Average daily spending by American consumers in stores, restaurants, gas stations and online, according to findings based on aggregated Gallup daily tracking polls: $63

Average daily spending by men: $73

Average daily spending by women: $53

CLUTTERED INBOX

Number of e-mail messages received daily by the typical Intel employee, according to Basex research: 50 to 100

Percentage of e-mails at Intel that were unnecessary: 30

Approximate number of e-mail messages received every day by top Intel executives: 300

Approximate number of e-mail messages received every day by Intel as a company: 3 million

HIGHER LEARNING

Percentage of U.S. adults who say they see value in a decision to enroll in a career college, according to a survey by the Career College Association: 89

Percentage of adults who agree with the idea that in order for the U.S. to be competitive in the global marketplace, every American needs at least one year of college education: 67

DATE NIGHT

Ranks of "no physical attraction" (54 percent), "lack of personality" (48 percent), "boring conversation" (46 percent), "no shared interests" (39 percent) and "different outlook on life" (38 percent) on the list of factors that singles take into consideration within the first 30 minutes of a first date, according to a survey by American Way and by specialty dating service It's Just Lunch: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Percentage of respondents who said they believe there were many potential matches they could be happy with: 81

Percentage who believe "there is one true love for each person in the world": 19

BEING PRODUCTIVE

Percentage of senior executives and managers who say that communication would increase productivity within their organization, according to a survey conducted by NFI Research: 48

Percentage of respondents who say that collaboration would increase productivity: 46

HOW TWEET IT IS

Percentage of Internet users who now say they use Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves, or to see updates about others, according to Pew Internet and American Life Project: 19

Estimated percentage of tweets accounted for by the top 10 percent of prolific Twitter users, according to an analysis of a random sample of 300,000 Twitter accounts by Harvard Business School researchers: 90

Reach John MacIntyre at johnmacintyre@bwr.eastlink.ca.