Posts Tagged ‘ bailout bill ’

Mixed Results For Bailout Bill Poll

Oct 7th, 2008 | By Admin | Category: Poll Results, Polls

Last week, Prospere Magazine asked its readers:
The Bailout bill in the US was narrowly defeated.  Do you think the bill was a good idea in the first place?
 

Not surprisingly, results were mixed. While 33.3% of you said that the bill was a good way to avoid economic collapse, almost as many, 26.7% said that it [...]



Bailout Bill: Votes and Region

Sep 30th, 2008 | By Admin | Category: New

UPDATE 2: The House of Representatives has passed the “bailout bill” 263-171. The vast majority of Democrats were for the bill (172 to 63) while a slight majority of Republicans were against the bill (91 for, 108 against).
UPDATE: On the evening of Wednesday, October 1, the Senate approved the revised version of the [...]



September 22 to September 29 Survey: Business Casual Edges Out - Slightly

Sep 30th, 2008 | By Admin | Category: Poll Results, Polls

Last week, Prospere Magazine asked: What’s your ideal dress code?

 
It wasn’t surprising that many people, at 26.7%,  prefer the slightly relaxed business casual atmosphere.  Perhaps it’s because it isn’t as stiff as formal. However, a good number of you somehow prefer a more formal setting, at 20%.  Another 20% believe that casual-casual is the way to [...]



Bill to Rescue US Economy is defeated 228-205 - Stocks Fall

Sep 29th, 2008 | By Admin | Category: Business, Featured

Cynthia Cheng

The bill which was proposed to save the US economy from turmoil has been narrowly defeated 228 to 205. Stocks began to fall prior to the official announcement, with the Dow dropping as much as 700 points after the announcement. According to reports, with the majority of Republicans (133) and a handful [...]