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Two-thirds of adults worldwide are financially illiterate, with sizable gaps between men and women.

U.S. small-business owners' capital spending intentions have been trending upward this year; the 26% who now say they are planning to increase spending is up from 20% at the end of 2012.

Forty-eight percent of U.S. small-business owners say the Affordable Care Act is going to be bad for their business, 9% say it will be good, and 39% expect no impact. Forty-one percent are postponing hiring as a result of the law.

Many Americans are relieved that government leaders in Washington avoided the fiscal cliff. However, there is another cliff to be aware of, one with implications that are far more frightening for the future of our country: the school cliff.

Massachusetts and Maryland were the two most Democratic states in 2014, based on their residents' party affiliation; Utah and Wyoming were the most Republican. In all, 17 states are Democratic, 15 Republican and 18 competitive.

Residents of five states gave President Barack Obama 50% or better job approval ratings in 2014, with Massachusetts and Hawaii leading the list at roughly 53%. Wyoming residents were the least approving, at 19.3%.

Gallup and Healthways in January turned on their Well-Being Index in the United Kingdom. With three months of daily surveys now collected, the companies today shared the inaugural findings.

The pursuit of happiness is clearly alive and well. Two recent studies on that subject based on Gallup's data have been generating a fair bit of chatter.

Small-business owners are more optimistic now than at any time since late 2008. The Small Business Index improved to +25 in July, from +16 in April -- an improvement tied to increased optimism about the ease of obtaining credit.

Remote work is dominant among the white-collar U.S. workforce, with more than seven in 10 working from home, unchanged through most of the pandemic. Many of these want to keep doing so.