Figuratively speaking.

• Author: MacIntyre, John
• Position: Brief Article

* Percentage of Americans who think small-business owners work harder than the general population: 82. Of American employers that are small businesses: 99. Number of small businesses in the U.S.: 24 million.

* Percentage of chief financial officers who do not consider breaks a necessity and say they check in with the office at least once or twice a week during a vacation: 74. Who say they check in daily: 34. Who do not check in: 21.

* Percentage of consumers who say they would listen to a radio station more if that station had noticeably fewer commercials: 47. Who say listening to commercials is a fair price for free radio programming: 80.

* Number of computers in use worldwide in 2004: 820 million. In the U.S.: 220 million.

* Percentage of physicians who are CEOs or in administrative or supervisory roles who are either very or moderately concerned about doctors who refuse to accept patients who don't have...