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OCTOBER 20, 2003
Are Your Benefits Holding Up?
More of our readers are unhappy with their health-care coverage than with their retirement plans

SEPTEMBER 30, 2003
The Mutual Fund Scandal and You
Our survey finds readers fairly outraged over the alleged abuses New York's Eliot Spitzer is investigating, and they want changes

SEPTEMBER 17, 2003
Assessing the Costs in Iraq
A majority of BW Online readers say they're already too high and that the U.S. lacks a plan for putting Iraq back together again

JULY 31, 2003
Your Take on the Tax Cut
By a wide margin, BW Online readers don't think Bush's plan has very good chances of boosting U.S. economic growth

MAY 19, 2003
Is This a Quota System?
Our readers come up split on the question of whether the University of Michigan's controversial admissions policy is appropriate or not

MAY 2, 2003
Iraq: Your Postwar Appraisal
Compared to how they felt earlier in the war, our readers now feel it went better -- militarily, at least -- than they expected

APRIL 2, 2003
How's the War in Iraq Going?
Our readers widely agree that the U.S. will prevail militarily. Achieving President Bush's stated goals, however, seems far less likely

MARCH 21, 2003
Your Take on the Iraq War
Our readers split 42% for and 56% against President Bush's decision to attack Iraq, and they widely fear for U.S. ties abroad

FEBRUARY 25, 2003
What to Do about Oil?
Nearly 90% of BW Online readers think the U.S. has to use less foreign oil, and they're ready to be part of the conservation solution

FEBRUARY 13, 2003
Weighing Powell's Evidence
Some 60% of respondents to our online survey still don't think the Bush Administration has made a persuasive case against Iraq

FEBRUARY 4, 2003
Iraq: Is Bush on Target?
Nearly three-quarters of those who responded say the President should focus more on fixing the U.S. economy than on taming Iraq

JANUARY 22, 2003
MBAs Need More Than Ethics 101
BW Online's recent Reader Survey finds overwhelming support for improved values-oriented training in business schools

DECEMBER 20, 2002
Wall Street: How Hard a Wrist Slap?
According to our readers, financial houses that fed tainted research to investors should get hit a lot harder they've been

DECEMBER 6, 2002
Stress: Is It Getting to You?
It's worse than ever, say a large majority of readers who took our survey. Their top concern? Job security

NOVEMBER 22, 2002
The Delicate -- Or Not -- Art of Layoffs
Our survey found most readers aren't too happy with how job cuts are done now, and they think severance policy should be set in law

NOVEMBER 12, 2002
A Gadget-Merry Christmas?
A bare majority of readers say they'll spend more this holiday season on consumer electronics, which most expect to cost less

NOVEMBER 1, 2002
A Closer Watch on Guns?
Respondents to our survey -- 91% of them gun owners --overwhelmingly reject the notion of registering firearms

OCTOBER 24, 2002
Politics vs. Homeland Security
Our readers think the Dems are holding up the new Cabinet department's creation, and nearly a third say the agency isn't necessary

OCTOBER 17, 2002
What's the Business of the Board?
The relatively few readers who responded aren't too sure, though most don't think boards are doing their jobs well

OCTOBER 2, 2002
How's Your Work Life?
Of the 1,100-plus readers who responded, 48% say they now have fewer co-workers, and only 51% expect a raise in 2003

SEPTEMBER 24, 2002
Is America Safer Today?
Our readers aren't particularly confident that the airlines and Washington have improved security much

SEPTEMBER 5, 2002
OSX: Yea or Nay?
Yea, yea, yea -- and hardly any nays as our readers overwhelmingly say they're upgrading to Apple's new operating system

AUGUST 30, 2002
The Web's Dark Side
One finding of our Reader Survey is wide a discrepancy between men and women when it comes to visiting porn sites

AUGUST 23, 2002
Time to Take on Saddam?
Our readers say Bush should do it -- if the Iraqi dictator has been making weapons of mass destruction and if U.S. allies go along

AUGUST 14, 2002
Consumers' Pulses Seem to Be Slowing
BusinessWeek Online asked readers to tell us about their spending plans. One conclusion: Malls may not be quite so crowded

AUGUST 2, 2002
Those Market Swings
Our readers weigh in on what they think about Wall Street's volatility and how it's affecting them

JULY 26, 2002
Play Ball -- or Picket?
Our readers won't be surprised if it's picket -- and they say both players and owners are to blame if it comes to that

JULY 19, 2002
The Shape of Your Retirement
For a large majority of our readers, retirement won't mean not working. And their biggest worry: Huge medical expenses

JULY 12, 2002
Are You Loyal to Your Carmaker?
The largest bloc of our readers says who makes the auto is less important than getting a good value, and Detroit trails badly there

JULY 3, 2002
Are You Caught in the Slump?
Compared to the responses we got in April to these same questions, seems like the effects of the slump are spreading

JUNE 21, 2002
Do You Trust Corporate America?
Hardly at all these days, say our readers. And that feeling extends to the ability of Congress and agencies to fix what's wrong

JUNE 14, 2002
Will the Homeland Be Made Safer?
Our readers are pretty evenly divided over the new Homeland Security Dept. as proposed by Bush

JUNE 5, 2002
What's Your Take on Terror Warnings?
Most readers say the Administration's nonspecific threat alerts haven't prompted them to do anything to protect themselves

JUNE 5, 2002
"Is Apple a Software Bully?"
Not according to our readers, though they do agree it would be better if Apple cooperated more with third-party software makers

MAY 24, 2002
Got a Beef with Customer Service?
Most of our readers do -- and they're quite willing stop using a company whose service stinks

MAY 20, 2002
Does the New Health Care Shape Up?
According to our readers, plans that require employees to be more responsible for keeping costs low may run into resistance

MAY 20, 2002
Can Apple Succeed in School?
Our readers think it has no choice, though they're pretty evenly split on whether it needs cut prices to do so

MAY 9, 2002
Cleaning Up Wall Street's Mess
Our Reader Survey finds that investors are angry -- and they're ready to take it out on someone

MAY 3, 2002
Can Bush Keep His Halo?
When it comes to solving the tough geopolitical and economic issues he's facing, our readers don't expect him to do so well

MAY 3, 2002
Should Apple and Microsoft Stay Hitched?
Sounds like a good idea to the folks who answered our survey. Plus, they think Apple has lots of room to grow

APRIL 24, 2002
Grading Steve Jobs
Apple's CEO could hardly be more highly regarded -- at least according to the folks who responded to our survey

APRIL 24, 2002
Are You Holding Up?
The rebounding economy has consumers feeling somewhat better about their financial situation -- but not gleeful yet

APRIL 18, 2002
Flying in Today's World
Nearly all of our respondents say they're taking to the skies these days. They're not so convinced it's much safer, though

APRIL 11, 2002
What's Holding Up Housing?
BW Online's readers consider low interest rates the top reason for buying a home these days

APRIL 11, 2002
Year of the iPod?
Mac fans certainly think so. Our Reader Survey found that most would have no problem paying over $400 for Apple's snazzy music player

APRIL 3, 2002
PC to Apple?
Watch out, Bill Gates, our unscientific survey finds a big percentage of PC users would consider switching to a Mac

MARCH 28, 2002
Global Warming: Is It Real?
Our readers sure seem convinced that it's something to worry about. More important, they think it's worth trying to do something about

MARCH 21, 2002
The Drug-Cost Crunch
Here's what you said about why prescription remedies are so expensive -- and what can be done about it

JULY 6, 2001
You're Devotees of Music Downloading
Nearly 75% of respondents to our informal digital-music survey say that's one way they get music today




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