Fully 55 % of
respondents said their activities in Asia were aimed at servicing the Asian market compared to only 17 % who were looking to service the Canadian market and 10 % to service the US market.
77 percent of
respondents said these activity updates were very important to them and wanted to be kept in the loop as much as possible.
Not exact matches
Perhaps reflecting the mixed signals being sent by an economy where equity markets are hot but other economic
activity remains tepid, 30 % of
respondents to a recent COMPAS poll
say additional stimulus spending should «probably not» be made.
For example, 43 percent of
respondents said they increased the scope of their insurance
activities in the past two years, and 53 percent
said their insurance
activity either remained the same or increased, the survey found.
When asked whether their firms allow employees to trade on their own behalf through external accounts, 61 % of
respondents said employees and spouses can trade on their own behalf as long as they report their
activities to the company, compared to 51 % in last year's survey; 22 %
said their firm's no - trading policy is strictly enforced and is a major deterrent to outside trading
activities, slightly down from 25 % in January 2016; 14 %
said their company has a no trading policy and that it is clear that violation it is a fireable offense, compared to 12 %; and another 3 %
said that while their firms have no trading policies, they are loosely enforced and of little concern to employees, down from 12 %.
The project's polls in Louisiana, Ohio, and North Carolina asked about school fundraisers, and most
respondents said they preferred
activity - based events such as car washes or walk - a-thons to food - focused events.
Tukura averred, «That the
said Dudafa Warripamo - Owei procured one Festus Isidohomen Iyoha and Arivi Eneji Peter, who were domestic (members of) staff attached to the State House, Abuja, to deposit the funds, reasonably suspected to be proceeds of unlawful
activities, into the account of the 1st
respondent (Patience).
Only about half of those
respondents blamed human
activity for warming temperatures, but 61 percent of them — including 43 percent of Republicans —
said it's a problem the government needs to tackle.
While 87 % of the 2013
respondents said that they took their career development into their own hands, just over half had a clear career development plan or maintained a formal record of their professional development
activities — about the same as in 2011.
More than half of the
respondents also
said that they were interested in training in nonresearch
activities such as public engagement and knowledge exchange, but only 18.6 % and 14.3 %, respectively, had sought such training.
The majority of
respondents said their school was providing subsidies to help meet the costs of day and residential school trips for poorer pupils, while half
said their school paid all or part of the cost of participation in sports clubs and other extra-curricular
activities.
The poll from CIBC (TSX: CM) quoted
respondents as
saying they planned to cut spending to an average of $ 1,346 on things like summer travel, dining and recreational
activities, as well as purchases like barbecues and sports equipment.
When they do spend money, most
respondents said paying off debt or taking part in an
activity, like a concert or sports event, would make them happiest.
Traditional leisure pursuits such as cycling and countryside walking were popular too; with 75 per cent of
respondents saying they are «likely» to include such
activities in their holiday or short break.
Today, in polls on public views of global warming, usually around two - thirds of
respondents say they believe it's real and the product of human
activity.
And George, if you must know, in another poll of 21,000 readers we conducted earlier this year, 40 percent of
respondents said that over the past year they became «more certain that humans are changing climate»; 46 percent
said their views were «unchanged» and only 14 percent were «more doubtful that human
activity is affecting the climate.»
Asked about the cause of global warming, on the assumption that it is happening, 58 % of
respondents said that it is caused mostly by human
activities, 28 %
said that it is caused mostly by natural changes in the environment, 7 % opted for «neither because global warming isn't happening,» and 5 % volunteered that it was a mix of human
activities and natural causes.
When asked a different question about the causes of climate change, which removed the reference to personal beliefs, 90 per cent of
respondents said human
activity was a factor.
The results of the survey show almost nine in 10
respondents said the world's climate is changing (88 per cent), and more than eight in 10
said human
activity was at least partly the cause (84 per cent).
The vast majority of partners believe law firms need to do more to make corporate networking
activities more inclusive for both men and women, with 97 % of female
respondents to a Legal Week survey
saying work events are still too focused on traditionally male interests.
How FDA tools are deployed is also changing, with 63 % of
respondents saying they invest at least half of their FDA budget on proactive monitoring
activities.
Almost one - third of global
respondents said this was the most challenging strategic factor in recent M&A
activity, especially in developing markets such as Africa.
On the other hand, 37.4 % of
respondents say they haven't noticed any fraudulent
activity in the time since purchasing their phones, while the final 33.2 % note that they purchased their phones using PayPal.
More than half of resource and mining employers
say productivity is affected by talent shortages, and
respondents are more optimistic about next year with 88 per cent expecting increased or stable business
activity.
Sixty - seven per cent of Ontario employers also predict increasing
activity, and 68 per cent of Quebec
respondents say the same.
Most of Ontario employers (67 %) also predict increasing
activity, and a similar percentage of Quebec
respondents say the same.
Eight out of 10
respondents said office and industrial leasing
activity is below historic levels, and seven out of 10
said asking rents are below a year ago.
Of
respondents that
said this
activity is occurring, 42 percent believe it's leading to a lower inventory of available space in their market.
Overall, 66 percent of
respondents said that this
activity is taking place in their markets.
As that translates to investment
activity, just less than half of
respondents (48 percent)
said they plan to hold industrial properties in the next 12 months.
Ninety percent of these
respondents said their decision was influenced by the stock market's recent
activity.
Location is where
respondents said most of their real estate
activity occurs.
As that translates to investment
activity, just more than half of
respondents (55 percent)
said they plan to hold in the sector in the next 12 months.
Construction
activity remains low, with 96 percent of
respondents indicating that it is lower than normal; 88 percent
said it is a buyers» market in terms of development acquisitions.