Senior Executives Say U.S. Has Lost Competitiveness Over Past Five Years

 PricewaterhouseCoopers' Management Barometer Surveys Top Executives of 
 Large, U.S.-based Multinational Businesses. Interviewing of 131 CFOs and
 Managing Directors was Completed in the Spring of 2006.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Nearly half of surveyed senior executives believe the country has lost ground in its economic competitiveness, and in educating its people to meet new global business challenges. But most remain optimistic about the long-term ability of U.S. business to grow and increase profits, and in their own company's ability to be competitive with its global rivals, PricewaterhouseCoopers finds.

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