Percentage of workers who said incorporating the "big game" into the workplace has boosted employee happiness, according to a survey from staffing firm OfficeTeam: 66

Percentage of workers who said they're less productive the day following a large sporting event: 11

Percentage of respondents who said sporting events have no impact on their work productivity: 67

Percentage of employees who said the most distracting or annoying co-worker behavior when it comes to major sporting events is being a poor sport or overly competitive: 30

Source: OfficeTeam.

When asked how often they come in late to work, percentage of workers who admitted they do it at least once a month, up from 25 percent last year, according to a new CareerBuilder survey: 29

Percentage who say it's a weekly occurrence, up 3 percentage points since last year: 16

Percentage of employers and employees believe the concept of "working 9 to 5" is an antiquated practice: 64

Percentage of employers who expect employees to be on time every day: 53

Percentage who have fired someone for being late: 41

Source: CareerBuilder.com.

Average credit card debt per person in America, according to research by Credit Donkey: $5,331

Percentage of people who have debt of some sort: 69

Percentage who owe credit card debt: 38.1

Current outstanding revolving debt in the U.S.: $992.4 billion.

Source: CreditDonkey.com.

Percentage of global respondents who agree that face-to-face interactions are being replaced with electronic ones, according to a survey by Nielsen: 66

Percentage who say they prefer texting to talking anyway: 47

Source: Nielsen Analytics.

Percentage of women who say they do not expect to receive any gifts or special dinners to mark Valentine's Day, according to a survey commissioned by epi24: 44

Percentage of those in a relationship who report dreading Valentine's Day more than any other holiday: 41

Percentage of them who say length of relationship does not matter when it comes to celebrating on Feb. 14: 61

Source: epi24.

Percentage of small business owners in the U.S. (1 to 500 employees) who expect their businesses to improve in the year ahead, according to a study conducted by Ipsos on behalf of New York Life: 60

Percentage who predict technology will have the most positive impact on small businesses in the year ahead: 75

Source: New York Life.

Percentage of Americans who wrongly believe it is best to let your car warm up before you hit the road, according to the Hankook Tire America Corporation and Bloomberg: 82

Percentage who wrongly think the gas in your car's tank will freeze if you leave your car outside in extreme cold conditions: 35

Source: Bloomberg.

Percentage of Americans who don't have enough savings to pay for a $500 car repair or a $1,000 emergency room bill, according to a Bankrate.com report: 58

Percentage who have savings they can rely on in an emergency: 41

Source: Bankrate.com.

Despite general optimism about the next four years, percentage of Americans who plan to look for a better-paying job and increase overall savings, according to a survey by Experian: 43

Percentage who said they will decrease their spending: 39

Percentage who will look for an additional job: 34

Ranks of "save more," "be a smarter shopper" and "pay off credit card debt" on the list of the top financial goals for the next four years for all respondents: 1, 2, 3

Source: Experian Consumer Direct.

Percentage of Americans who know that most Americans qualify for Medicare when they turn 65, according to an Ipsos survey: 75

Percentage who know that living in poverty alone does not qualify you for Medicaid: 35

Percentage of Americans who know that they pay more for health care than people in other countries: 82

Source: Ipsos Public Affairs.

Idle Thought

"It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor. " -- Max Eastman, journalist and poet

(Readers can contact John MacIntyre at johnmacintyre@bwr.eastlink.ca.)

Percentage of CFOs who say the single thing that keeps them up at night is conflict with co-workers or supervisors, according to research from Robert Half Finance & Accounting: 25

Percentage who cited poor performance on the job: 25

Percentage who said finding and hiring the right talent for open jobs: 23

Source: Robert Half Finance & Accounting.

Percentage of the take for Super Bowl tickets that goes to each participating team, according to Seat Geek Inc.: 17.5

Percentage that goes to the host city: 5

Percentage that is split evenly by the remaining teams in the league: 34.8

Price range of tickets that are being sold directly to the public through On Location Experiences: $5,999 to $12,000-plus

Generally speaking, average price range of Super Bowl tickets: $2,500 to $3,000

Source: SeatGeek Inc.

Amount the average U.S. adult thinks it costs to raise a child from birth to age 1, according to a Bankrate.com report: $24,000

Amount the USDA says is the true cost: $12,680

Source: Bankrate Inc.

Percentage of all nonretired adults who have no retirement savings or pension because many simply cannot afford to contribute to any type of plan, according to research by WalletHub: 31

Ranks of Florida, Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa and Colorado on the list of the best states for retirement: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Ranks of Rhode Island, Alaska, the District of Columbia, Connecticut and Hawaii on the list of the worst states: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Source: WalletHub.

Year that the first commercial bank in the U.S. opened, according to the U.S. Census Bureau: 1782

Called the Bank of North America, amount that it was capitalized: $400,000

Rough estimate of that value in today's dollars: $7.5 billion

Today, number of commercial banking establishments in the U.S., employing nearly 1.6 million people: 93,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

In 2016, number of guns found in carry-on bags at U.S. airports, according to the Transportation Security Administration: 3,391

Of the guns found in 2016, percentage that were loaded: 83

In the last 10 years, percentage growth rate of guns found in carry-on bag: 300

Ranks of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta (198), Dallas/Fort Worth International (192), and George Bush Intercontinental in Houston (128) on the list of top airports for gun finds: 1, 2, 3

Source: TSA.

Rank of Katie Perry's 2015 halftime Super Bowl performance, which included a giant mechanical tiger and dancing sharks, on the list of the most-watched halftime shows in history with 118.5 million viewers, according to the NFL.com website: 1

Source: NFL.com.

In 2016, combined weight of batteries and cellphones that consumers recycled throughout the U.S. and Canada, according to Call2Recycle: 14 million pounds

Source: Call2Recycle Inc.

Number of U.S. data breaches tracked in 2016, an all-time record high, according to a report by the Identity Theft Resource Center and CyberScout: 1,093

For the eighth consecutive year, rank of hacking/skimming/phishing attacks on the list of causes of data breach incidents: 1

Percentage of all breaches this represents: 55.5

Percentage increase from 2015: 17.7

Source: CyberScout.

Estimated amount that U.S. adults spent on gift cards in the last 12 months, according to research by Packaged Facts: $46 billion

Of this, amount spent on gift cards given to others: $28 billion

Amount spent on gift cards they gave to themselves: $11 billion

Amount employers spent on gift cards for their employees: $7 billion

Source: Packaged Facts.

Idle Thought

"A poor idea well written is more likely to be accepted than a good idea poorly written." -- Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer

(Readers can contact John MacIntyre at johnmacintyre@bwr.eastlink.ca.)

Percentage of salaried employees who used all of their allotted vacation time for 2016, according to an Ipsos poll: 53

Percentage of hourly employees who used theirs by the end of 2016: 36

Percentage of both salaried and hourly employees who plan to roll over what's left of their allotted vacation time: 25

Source: Ipsos Public Affairs.

Ranks of Peyton Manning, Michael Phelps, Simone Biles, Serena Williams and LeBron James on the list of the top five most marketable athletes in the United States in 2016 based on Nielsen's N-Score, awareness and likability, according to Nielsen research: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Source: Nielsen Media Research.

Estimated amount of money U.S. retailers lost to fraud in 2014 -- a 39 percent increase over the $23 billion in fraud losses the prior year, according to Business Insider: $32 billion

Percentage of losses that international merchants with e-commerce channels attributed to friendly fraud: 30

Percentage attributed to lost or stolen merchandise: 30

Percentage to identity theft: 22

Percentage to fraudulent requests for return/refund: 17

Source: Business Insider.

Percentage of U.S. consumers who believe pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies put patients over profits, according to a Harris Poll study: 9

Percentage who believe health insurance companies do: 16

Percentage of U.S. adults who believe health care providers (such as doctors and nurses) put patients over profits: 36

Percentage who believe hospitals put patients over profits: 23

Source: The Harris Poll.

Amount of money contributed to or collected for charity by convenience stores over the past year, according to a national survey of retailers by the National Association of Convenience Stores: $990 million

Percentage of convenience store companies responding to the survey that say they donate to charities: 97

Percentage of all convenience retailers who say they support five or more charities in their communities: 64

Source: National Association of Convenience Stores.

Percentage of parents who have given their kids a reward for completing their chores, according to a survey by Toluna: 48

Percentage who have given their kids a reward for completing their homework: 40

Percentage of parents who have given their kids electronics to keep them quiet: 37

Percentage who have bribed their kids to get them to do something: 36

Source: Toluna QuickSurveys.

Projected annual percentage fall in the U.S. demand for tobacco products to 2020, according to research released by Freedonia Focus Reports: 1.3

Percentage share of U.S. adults who smoked cigarettes in 2015 (down from 21 percent in 2005): 15

Source: Freedonia Group (The).

Average American per capita income, according to the U.S. Census Bureau: $28,500

Average household median income: $53,500

Average family household median income: $68,000

Estimated number of personal financial advisers in the U.S.: 198,000

Source: Census Bureau.

Percentage of Americans who think they'll die in debt, according to a survey of U.S. adults from CreditCards.com: 12

Percentage who said that in 2015: 21

Percentage of people age 65 and up who say they'll never get out of debt: 28

Source: creditcards.com.

Percentage of U.S. broadband households that have Wi-Fi access, according to research from Parks Associates: 71

Percentage more computing devices these Wi-Fi households have than non-Wi-Fi households: 30

Source: Parks Associates.

Idle Thought

"It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody." -- Maya Angelou

(Readers can contact John MacIntyre at johnmacintyre@bwr.eastlink.ca.)