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June 2009

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July 28, 2009

54% Expect Interest Rates To Rise In Next Year

Fifty-four percent (54%) of Americans now say interest rates will be higher a year from now, a 20-point jump from April.

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June 26, 2009

31% Say Publicly Held Companies Should Disclose When Top Managers Are Ill

Following news reports that Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs received a liver transplant this spring, 31% of American adults say publicly held companies should reveal when top managers are ill.

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June 24, 2009

46% Say Fed Chairman Has Too Much Power; Views of Bernanke, Geithner Unchanged

Forty-six percent (46%) of Americans say the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board already has too much power over the economy, even as the Obama administration proposes expanding the Fed’s regulatory controls.

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June 23, 2009

47% Oppose More Government Regulation of U.S. Financial System

Forty-seven percent (47%) of Americans oppose more government regulation of the U.S. financial system, while 33% disagree and say more regulation is a good idea, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

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June 17, 2009

48% Say It’s Too Easy To Sue Doctors, 44% Favor Caps on Jury Awards

Forty-eight percent (48%) of U.S. voters say it is too easy to sue a doctor for medical malpractice in the United States today.

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June 8, 2009

Americans Still Like Wal-Mart, Say It’s Good for the Community

Wal-Mart’s still number one, and Costco has a way to go to catch up.

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June 5, 2009

CEOs Still Bring Up The Rear in Public’s Opinion

With two of the nation’s Big Three automakers in bankruptcy and the economy still a mess, Americans continue to view corporate chief executive officers as the lowest of the low.