PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Friday January 21, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Friday January 21, 2005 Modest Decline in Support for Bush's Iraq Policies In the run up to the January 30th Iraqi elections, a new Harris Poll finds that U-S public support for President Bush's policies in Iraq have eroded somewhat since December. The President's ratings on handling Iraq have slipped modestly from 57 percent negative to 59 percent negative. Those who are confident that U-S policies in Iraq will be successful have dropped from 29 to 25 percent. Those who believe that taking military action in Iraq was the right thing to do are down from 43 to 39 percent, and those who believe that the situation for U-S troops in Iraq is getting worse have increased from 50 to 53 percent. Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2857696 Nearly Half of U.S. Workforce Financially Ill-Prepared for Retirement Nearly half of the U-S workforce does not believe it will have enough money set aside for a comfortable retirement. This according to the latest national Hudson retirement survey, which also finds that three-fourths of U-S workers plan to work at least part-time during their retirement years. Forty- one percent of workers plan to retire before they reach the age of 65. Though 47 percent of employees believe that their company does a good or excellent job educating its workforce about retirement planning and benefits, a nearly equal percentage rate their organizations as fair or poor. Individuals in higher income brackets give more complimentary appraisals. Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2857151 After Years of Rejection, Trump Finally Makes It Into World Book Donald Trump is rarely kept waiting. And he is almost never told no. However, editors of The World Book Encyclopedia have done just that for the past 13 years as they debated whether Trump's biography belonged in the encyclopedia. Up until now, the answer has been "no." But Trump's long wait is over. Trump's biography has been added to The World Book Online Reference Center, World Book's online encyclopedia. Since Trump was first rejected by World Book in 1991, he has reinvented himself several times, most recently as the star of the hit TV show "The Apprentice." In the judgment of World Book editors, Trump finally has earned a piece of valuable real estate in World Book. Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2857128 NFL Bridges Generations in Super Bowl XXXIX Pregame Show The N-F-L will pair young icons and timeless legends from a variety of music genres and link fans of all ages in the "Bridging Generations" Super Bowl 39 pregame show on FOX Sunday, February 6 at ALLTEL Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. In addition, the N-F-L will honor current and former members of the military with a special salute and performance of the National Anthem. Details will be announced shortly. The pregame show and halftime show starring Paul McCartney reflect the overall Super Bowl 39 theme of "Building Bridges," which represents both the Jacksonville landscape with its many bridges and the many ways the N-F-L unites communities and people of all ages around their passion for football and the Super Bowl. Country star Gretchen Wilson will team with the legendary Charlie Daniels Band. Black Eyed Peas will perform with Earth, Wind and Fire. Grammy-award winning Alicia Keys will perform "America the Beautiful," in a special tribute to the legendary Ray Charles, who grew up near Jacksonville and passed away in June 2004. FOX also will bring viewers inside the N-F-L Tailgate Party where Kelly Clarkson and John Fogerty will be performing. Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2857128 The PR Newswire Broadcast Minute is available by email at no charge to members of the media who sign up for PR Newswire for Journalists ( http://www.prnewswire.com/media ). For more information, contact Rob Fisher at 408-365-8793 or email rob.fisher@prnewswire.com . PRNewswire - Jan. 21 Source: PR Newswire ------- Profile: International Entertainment