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Children Living In Married-Couple Families Had ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Children living in married-couple families had the lowest poverty rate, far less than the children living in homes headed only by one parent, according to a U.S. Census Bureau study titled Children and the Household ...read more

Tags: Children

Choices: The Overall Number Of Products Offered ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Choices: The overall number of products offered in an average-size supermarket stands at around 22,000. Last year, there were over 21,000 new products introduced. An eye-popping 1,500 actually made it into stores, the highest ...read more

Tags: Money

Plastic Prevails For The First Time, Americans' ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Plastic Prevails For the first time, Americans’ use of credit cards, debit cards and other electronic bill paying has eclipsed paper checks. Last year there were 44.5 billion electronic transactions vs. 36.7 billion ...read more

Tags: Money

From Lemons To Lemonade: Target's Decision Shut ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

From Lemons To Lemonade: Target’s decision shut out Salvation Army bell-ringers at its stores this past Christmas may have actually helped the charity. They set a new record at $95.3 million from the ‘04 ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Fear Of

The Porn Industry Won A Major Victory In A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The Porn Industry won a major victory in a federal court in Pittsburgh recently when a judge ruled that no restrictions should be placed on the distribution of pornography. Since it is legal to possess, its distribution channels are also beyond ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Religious Book Sales Could See An 11.3% Growth ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Religious Book Sales could see an 11.3% growth between ’03 and ’07 and help the entire book industry towards an 8% book-sales growth, claims an article in the 2/05 issue of CBA Marketplace. 90% of “religious” book sales ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Religious Children's Books Are Being Buoyed By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Religious Children’s Books are being buoyed by the overall strong sales of religious books, particularly Christian while much of the publishing industry is flat. General market publishers such as Simon & Shuster and Golden Books are releasing numerous new ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Affluent Optimism: Prospects Look Strong For The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Affluent Optimism: Prospects look strong for the rest of ‘05 in terms of luxury spending. 28% of luxury consumers expect to spend more buying luxury over the next 12 months. 55% expect their financial status will continue to improve ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

Children Who Spend Most Of Their Time In Child ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Children who spend most of their time in child care are 3 times as likely to exhibit behavioral problems in kindergarten as those who were cared for primarily by mothers. The more time spend in out-of-home settings, the greater the ...read more

Tags: Children

Religion Books Attract Younger Readers: Religious ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Religion Books Attract Younger Readers: Religious books, which increased in sales by 11% in ‘04, are on course to increase another 9% this year. Surprisingly, the average age of buyers of religious books is 38, and the largest age group (representing 28% ...read more

Tags: Children

Costly Interruptions From Emails, Instant ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Costly Interruptions from emails, instant messages, the Web, and phone are decreasing U.S. business productivity by $588 billion annually finds a Basix study. Interruptions to workflow can cost the average knowledge worker ...read more

Tags: Workplace Balance

Call Center Clout: 92% Of U.s. Consumers Form ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Call Center Clout: 92% of U.S. consumers form their opinions of a company based on their experiences using that company’s call center. 65% say they’d stop using a company’s products or services if they had a negative experience ...read more

Tags: Church General

Working Longer: Research Indicates That People ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Working Longer: Research indicates that people currently in their 50’s plan to continue working after they reach retirement age. Labor force participation among workers aged 55 to 64 increased 2% in ‘01, according to the Center for ...read more

Tags: Workplace Balance

Higher Earners: From The Ages Of 18 To 65, The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Higher Earners: From the ages of 18 to 65, the average male college grad earns $2.5 million over his lifetime, 90% more than his high school counterpart. That’s up from 40% more in ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Job Tenure: The Median Job Tenure For U.s. Male ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Job Tenure: The median job tenure for U.S. male workers age 25 or older is 4.9 years, down from 5.9 in ’83. For female workers in the age group the figure has risen from 4.2 to ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Late-Age Divorce Is A Growing Trend In The U.s., ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Late-Age Divorce is a growing trend in the U.S., according to U.S. Census Bureau’s statistics. The number of senior citizens getting a divorce has risen 34%--the equivalent of 2.2 million people--from ...read more

Tags: Divorce

Slippery Slope: World Net Daily Reports That, In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Slippery Slope: World Net Daily reports that, in a survey taken between June 24 and July 8, 53% of respondents said they opposed “gay” marriages and 38% approved. In ‘96, the same survey found 65% opposed and 27% ...read more

Marriage Dividend: A New Study By Thomas ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Marriage Dividend: A new study by Thomas Rutledge, a psychologist at the University of California at San Diego, finds that of women 65 and older, those with a longtime husband coped with stress of aging, clocked lower blood pressure, and had stronger immune ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Religious Giving: According To A Recent Study By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Religious Giving: According to a recent study by Epsilon, 4 out of 5 American donors give to a religious center and religious centers receive half of all donated funds. The study also found that 28 million Americans used the Internet in ’01 ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Gay Benefits: Of The Nation's Top 500 U.s. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Gay Benefits: Of the nation’s top 500 U.S. companies, 95% now offer anti- discrimination policies based on sexual orientation and 70% offer domestic partner benefits for same-sex couples. In ’00, the numbers stood at ...read more