Americans seek family ties over self interest in new ad agency study
New York AP reports D Arcy Masius Benton Bowles surveyed 140 households to find Americans value relationships with family and friends and seek emotional connection. Parents prize children and marriages. nearly 60 percent say talking with a friend relieves stress. many envision saving lives or curing cancer. The study challenges the bachelor stereotype as stress and loneliness rise among single men.
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New York
D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles
Sai Alice Goldberg
Flying salesman travels 370000 square mile territory
Mike McCowan of Phillips 66 pilots a single engine plane to visit customers, covering a vast territory of over 370000 square miles. He keeps on the road about 12 days a month, saying aviation sales save time. A report notes the image of a young urban professional may not reflect real aspirations, with many preferring forest ranger or rancher as dream jobs.
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Atlanta
Mike McCowan
Phillips 66
McCowan
Osaka hotel adds multilingual voice mail system
An Osaka hotel installs a computerized voice mail service enabling callers to leave messages in English French German Spanish or Peking Chinese. Guests return to hear messages played back in the caller’s language. Optical character recognition then prints visitor notes for delivery.
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Osaka
Japan
MIS Week
Management Information Systems Journal
Rochester Scientist Tests World Fast Transistor
In Rochester New York scientists from the University of Rochester report a transistor that switches faster than any other. The MIT developed device uses gallium arsenide rather than silicon achieving a response in five trillionths of a second. The speed is so extreme that conventional measurements cannot capture it.
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University of Rochester
The
Massachusetts
Fewer people pick up toothpicks in dining out
VARNVILLE South Carolina AP reports Americans dine out more yet skip the toothpick after dessert. Diners especially in their 20s and 30s are reducing toothpick use, leading to a drop in U S toothpick production.
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Varnville, S.C
United States
Swiss watchmakers push thinner designs in quest for elegance
MARIN Switzerland AP reports that Swiss watchmakers seek to make thinner watches rather than larger models. They focus on innovative engineering to maintain durability and quality while reducing thickness, challenging traditional chunky profiles in the luxury timepiece market.
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Marin
Switzerland
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