Figuratively speaking.

• Author: MacIntyre, John
• Position: Rankings - Brief Article

* Rank of Sony, Mercedes and Coca-Cola as the world's top three brands: 1, 2, 3. Of Coca-Cola, Sony and McDonald's as the brands that people are the most familiar with: 1, 2, 3. Of Sony, Mercedes and Nokia as the brands people would be willing to pay a premium to acquire: 1, 2, 3.

* Rank of scientists, doctors, teachers, military officers and nurses as the most-prestigious occupations in America: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Of real-estate agents, stock brokers, accountants, journalists and actors as the least-prestigious occupations: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

* Percentage of employees who went to work even though they were sick during the 2004 flu season: 77. Who came to work sick because they felt they had too much work to do: 33. Because they feared they might lose their job: 26. To save their time off for when their children were sick: 18.

* Percentage of sexual-harassment claims filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 1992 that were by men: 9. In 2003: 15.

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