Americans

According to a recent poll conducted by Reuters/Ipsos the US President Barack Obama is again getting approval by American people. Still Americans want Obama to focus on reducing debt and spending.

The survey shows that Obama’s job approval increased to 50% up from 45% in December. It is the first time Obama has achieved 50 percent approval in this poll since last June.

Meantime, many Americans disapprove Obama’s job performance with 47% of respondents expressing their negative attitude which is up from 46% last month.

A new poll by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) revealed that 64% of US consumers have declined online purchases on security concerns.

Providing an explanation to their behavior 60% of Americans said they were not sure if the site was secure, 51.4% were worried about providing information requested, and 48.4% felt a website requested more information than was necessary for the transaction.

Security concerns do not prevent Americans from using mobile phones to make payments. A new survey from Sterling Commerce and Demandware reveals that 15% of US consumers have used their cellphones to make purchases. The survey polled 36000 US consumers. It found that 96% own a mobile device and just under half a smartphone.

Over 60% of the polled admit that being able to use their mobile phone while shopping to verify product availability at a particular store location is important to very important.

 AlixPartners LLP, the global business-advisory firm has revealed the results of its latest survey initiated to find the opinion of Americans about their financial well-being. According to the poll results Americans don’t expect their quality of life, including their spending levels, to return to pre-recession levels until mid-2013.

 Pew Internet & American Life Project conducted a survey that showed the opinion that Americans became more isolated because of the wide-spread and highly-used cellphones and the Internet is not true. It is as wrong as the statement that friends become more distant and all conversations with them are not personal and people around them are filtered out.