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August 27, 2003

25,700

Number of employees Hewlett-Packard layed off in 2001.

231

Percentage by which HP's CEO, Carly Fiorina, salary increased in 2002 (from $1.2 million in 2001 to $4.1 million in 2002).

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August 20, 2003

58

Percentage of U.S. citizens participating in grocery store loyalty programs.

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83

Percent of American adults who indicate that they have never heard of Blogs or Blogging.

34,510,000

Number of American adults who have.

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August 4, 2003

$25,000,000

Estimated amount spent on lap dances in Las Vegas each year.

$63,100,000

Total amount of child support that went unpaid in Clark County, Nevada, in the last year.

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78

Number of Wisconsin accounting students given take-home tests to accommodate an Enron whistle-blower's April speech.

40

Number later found to have cheated.

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62

Number of terrorism indictments brought since September 2001 by the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Jersey.

60

Number of them brought against Middle Eastern students for paying others to take their English proficiency tests.

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6

Number of presidents Argentina has had over the past two years.

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