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Two-thirds of bankers say they are underpaid, survey finds

2013-03-12 06:00:00

Perhaps proving the old adage that money cannot buy happiness, two-thirds of bankers say they were unsatisfied with their pay last year. Nearly 70% of finance professionals from New York, London and Singapore reported they were "unhappy" with their...

McManus: Romney's big bounce

2012-10-10 00:00:00

Last week's debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney was an even bigger win for Romney than it appeared at the time. That's what the polls are telling us. The debate, it seems, prompted swing voters to take a second look at the GOP candidate, and...

What the presidential polls show

2012-09-22 00:00:00

Only six weeks to go in the presidential campaign, and the public opinion surveys have developed a case of the jitters. Last week, one respected poll reported that President Obama had opened an eight-point lead over Mitt Romney, but another reported...

Egyptian women worry about rights under new Islamist president

2012-07-03 16:42:12

Americans' 'ideal weight' shifts upward

2011-11-28 14:02:00

As we enter the season of the year in which Americans typically�gain�at least a�pound or two�that never goes away, a new report from the Gallup Poll�finds that as our actual weight drifts upward, so�do our perceptions of what our "ideal" weight would be.�...

Abortion rights advocates let their voices be heard

2012-06-02 00:00:00

The subject was reproductive rights, the audience was fervently pro-choice and the panelists were activists from Planned Parenthood, the National Organization for Women and the ACLU. But although the players may have been typical, the game plan was...

Donald S. Kellermann dies at 83; led Times Mirror research group

2010-11-11 00:00:00

Donald S. Kellermann, who brought a new depth to opinion polling on politics, public policy and the media as founding director of the Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press, died Tuesday of liver cancer at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 83....

The Orange County Register Jan Norman column

2013-05-20 09:54:04

Jim Clifton has spent decades pondering why business succeeds or fails. A 40-year employee of Gallup Inc., the public opinion research and consulting company, Clifton has spent the past 25 years as its CEO. Under his leadership, Gallup has expanded from a...

Fear of gay-marriage backlash far-fetched

2013-03-31 00:00:00

Even U.S. Supreme Court justices care what people think about them, experts say. In their current same-sex marriage cases they fear a big public backlash if they overreach. But history shows such fears to be greatly exaggerated when a controversial...

Roe redux? No, gay marriage is not like the abortion uproar

2013-03-26 16:32:47

Gay marriage not like abortion rift

2013-03-27 00:00:00

I can't predict how the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the gay marriage cases being argued before them this week, but I can assure you of one thing: As far as issues go, gay marriage will not be the next "abortion." I define the...

They cannot stand Pat. But right's move to oust state GOP chair doomed to backfire

2013-02-26 21:33:51

We're not only far heavier than we were 20 years ago; our perception of what would be our "ideal" weight has risen too, says the Gallup Organization.

2011-10-25 00:00:00