Figuratively speaking.

• Author: MacIntyre, John

* Percentage of CFOs who say they consider the cell phone to be their most indispensable portable-technology device: 44. Laptop: 39. Wireless handheld: 8.

* Percentage of employees who say morale at their workplace is good or excellent: 40. Who say they are loyal to their company: 59. Who believe their company reciprocates that loyalty: 26.

* Percentage of Americans who say they wished they had learned more about foreign languages in school: 23. Mathematics: 15. Business: 13.

* Percentage of U.S. residents who have visited Las Vegas: 38.

* Percentage of U.S. households that say they have detected viruses on their computer in the past two years: 64. Amount consumers spent during the last two years to repair damage caused by viruses and spyware: $9 billion. Percentage of those who reported a spyware infection who say it was so serious that they had to erase their hard drives: 18.

* Amount college students and their parents spent returning to...