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A New Survey Sheds Light on 'The Seven Year Itch'

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Love-and-Relationships, Relationships, Attractiveness, Lips, Anti-Aging, Good Looks, Face, Seven Year Itch, Beauty, Attraction, Marriage, Looks, Facial Features, Body Image, Harris Interactive, Love, Communication, Women News
Vivian Diller, Ph.D.

Caring for our looks is important not only in prolonging our physical and emotional health as we age, but in maintaining mutual attraction in our relationships.

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Shocking Results In New Survey On Student Loan Debt

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: College Loan Survey, College Loans, Student Debt, Paying for College, Couponcabin, College Debt Survey, College Loan News, Student Loan News, Majoring in Debt, Survey, Harris Interactive, Student Loan Debt, Cost of College, College News

There's a good chance college graduates will still be more than $20,000 in student loan debt by the time they reach the age of 45. Four-in-ten adul...

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Surprising Number Of Americans Knocking Boots At The Office

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Office Romances, Virgin, Video, Rob Dyrdek, Msnbc, JJ Ramberg, Richard Branson, Valentines Day, careerbuilder.com, Harris Interactive, glassdoor.com, Business News

From heart-shaped candies to singing telegrams, Valentine's Day makes most offices a whole lot more romantic than they usually are. But according to s...

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Financial Sector Leads Brands With Plunging Reputations

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Bp, Goldman Sachs, Foreclosure Crisis, Apple, Toyota, General Motors, Corporate America, Corporate Reputation, Bank of America, Banking, Enron, Aig, Adelphia, Harris Interactive, Foreclosure Abuse, Business News

The U.S. economy may have exited 2011 on an upswing but it looks like the year left most Americans feeling worse about corporate America. Just 20 p...

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WATCH: You'll Never Guess The New Retirement Age

AOL Jobs | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Polls, Savings, Work, 401k, Retirement, Harris Interactive, Employment, Survey, Middleclass, American, Wells Fargo, Retirement Savings, Fifty News

The idea of retiring at age 65 is no longer a reality to many Americans, with many anticipating that they will have to work another 15 years -- to age...

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Cities Americans Most Want To Live In

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Migration, Dream Cities, Young Adults, Great Recession, Council for Community and Economic Research, Harris Interactive, New York, Cities, Business News

New York might just be the most divisive city in the country. On the one hand, the Big Apple is the city Americans say they most want to live in, ...

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Labor Unions, Benefits Understood, Have Almost Never Been Less Popular

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Communications Workers of America, Collective Bargaining, Video, Strike, Verizon, Wisconsin, National Union of Healthcare Workers, Harris Interactive, Service Employees International Union, Gallup, Labor Unions, International Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersGovernor Scott Walker, Business News

The vast majority of Americans say labor unions raise wages and better working conditions, a new survey finds. Yet despite those benefits, Americans h...

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Struggling Americans Avoiding All But Essential Items At Dollar Stores

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Family Dollar, Gas Prices, Personal Finances, Unemployment Rate, Payday Lenders, Encore Capital Group, Dollar Stores, Wal-Mart, Avondale Partners, Consumer Confidence, Bob Strasser, Great Recession, Dollar Tree, Ezcorp Inc, Economic Recovery, Harris Interactive, Dollar General, Rent-a-Center, Business News

Some Americans have become concerned enough about their finances that even a spending spree at the local dollar store now seems excessive. Followi...

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Obama Job Approval Falls Even Lower

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Independents, Unemployment Rate, Obama Reelection, 2012 Election, President Barack Obama, Jobs, Jobless, Poll, Democrats, Harris Interactive, Republicans, Business News

With a little over a year until the presidential election, Barack Obama's hopes for a second term increasingly depend on how Americans view his handin...

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Poor Americans Happier Than Upper Middle Class

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Income Brackets, Economic Recovery, Personal Finances, National Debt, Harris Interactive, Unemployment Rate, Great Recession, Happiness, Business News

Despite high unemployment and a national foreclosure crisis, most Americans still feel happy, according to a recent poll by Harris Interactive. The...

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What Gas Prices Have Caused Americans To Cut Back On

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Groceries, Gas Prices, Household Budgets, Eating Out Gas Prices, Dining, Expenses, Food Gas Prices, Food Prices, Vacations, Harris Interactive, Fuel Prices, Business News

High gas prices might have fallen slightly in recent weeks, but that hasn't stopped Americans from cutting back on other expenses in order to afford p...

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10 Companies With The Best Reputations In America

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Google, Financial Performance, Vision, Leadership, Social Responsibility, Johnson & Johnson, Corporate Reputation, General Mills, Workplace Environment, Scandal, Products, Fraud, Tech Companies, Services, Harris Interactive, Emotional Appeal, Business News

It's difficult for a corporation in today's world to survive under the microscope. But in fact, while some don't, a recent survey released by marke...

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Americans' Hope In A Housing Recovery Go From Bad To Worse

The Huffington Post | Maxwell Strachan | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Truilia, Ceo Pete Flint, Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, Realty Trac, Harris Interactive, Housing Survey, Americans Housing, Time Housing Recovery, Business News

Americans' views of the housing market have quickly gone from bad to worse. According to a new survey, conducted by Harris Interactive survey and r...

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Facebook, Google Control Too Much Personal Data, Most Americans Say

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Google, Internet Privacy, Harris Interactive, Facebook, Facebook Google Know Too Much, Technology News

Do Facebook and Google know too much about us? According to a new survey conducted by Harris Interactive, a majority of Americans are concerned about ...

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The Worst Corporate Reputations In America

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Bp, Goldman Sachs, Car Companies, Chrysler, Public Perception, American Public, Corporate Reputation, Gm, Survey, Harris Interactive, Financial Companies, Oil Companies, Business News

A company's reputation is formed not only by the products it sells, but by the decisions it makes in times of crises. For some, that's a good thing. F...

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Top 8 Most Charitable U.S. Cities During The Holiday Season

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Manhattan, Donations Charity, Washington D.C., Holiday Wish, Portland, Los Angeles, New York City, Cities That Donate Most, Houston, Causes, New York Charity, Slidepollajax, Seattle, causes.com, Harris Interactive, San Francisco, Charitable Giving, Most Charitable Cities, Impact News

It could be the overall message of giving that spices up the Holiday season, but Americans seem to catch the giving bug more during the holidays than ...

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Survey Shows Recession Gets Consumers to Make Sacrifices but 65% Still Haven't Negotiated Credit Card Rates

Jennifer Openshaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Scores, Credit Card Debt, Harris Interactive, Jennifer Openshaw, Harris Poll, Business News
Jennifer Openshaw

Americans understand the importance of well-managed personal finances. Why, then, do the findings of a new poll from Harris Interactive and Lending Club show that Americans still aren't money savvy?

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The 10 Most Disliked Companies In America: Harris Interactive

Huffington Post | Nathaniel Cahners Hindman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Freddie Mac, Chrysler, General Motors, Bank of America, Aig, Fannie Mae, Harris Interactive, Slidepollajax, Delta Airlines, Citigroup, Business News

How much does the public value corporate leadership? Harris Interactive's latest corporate reputation survey, which measures how Americans view some ...

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The Harris "Wingnut" Poll: Could We Do Better?

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harris Interactive, Harris Poll, Humphrey Taylor, Markos Moulitsas, Measurement, Wingnut Poll, Aquiescence Bias, Straightlining, Pollster, Politics News
Mark Blumenthal

My column reviews the criticism of the Harris Interactive "wingnut" survey released last week and suggests some ways to better measure some of the ...

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Parents a Silver Lining for Schools as Great Recession Persists

Bill Jackson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Volunteerism, Harris Interactive, Obama Effect, Parental Involvement, Back to School, Parenting, Schools, Greatschools, Parents, Healthy Living News
Bill Jackson

64% of parents believe that, because of the recession, it is more important for them to volunteer at school now than before. 53% of parents plan to volunteer at their children's school this year.

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Retirement At The Tipping Point: The Year That Changed Everything

Ken Dychtwald Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Charles Schwab, Volunteering, Saving for Retirement, Economy, Retirement, Ken Dychtwald, Medical Costs, Millennial Generation, Harris Interactive, Age Wave, Healthy Living News
Ken Dychtwald Ph.D.

The current economic reckoning has created vast financial losses and uncertainty during the last year, triggering all generations to reassess the funding, timing and purpose of retirement.

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