INfact.

Information begins with facts, which can be assembled to identify trends. Put it all together to derive knowledge. Presenting Chief Executive's INfact.

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1. The increase in the frequency of Fortune 100 CEO departures in the five years following the enactment of Sarbanes-Oxley in 2002 compared to the five years prior | +91.3%

2. The percentage of Fortune 1000 CEOs who stepped down in 2006 | 14

3. Percentage change in U.S. residential construction employment since March 2006, if undocumented immigrants are counted | -15

4. Percentage change if undocumented immigrants are excluded | -4

5. Average salary increase for workers in India's manufacturing and service sectors in 2006 | 13.8%

6. For U.S. workers in the same sectors | 3.6%

7. Average taxable income for the top fifth of American households in 2006 | $149,963

8. Average sum the top fifth of households spent on food, clothing, shelter, utilities, transportation, and health care | $69,863

9. Average taxable income for the bottom fifth of American households in 2006 | $9,974

10. Average sum the bottom fifth of households spent on the same consumption categories | $18,153

11. Number of work-hours it took a typical worker to buy a ticket for Super Bowl XLII (2008) | 46.8

12. Number of hours it took to buy a ticket for Super Bowl I in 1967 | 3.5

13. Number of work hours it took a typical worker to buy a personal computer when it was introduced in 1984 | 456

14. Number it takes today | 25

15. Number of Manhattan residents who received federal farm subsidies between 2003 and 2005 | 573

16. Number of iPhones Apple reported that it sold in 2007 | 3.7 million

17. Number of iPhones activated by AT & T, the only wireless service provider authorized to activate iPhones, in 2007 | 2 million

18. Number of manufacturing jobs lost since 2000 in the 24 states holding caucuses or primaries on February 5 | 1.6 million

19. Ratio of the total square footage of all the Wal-Marts in the world to that of the area of Manhattan | 9:7

20. Number of states that impose taxes on illegal drugs and controlled substances | 29

21. Of the six highest grossing movies of 2006, the number that were sequels | 5

22. Percentage of workplaces that have an explicit policy against romance between co-workers | 33

23. Feet on each side of the 3,145-mile U.S.-Canadian border that by law are supposed to be kept clear of brush for "security" reasons | 10

24. Number of miles of border that has not been maintained since 2000 | 1,839

25. Estimated value of sovereign investment funds from Abu Dhabi | $875 billion

26. Sum of all U.S. foreign aid and foreign direct investment in 2006 | $271 billion

27. Remittances sent by people working in the U.S. to their home countries in 2006 | $301 billion

28. Maximum number of "unsaved" players permitted per team in a Massachusetts evangelical softball league | 4

29. Worst states in which to do business, as ranked by a poll of 605 CEOs | California and New York

30. Best states | Texas and Nevada

31. Percentage change since 1999 in the number of Americans on Medicaid | +34

32. Portion of U.S. doctors who limit or no longer accept new Medicaid patients | 1/2

33. The percentage of job seekers who claim that they have ever rejected a job offer based on a company's insufficient commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) | 7

34. Average per capita HR budget for companies with an employee count of 2,500 or more in 2006 | $508

35. For companies with fewer than 250 employees | $2,246

36. Change in price per ounce of gold from February 2007 to February 2008 | +$278

37. Change in commodity price of gold in 12 months | +40%

38. Change in commodity price of corn in 2007 | +122%

39. Average percentage decrease in a home's value for each foreclosure that occurs within a radius of one-eight mile | 1

John Kador can be contacted at jkador@jkador.com

1 Executive Recruiter New; 2 Christian & Timbers; 3-4 Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. NY; 5-6 Hewitt Associates, Mercer Human Resources Consulting, The Conference Board; 7-10 Bureau of Labor Statistics, the bottom fifth accessed spending money that are not considered taxable income; 11-14 New York Times, Business Week, Federal Reserve Bank; 15 Environmental Working Group, Washington, D.C.; 16-17 Apple, AT & T; 18 Alliance for American Manufacturing; 19 Wal-Mart, U.S. Census Bureau; 20 New York Times; 21 USA Today; 22 Yahoo Hotjobs; 23-24 International Boundary Commission, Washington, D.C.; 25 Peterson Institute for International Economics; 26-27 American Development Bank, Organization for Economic Cooperation; 28 The Evangelical Men's Church Softball League, Swansea, Mass; 29-30 Chief Executive; 31-32 Centers for Studying Health System Change, Washington, D.C.; 33 Hudson; 34-35 HR Department Benchmarks and Analysis 2007, Bureau of National Affairs; 36-38 Bloomberg Financial Markets; 39 Georgia Institute of Technology, Prof. Dan Immergluck.

Compiled by JOHN KADOR