Information begins with facts, which can be assembled to identify trends. Put it all together to derive knowledge. Presenting Chief Executive's INfact.
Aggregate return of GE stock for the first seven years of Jack Welch's tenure as chairman | 140.2%
Return for the first seven years of Jeffrey Immelt's tenure | 30.2%
Factor by which Toyota's market cap ($163 billion) exceeded that of General Motors, ($6.1 billion) as of July 1, 2008 | 26
Percentage change by 2012 in the after-tax income of the top 0.1 percent of U.S. earners, under Barak Obama's tax plan | -5
Percentage change under John McCain's tax plan | 12
Amount that the IRS has spent since 2006 on an outsourced program to collect unpaid taxes | $87 million
Amount the contractors have collected during that time | $50 million
Estimated amount by which the per-gallon price of gasoline would change if the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge were drilled | 4 cents
Oil imports, in thousands of barrels per day, from Saudi Arabia in April 2008 | 1,453
From Canada | 1,952
Maximum per-day purchase of rice, in pounds, that Sam's Club has limited each customer to since April | 80
Average number of months after the beginning of a recession that it takes the Business Cycle Dating Committee to declare a recession | 10
Scrap value of the Statue of Liberty's 31 tons of copper and 125 tons of steel on the spot market as of June 30, 2008 | $202,000
Scrap value of the Liberty Bell's 2,080 pounds of bronze | $3,850
Number of credit cards per person in the U.S. | 5
Number of people per credit card in China | 33
Minimum number of countries that have more than 100 percent cell phone penetration | 30
Rate of cell phone penetration in the U.S. | 85%
Percentage of large firms where employees making $150,000 qualify for deferred compensation accounts | 66
Average number of $1 million stock gifts made each year by U.S. CEOs and chairmen to foundations they control | 60
Average percentage change in the company's stock price in the month following the gifts | -3
Factor by which the European economy needs less oil than the U.S. and China to produce $1,000 worth of goods and services | 20% and 75%, respectively
Change in resale value of average large SUVs from March to May 2008 | -13%
Amount the automobile industry will lose in 2007 on sales of previously leased SUVs | $4.7 billion
The current value of a statistical life recalculated in 2008 by the Environmental Protection Agency | $6.9 million
Percent decrease since 2005 | 11
Factor by which Republicans who believe in Hell outnumber Democrats who do | 17%
Total value of matured, unredeemed savings bonds in 2008 | $16 billion
Number of American cities where all regularly scheduled airline service has been eliminated since January 2007 | 38
Most overpriced zip code in the U.S. for real estate, as measured by the price-to-earnings spread between purchasing and renting. This zip code is in New York City's TriBeCa | 10013
Incremental cost to U.S. airlines this year due to increases in the price of jet fuel | $20 billion
Share of U.S. employers that give workers the option of investing in socially responsible funds through their defined contribution plans | 1 in 5
Change in Germany's energy consumption in 2007 while its economy expanded by 2.7 percent | -5.6%
Estimated U.S. energy consumption as a percent of GDP in 2008 | 14
Total value of financial products with interest rates set to London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) | $150 trillion
Estimated portion of global births and deaths, respectively, that are not registered or documented | 2/5 and 2/3
Factor by which the average entrepreneur in China is taller than average for his or her demographic | 0.3 inches
Change in China's GDP from 2006 to 2007 | +11.4%
Increase in e-book sales in 2007 from the previous year | 59%
Average word count of top-ten pop songs from 1960-1970 | 176
