week after Christmas).

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Nanos Research, which conducts a weekly survey for Bloomberg, found that almost a quarter of respondents at the end of September said their personal financial situation had worsened over the past year, compared with about 20 per cent in early August.

This year's World Happiness Report again ranks Denmark among the top three happiest of 155 countries surveyed — a distinction that the country has earned for seven consecutive years.

A 2015 report from Deloitte found that 34 percent of U.S. workers are contract employees, and 51 percent of the 3,300 business leaders surveyed said their need for contingent workers will only grow in the next three - to - five years.

We surveyed the pros for their best portfolio boosters for the new year.

Whereas I imagine most of my peers clicked through their six - question survey like a fire - and - forget missile, I kicked things up a notch, making a simple spreadsheet to log my results, and committing to doing the same simple exercise, year in and year out, for the rest of my career.

Options Group's forecasts are based on public and proprietary data about revenue for the year's first nine months, and bonus expectations from a survey of about 3,000 Wall Street workers.

For the second survey in a row, respondents lowered their outlook for stocks for both this year and neFor the second survey in a row, respondents lowered their outlook for stocks for both this year and nefor stocks for both this year and nefor both this year and next.

It is worth noting, though, that continent - wide surveys conducted since Brexit show that support for the EU generally remains reasonably high across the 27 remaining member states despite the rise of populist movements, bar the obvious exception of Greece, which has been in an economic stand - off with the EU for a number of years.

Only 45 percent of those surveyed said they trusted their leadership, while a little more than half said they were not happy at work, and one in every two employees did not expect to be with their organization for more than a year more.

According to a recent Google Consumer Survey, conducted for the education company Upromise by its financial services parent, Sallie Mae, the majority of students expect to continue receiving financial support from their parents for up to two years after their college graduation.

And according to a 2012 survey by the Graduate Management Admission Council, the organization that administers the GMAT admission test for graduate business and management programs, 64 % of business school deans felt MBA programs would specialize further in the next five years.

A major new spending plan for buildings, roads and power supplies should be the number one priority for the U.S. administration this year, according to a new CNBC survey of global finance chiefs.

A City of Vancouver survey of 2,500 residents this year indicated that, for the first time, fewer than 50 % of trips within the city were made by car.

While LGBT inclusion has been a winning stance for companies from a marketing standpoint — several major companies made a public showing of support for LGBT rights during the Sochi Olympics earlier this year — the survey results suggest that companies have some work to do to make employees feel welcomed within their workplaces.

A Google consumer survey last year found that Canadian millennials were more likely to switch banks (22 %, compared with 14 % for the general population), and 47 % would switch for a better mobile experience.

A 2014 survey conducted by Powersports Business magazine and RBC Capital Markets indicates retailers that sell BRP vehicles are outperforming their competitors: 32 % of BRP dealers reported an increase in motorcycle sales of at least 20 % in the fourth quarter of last year (compared with 13 % for dealers overall), and 42 % of BRP dealers expect another 20 % jump in sales for 2015.

Respondents to the survey are optimistic sales will grow over the next year, for what it's worth.

Sixty - seven percent of those over 65 years of age reported using their phone or tablet for new, according to the survey, up from just 43 % last year and only 22 % in 2013.

It's often the case that brand health is a leading business indicator for marketers, but BRP's showing in this year's survey might just be behind the game.

Each year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determines how well the system is working by surveying Americans and asking a simple but powerful question: Did you have problems paying medical bills in the last 12 months?

Almost half of new startups fail within five years, and the reason is clear: As 42 percent of failed entrepreneurs said in one survey, there wasn't a market need for their products.

Millennial small business owners have more confidence in their retirement savings than baby boomers, according to our survey, possibly because millennial owners started their business at a younger age on average (26 vs. 43 years old), allowing more time for them to grow their businesses» profit margins and create comfortable retirement plans.

Mobile banking was the route of choice for 17 per cent of those surveyed, up from five per cent four years earlier.

A survey of 34 executives from leading US fashion companies last year found that, for the first time, fewer US brands were looking to China for products, even though the country remains the top sourcing destination for the industry worldwide.

«I surveyed people last year who waited in line for a promotion.

It's no surprise to the retired Telus employee that the Swiss - based Skytrax World Airport Awards recently named YVR the best airport in North America — eighth in the world — for the fourth consecutive year, based on a survey of 12 million travellers worldwide.

In fact, according to a Marketing Donut survey last year, nearly two - thirds of leads won't be ready to confirm a purchase for at least three months, with 20 % needing over a year.

For this first - of - a-kind study, Pew surveyed adults who use prepaid cards at least once a month and found that 59 percent currently have a checking account and 45 percent had used a credit card in the past year.

John Payne, a professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, said the financial decisions being revealed in the CNBC Millionaire Survey reflect a basic behavioral finance lesson he has been drumming into the heads of business students for years.

A survey by the Aspen Institute found that nearly half of American microborrowers were still in business five years later, a higher share than the SBA reports for small businesses as a whole.

These employers placed between the top 33 % and top 25 % for employee engagement among the companies surveyed this year.

To make sure it's delivering on this promise and exceeding expectations, and to identify areas for improvement, McAsphalt sends out satisfaction surveys to customers every year.

A cheap date — defined as cab rides, dinner or lunch for two at a pub or diner, soft drinks, two movie tickets and a couple of beers — runs about $ 195.90 in Zurich, down around 7 percent from last year, the survey found.

In Vancouver, for example, a recent survey found that half of new condo buyers expected to live in their units less than six years.

The results of this survey are just an example of one of the many factors that employers should consider when determining employee raises for the upcoming year.

For 20 straight years, Whole Foods has been counted as one of America's «Great Places to Work,» an annual list that is based primarily on employee surveys and published by Fortune.

A LendingTree survey found that customers who received five quotes on its platform for a typical 30 - year home loan of $ 223,000 witnessed a difference of 52 basis points from the highest to the lowest quotes.

Last year, PwC surveyed the CEOs of growing tech firms in Canada, and found that few are in it for the long haul: 63 % intend to sell their company.

Centro has been ranked as the city's Best Place to Work for four or five years running in the Crain's Chicago survey.

For example, 79 % of households paid for traditional cable or satellite service in last year's annual survey by the Leichtman Research Group, down from 84 % three years earlier and the all - time peak of 88 % in 20For example, 79 % of households paid for traditional cable or satellite service in last year's annual survey by the Leichtman Research Group, down from 84 % three years earlier and the all - time peak of 88 % in 20for traditional cable or satellite service in last year's annual survey by the Leichtman Research Group, down from 84 % three years earlier and the all - time peak of 88 % in 2010.

In the CDC survey for the second half of 2016, 50.8 % of households had only mobile service, up from 48.3 % a year earlier.

Perth - based Handley Surveys has been given a $ 25 million two - year extension to its contract with Bechtel for surveying services to the Chevron - operated Wheatstone project.

Furthermore, last year's Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey found job satisfaction among only 64 percent of almost 400,000 government workers and organization satisfaction for just 55 percent.

UAF has worked extensively with both institutional and commercial partners in Alaska and in recent years, using drones to monitor sea lion populations in the Aleutian Islands, conduct ice flow and environmental surveying missions for NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, inspect pipelines for oil and gas giant BP and assist a Russian tanker during a dangerous late - season fuel delivery to the remote Alaskan outpost of Nome.

According to Glassdoor's survey on HR And Recruiting Statistics for 2017, 63 percent of millennials believe their leadership skills are not being full developed while 71 percent are likely to leave their companies in the next two years because they are unhappy with how those skills are being developed.

In the Aflac survey, employees who were offered voluntary benefits were 19 percent more likely to be satisfied with their jobs and 14 percent less likely to look for a new job in the next year.

The aforementioned CareerBuilder survey found that 36 percent of workers surveyed do not participate in a retirement plan and 28 percent were unable to set aside money for savings last year.

The findings, based on an online survey of 26,000 consumers in 26 countries, are potentially good news for major smartphone makers, which have been struggling to maintain the rapid growth of previous years.

And a survey being released this week by Wells Fargo found demand for credit is little changed from earlier this year.