PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday, July 27, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday, July 27, 2005

To hear the PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and other MultiVu radio content subscribe to our Podcast at: http://www.prnewswire.com/broadcast/rss/anr-rss.xml

U.S. Adults Paying Less Attention to the Events in Afghanistan Than Those in Iraq

A Harris Poll says while the U-S public has been paying a fair amount of attention to the situation in Iraq, they have not been paying as much attention to Afghanistan. However, when asked specifically about the situation in Afghanistan, U-S adults, on the whole, feel quite negative about the prospects for success.

For instance, nearly twice as many U-S adults feel the situation for U-S troops in Afghanistan is getting worse rather than getting better. However, 37 percent feel there has not been any real change and another 16 percent are not sure.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3000332

Forty-Seven Percent of Workers Have Gained Weight at Their Current Jobs, According to CareerBuilder.com Survey

Workers often take new jobs to earn a fatter paycheck, but their bank accounts aren't the only things expanding. Forty-seven percent of workers say they have gained weight since starting their present jobs, according to a recent CareerBuilder.com survey. The survey offers the following tips to help workers fight the bulge at work:

-- Resurrect your lunch box -- Hang up the phone -- Blacklist the vending machines -- Keep a bottle of water at your desk

-- Use your lunch hour. If you have a fitness center in or near your office, your lunch hour is a prime time to squeeze in a workout.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3000005

Parking Rates On the Rise For the Second Consecutive Year, According to Colliers International

Parking costs have increased for the second year in a row, making commuting more expensive nationwide, according to the fifth annual North American Parking Rate survey from Colliers International. With 48 U-S markets and ten Canadian markets under study, Colliers' survey shows that monthly parking rates posted measured increases, and daily parking rates showed more significant gains of approximately seven percent over the past 12 months, U-S only. The monthly rate increase reflects parking facility owners' and operators' response to a healthier business climate coupled with rising employment -- enabling them to charge more for monthly parking.

Monthly unreserved rates registered a high of 798 dollars in New York Midtown and a low of 20 dollars in Memphis, Tennessee. Nationally, the average unreserved parking rate is 147-dollars-and-57 cents per month.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2999915

National Survey Reveals: Boomers' Lack of Basic Investment Knowledge Can Be Major Obstacle to Retirement Planning

Many Baby Boomers lack basic knowledge about investing, which can have significant implications for their retirement planning. As retirement gets longer and more expensive, understanding investment vehicles and techniques has become even more important. These are some of the major findings of the OppenheimerFunds Investing for Retirement Survey, a recent study by leading asset manager OppeneheimerFunds, Incorporated. The nationwide survey examined the financial behaviors and attitudes of one thousand retirees and pre-retirees, most of whom are Baby Boomers.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2999772

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 -- July 27

Source: PR Newswire

------- Profile: Ent