Percentage of Americans who said their quality of life would improve if they were better organized, according to a survey conducted on behalf of the National Association of Professional Organizers: 71... more
Date of the probable first flight of Santa's sleigh, a versatile, all weather, multipurpose, vertical-short-takeoff-and-landing vehicle capable of traveling vast distances without refueling and deploy... more
This holiday season, amount very generous "True Loves" will pay for all 364 gifts in the holiday classic "The Twelve Days of Christmas," a mere 0.9 percent increase compared to last year: $87,402.81... more
Percentage of Americans who have felt some sort of physical discomfort during an intense day of shopping, according to the Blistex Holiday Shopping survey: 63... more
Percentage of consumers who plan to ask their friends, family and loved ones for necessities instead of luxuries this holiday season, according to a recent survey by Black and Decker and Zogby Interna... more
As BeautifulPeople.com goes global, estimated number of unattractive people from 190 countries who have been rejected from its site over the past two weeks, according to www.BeautifulPeople.com, the e... more
Percentage of business travelers who said they generally like talking to people on planes, according to a survey by Egencia Corporate Travel: 24... more
Average daily spending by American consumers in stores, restaurants, gas stations and online, according to findings based on aggregated Gallup daily tracking polls: $63... more
Percentage of U.S. adults who say they worry "frequently" or "occasionally" about being a victim of identity theft, higher than reported anxiety about 11 other types of crime and the only crime that a... more
Percentage of search firm consultants who believe age becomes a significant factor in a hiring decision when a candidate is over the age of 50, according to surveys conducted by ExecuNet: 91... more
Percentage of Americans who reject the idea that women should return to their traditional roles in society, with most believing that both husband and wife should contribute to the family income, accor... more
Percentage of workers who would be willing to tell a same-level co-worker that their zipper was undone, according to a survey from CareerBuilder: 67... more
Percentage of self-employed workers (from small business owners and consultants to fishing guides and freelance writers, private contractors, artists and construction workers) who say they are "comple... more
The mean answer provided when Americans were asked how many cents of every tax dollar that goes to the federal government in Washington, D.C., is wasted, according to a Gallup Poll: 49.7 cents... more
Percentage of workers who were laid off in the last 12 months who said they have changed their appearance to make themselves more attractive to potential employers, according to a survey by CareerBuil... more
Of the top 20 financial industry recipients of bailout aid, number that have revealed the details of stock options pocketed in early 2009, according to a report from the Institute for Policy Studies: ... more
Percentage of managers who would be classified as "beach bums," described as the type of manager who sits around wasting their time and others' time, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interact... more
Forty years after the Woodstock music festival glorified and exacerbated the generational fractures in American life, percentage of adults today who say they listen to rock often or sometimes, accordi... more
Rank of health care (32 percent), technology (32 percent), service (12 percent), agriculture (11 percent), retail (2 percent) and automobile (1 percent) on the list of industries that respondents cons... more
Ranks of strategic thinking, leadership, communication, developing direct reports and motivating people on the list of skills that middle managers need to improve, according to ClearRock, an outplacem... more
On the 40th anniversary of the moon landing and Woodstock, and the recent death of iconic CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite, percentage of U.S. adults who said that the historic legacy of the baby boomer ... more
Percentage of parents of a child performing at an above average level who say that they tend to use praise rather than tangible rewards to motivate their child to do their homework, according to an Ip... more
Percentage of professionals who believe their employers are rising to the occasion when it comes to responding to the downturn in the economy, according to a survey by Robert Half International: 69... more
Percentage of Americans who agreed that personal style has more to do with being comfortable in your own skin, not about dressing to impress, according to a survey by Old Spice: 66... more
Year the first commercial electronic computer -- UNIVAC I, designed by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly and built for the U.S. Census Bureau to tabulate the 1950 census -- was used, according to the... more
Percentage of working dads who said they would leave their jobs if their spouse or significant other's income could comfortably support the entire family, down from 37 percent in 2008 and 49 percent i... more
Even in the midst of the current economic recession, percentage of Americans who still believe that they are a people who dream big about accomplishing big ideas or great things, according to a poll c... more
Approximate number of hours that the average American watches TV every month at home, a 1.2 percent increase from last year, according to the results of Nielsen's Three Screen Report: 153... more