Friday, May 02, 2008

Friday Fun Facts

From my email this week. I challenge you to use one of these in casual conversation between now and Monday!



Volume 3 Issue 17 - April 28, 2008

1.

37% of Americans aged 12 and up have an MP3 player, including 8% who own both an iPod and another brand, say Edison Media Research and Arbitron.

2.

24% of workers who are late to work make up an excuse, reports CareerBuilder.com.


3.

Americans spend an average of 39 hours researching homes before they buy and 10 hours researching major home improvement projects, but just 5 hours researching their home loan or mortgage, says Zillow.

4.

Sales of toys for infants reached $343 million in 2007, up 36% from the prior year, according to Packaged Facts.

5.

26% of newly hired chief financial officers wish they could spend more time with external investors and analysts, while 11% wish they could spend less time with them, reports McKinsey Quarterly.


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