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Melbourne, Mar 5 (ANI): A new survey has revealed that most women are opting for a healthy family life rather a career.
A national study of almost 2300 women, commissioned by parenting website Kidspot, showed three quarters of respondents aged between 18 and 65 believe family is the single most important thing in their life.
The survey [...]

RBC consumer outlook index edges up 3 points to 109
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* 53 percent describe economy as good
* Job anxiety steady from month before
TORONTO, March 1 (Reuters) – Canadians became slightly more positive in February about the outlook for the economy but remained anxious about personal finances and job prospects in [...]

London, Sept 17 (ANI): Most women cannot keep a secret for more than 47 hours, a new survey has revealed.

In the survey involving 3,000 women aged 18 to 65, four in 10 respondents admitted that they cannot keep a secret, no matter how personal or embarrassing.

While 83 per cent of women believe they are “completely [...]

London, Sept 16 (ANI): An increasing number of British people are dumping national dishes in favour of Indian and Italian foods.

The survey conducted by tourism website iknow-uk.com showed that Britons are giving up English dishes like Welsh rarebit, toad in the hole, or bangers [...]

London, Sep 14 (ANI): Britons keep almost 90 million unused phone handsets at home after they upgrade to new models, according to a countrywide survey.

The research revealed that 52 per cent keep unused phones at home in case a current handset is stolen, lost or broken.

In fact, more than two third Britons (68 per cent) [...]

Washington, Sept 10 (ANI): It is often said that scientists are press shy, and those who aren’t, are mavericks. Now, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have debunked the theory.

A survey of 1,200 researchers in the areas of epidemiology and stem cell research has revealed that the interplay between scientists and journalists has been remarkably stable since [...]

London, September 10 (ANI): Teenagers’ obsession with mobile phones and computers is taking a toll on their education, suggests a new research.

Andrew Kakabadse, professor of international management development, Cranfield School of Management, found that almost 60 per cent of teenagers were submitting coursework downloaded from the web without reading, rewriting, or understanding it.

The survey also [...]

Sydney, Sep 9 (ANI): Almost one in 10 Australian men admitted to having had a relationship or fling with a co-passenger on an airline flight, when questioned during a survey.

The survey on inflight preferences, involving 1,000 respondents, revealed that women were half as likely as men to admit to a high-altitude fling.

Seventy per cent [...]

New York, Sep.6 (ANI): A recent poll for The Israel Project shows support has bounced back in the United States for Israelis rather than the Palestinians after slipping in the aftermath of US President Barack Obama’s Cairo speech.

The poll, conducted by Neil Newhouse of Public Opinion Strategies and Stan Greenberg of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner [...]

Lahore, Sep.5 (ANI): Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief and a close associate of former President General Pervez Musharraf, Nasim Ashraf has said that Saudi authorities are very concerned about Pakistan’s present political condition.

Terming Musharraf’s recent Riyadh visit a ’success’, Ashraf said [...]

London, Sep 4 (ANI): A survey has revealed that chavs, who are typically portrayed as uncultured, anti-social, baseball cap wearing youths, have topped the list of the 100 most annoying things Brits find.

The survey revealed that more than 60 percent people found chavs [...]

London, Aug 31 (ANI): It seems that the days of economic slump are getting over for Britons, for at least two thirds of them believe that their financial situation will stay the same or improve over the next year.

According to a poll conducted by [...]

Islamabad, Aug.29 (ANI): A majority of Pakistanis believe that former President General Pervez Musharraf should be punished for his ‘unconstitutional’ and ‘extra-judicial’ actions taken on November 3, 2007, an opinion poll has revealed.

According to a survey conducted by the Gilani Research Foundation, 52 percent of people favour harsh punishment for Musharraf while 19 percent [...]

Lahore, Aug.29 (ANI): Slain Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s protocol officer, Chaudhry Aslam, has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking registration of a case against former President General Pervez Musharraf in connection with the former premier’s assassination.

Interior Advisor Rehman Malik, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Babar Awan, former Intelligence Bureau Director General [...]

London, Aug 29 (ANI): British women are more likely go for extra cash rather than red-hot bedroom sessions, reveals a new survey.

The shocking findings come from a survey commissioned by web firm AOL.

According to the Daily Star, girls were asked if they wanted another 25 pounds a week to spend on themselves, or more nookie.

The [...]

London, Aug 24 (ANI): Mobile TV has been very slow in being picked up so far, and the promise for it to be used worldwide has failed, with analysts saying the number of users will increase to 54 million in 2009.

Analysts also predict that by 2013 there will be about 300 million people watching analogue [...]

London, Aug 24 (ANI): A survey has revealed that Brits are so much into surfing the Internet that three-quarters of them even do it while they are sitting in the loo.

While newspapers and magazines are traditionally associated with an extended toilet session, modern-day trips to [...]

Islamabad, Aug.22 (ANI): A survey conducted in Pakistan on the issue of forced marriages among male dual nationals, reveals that only 3.4 per cent children are consulted before marriage whereas 96.6 per cent marriages take place mainly to attain foreign nationality or helping hand abroad.

The findings [...]

Washington, August 9 (ANI): Money may help people feel better about their lives, but it may not necessarily improve their quality of life, say two of the world’s leading psychological experts on happiness.

Dr. Ed Diener, of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener, of the Centre for Applied Positive Psychology in Milwaukee, [...]

Washington, July 11 (ANI): A new study suggests that athletes can continue their career even after shoulder joint replacement.

The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) claims that even an older individual receiving a total shoulder joint replacement can make a comeback in [...]