Figuratively speaking.(NEWS)(Brief article)

Percentage of inbound phone leads that are lost by most marketing companies according to SecondApproach services: 60 - 80

Percentage of small and medium businesses that would pay for better on-line visibility and customer information: 50

Percentage of business travelers who are now staying at less expensive/lower star-rated hotels to save on travel costs, according to a survey by Orbitz and Business Traveler Magazine: 68

Percentage of business travelers who are feeling some degree of pressure to cut travel expenses: 79

Rank of the US among the world's most competitive economies, according to a survey conducted by the IMD business school that ranked 55 economies according to 331 criteria which measure how each creates and maintains conditions favorable to business: 1 Ranks of Singapore, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Canada: 2,3,4,5,6

Rank of Finland (.fi), Japan (.jp), Norway (no), Slovenia (,sl), Colombia (.co) as the safest countries: 1,2,3,4,5

Years when outdoor grilling became popular and when charcoal briquettes were first sold by Henry Ford, made from scrap wood left over from the body framing of his Model Ts: 1920s

Idle thought ... "Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." -Jim Ryun

Compiled by John MacIntyre

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