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More than half of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say social media sites are not important to their work or professionally.
Read More »Regulatory overhaul gets low approval rating
More than half of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll disapprove of President Barack Obama’s recent legislative wins—the financial regulations and health care reform bills—and nearly two-thirds disapprove of his overall job performance.
Read More »Majority says Paychex outlook is positive after CEO departs
More than half of the respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say the outlook for Paychex Inc. after the departure of Jonathan Judge as president and CEO is positive.
Read More »Plurality predicts stock market will rise in the next 12 months
More than four in 10 respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll expect the stock market to rise over the next 12 months.
Read More »Plurality opposes government funding for RBTL arts center
Respondents to this week's Rochester Business Journal Daily Report Snap Poll say a performing arts center at Midtown Plaza would be a catalyst for development but the city and county should not help pay for it. See dozens of comments from readers.
Read More »Plurality opposes government funding for RBTL arts center
Readers say a performing arts center at Midtown would be a catalyst for development, but the city and county should not pay for it.
Read More »Readers favor referendum on control of city schools
Nearly two-thirds of respondents to this week's Rochester Business Journal Daily Report Snap Poll say voter approval should be required on the divisive issue of mayoral control of the Rochester City School District.
Read More »Majority favors excise tax on foreign outsourced calls
More than half of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll favor an excise tax on U.S. customer service calls transferred to foreign call centers.
Read More »Majority says BP is primarily responsible for Gulf oil spill
A large majority of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say BP PLC—and not U.S. regulators—is responsible for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But by a margin of 60 percent to 40 percent, readers disapprove of the government’s response to the oil spill.
Read More »Majority chooses Cuomo in three potential matchups
More than half of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll would vote for Attorney General Andrew Cuomo over three potential Republican opponents in the 2010 race for governor. See dozens of comments from readers.
Read More »Majority supports offshore wind power on Lake Ontario
Three-quarters of respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll support offshore wind power on Lake Ontario. See dozens of comments from readers.
Read More »Readers choose Jazz Fest as favorite summer event
Rochester offers a bounty of special events each summer, and this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll asked readers to name their favorites. The plurality of respondents to this week's poll chose the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival.
Read More »Majority supports Arizona’s new statute on immigration
More than two-thirds of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll favor Arizona’s new immigration law, which makes illegal immigration criminal by defining it as trespassing.
Read More »Poll: Jobs picture has not improved here
A plurality of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say the Rochester-area jobs picture is unchanged from a year ago.
Read More »By a wide margin, readers say CEOs are paid too much
More than 80 percent of respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say CEOs are paid too much.
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