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Check out the new AP-AOL Games Tech Study — Poll: 4 in 10 Play Electronic Games.  This is definitely a viable medium that is replacing the hours many spend watching TV. That’s an interesting reality to accept — now imagine that if this is potentially a new "TV," we have another new media outlet in which to communicate and market ...

Nearly 60% of the affluent households use professional advisers, but that number is down from 70% in 2004  and 79% in 2001 so says TNS Financial Services of Greenwich, Conn.  The Number 1 reason for the decline was that the affluent felt better managing their own money, while Number 2 was that they didn’t feel that advisers had the best ...

The new issue of the Chronicle of Philanthropy reports on a few interesting tidbits — 1) A new Harris Interactive Survey — only one in 10 Americans beleive that charities use donations honestly and ethically, and yet this notion didn’t stop most from making a donation. 2) Resources and tips for conducting online surveys 3) How online surveys are saving ...

The number of very rich people in the US grew last year at the fastest pace in at least a decade as their various investments did well. The number of households with $5M or  more in invisitable assets,  excluding  their home, rose by 26% to a record 930,000, according  to a study by the Spectrem Group. The number of millionaires ...