Surveyed Quotes

[The controversy in the IT (information technology) career sector over the H-1B visa has again come into stark relief, as techies.com releases a new survey of more than 1,100 tech professionals. The techies.com site is a leading hub of IT industry issues.] And the tech workers we surveyed, ... think it can affect their job security and pay scales. - Cynthia Morgan

[Prayer heals. So say thousands of Americans who use prayer to improve their health. According to a study by Dr. Anne McCaffrey of the Harvard Medical School one third of Americans use prayer to facilitate physical healing. 69 percent of the 2,000 people surveyed said prayer greatly improved their health. Additional studies have linked prayer to positive health outcomes with high blood pressure, asthma, heart attacks, headaches, and anxiety.] It's not a fringe thing... I think very mainstream Americans are using prayer in their daily lives. - Anne McCaffrey

[Most of the young people surveyed believe their financial situation will improve as they get older, and that eventually they will be better off than their parents.] If you look at statistics about their economic prospects, it's not really as promising... Yet personally, they are optimistic. - Jean Johnson

[But the techies surveyed offer the same reasons for not telecommuting that King had mentioned earlier:] In most cases, tech workers don't telecommute because their bosses discourage it or their companies prohibit it, ... Sixty percent of help-desk and support workers don't telecommute at all -- often because they're in the office supporting all the other telecommuters. In some cases, they're working on large, expensive equipment that you just can't take home with you. - Cynthia Morgan

[At a meeting of the Business Roundtable in Washington, D.C., the group's chairman, Pfizer ( PFE ) CEO Hank McKinnell, said its Economic Outlook Survey shows few signs of major damage to the national economy. Sixty-one percent of CEOs surveyed described the effect of the hurricane on their business as moderately negative, while only 4% described it as strongly negative.] Katrina's effect will be catastrophic locally... a significant -- but not catastrophic -- national effect. - Hank McKinnell

[Another brand that faces challenges, at least based on those surveyed, is Levi's. The jeans brand ranked No. 4 overall among consumers age 34-49 and No. 39 overall. However, it was No. 70 among 21-33-year olds and dropped to No. 82 among the 13-20 demographic.] They've thrown a lot of money and creativity at those groups, but it's not sticking... It's a strong brand, but it's not where it should be. - Paul Jenkins