Figuratively speaking.

• Author: MacIntyre, John

* Average time American office workers spend each day organizing their work spaces: 20.1 minutes. Percentage of information stored only in electronic formats: 44.6. On paper: 34.4. Both: 20.9.

* Percentage of wine drinkers who say they often feel intimidated by wine lists at restaurants: 44.

* Number of new titles and editions of English-language books released in 2004 by publishers in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: 375,000. Percentage accounted for by Anglo-American publishers: 80. By American publishers: 52.

* Percentage of consumers who say retirement planning is harder than raising a child: 43. Who say it is difficult to understand most financial-services information: 37. Who spend more time researching new car purchases than they do researching a financial adviser: 23.

* Percentage of people shopping for a new car who say price is the most important factor: 46. Make and model: 31. Safety and performance: 7.

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