Did You See That Press Release? Teens Flunk Driver Safety, Travelers Rate Their Faves, and More News

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CareerBuilder & Economic Modeling Specialists Report: Which Job Is Most Unique to Your State?

In the sprawling U.S. economy, the types of jobs that define entire regions are as diverse as the geographies that shape borders and the people who live within them. Simply put, there are some jobs you can only seem to find in certain places.

Using a measurement called location quotient (LQ), CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. reveal the occupation that is most unique to each state through 2013. See the full release to learn which job is unique to your state.

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American Teens Receive a ‘D’ or ‘F’ for Teen Driving Safety

Teen drivers may think they know everything but they still have a lot to learn about how to drive safely, according to information released by the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility (Responsibility.org) at the start of National Teen Driver Safety Week.

A majority of teens, 78 percent, report anticipating that the actions of other drivers will always be the hardest aspect of driving and 65 percent of teen drivers said they sometimes or every time find themselves in situations behind the wheel that they are not prepared for.

This survey was conducted at IKnowEverything Challenge events and tested teen driving safety knowledge among more than 2,000 high school students across the nation. See the full release to learn more about how teenagers drive.

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Conde Nast Traveler Reveals All-New 2014 Readers’ Choice Awards: World’s Best Hotels, Resorts, Cities, Islands, Airlines, and Cruise Lines

Conde Nast Traveler announced on Oct. 20 the results of its 27th annual Readers’ Choice Awards, ranking the best hotels, resorts, cities, islands, airlines, and cruise lines in the world.

More than 76,600 dedicated readers cast votes for 7,721 hotels, 642 cities, 453 cruise ships, and 148 islands, in an average survey time of 16.5 minutes. The result? The 1,182 best travel experiences in the world. See the full release to learn what readers ranked as the best.

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China’s Long Soft Fall: Chinese Economic Growth Seen as 4 Percent in 2020-2025, Preparing for the Downturn

After a generation of unprecedented economic growth, China faces a deep structural slowdown and broad uncertainty in the decade ahead, according to a new series of reports from the Conference Board.

While Chinese leaders have publicly proclaimed a “soft landing” that will usher in a period of growth in the current range of 7 percent to 8 percent for the foreseeable future, The Long Soft Fall in Chinese Growth, published Oct. 20 by the Conference Board, projects a more rapid and significant transition that will downshift China closer to 4 percent growth after 2020. See the full release to learn more about the long-term outlook for China.

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Poverty Rate Declines, Number of Poor Unchanged, Based on Supplemental Measure of Poverty

The nation’s poverty rate was 15.5 percent in 2013, down from 16 percent in 2012, according to the supplemental poverty measure released on Oct. 16 by the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2013 rate was higher than the official measure of 14.5 percent, but similarly declined from the corresponding rate in 2012.

Meanwhile, 48.7 million were below the poverty line in 2013 according to the supplemental poverty measure, not statistically different from the number in 2012. In 2013, 45.3 million were poor using the official definition released last month in “Income and Poverty in the United States: 2013.”

These findings are contained in the Census Bureau report “The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2013,” released with support from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and describing research showing different ways of measuring poverty in the U.S. See the full release to learn more.

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Larry Grady is online content manager at PR Newswire for Journalists. He has worked in business media for nearly 30 years and enjoys reality TV and daydreaming about travel and wine.