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Statistics on jobs, cheaters, weddings

Compiled by John MacIntyre

Published: Saturday, March 11, 2006 5:54 p.m. MST

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Number of vacant positions that are available at new-car dealerships in the United States, according to a study released by Automotive Retailing Today, a coalition of major automobile manufacturers and dealer organizations: 104,803

Number of those that are sales positions: 42,198

Estimated number of military veterans hired by auto dealers since January 2004: 15,000

Source: Automotive Retailing Today. Contact Denise Patton-Pace at 703-845-1153.

Percentage of undergraduate communications and journalism students in the United States who admitted to serious cheating on exams, ranking them as the students who were the worst cheaters, according to a survey by the Center for Academic Integrity: 27

Percentage of undergraduate business students who admitted to serious cheating on exams: 26

Source: Center for Academic Integrity. Contact Don McCabe at 919-660-3045 or dmccabe@andromeda.rutgers.edu.

Number of CEO departures in 2005, according to a survey by Challenger, Gray & Christmas: 1,322

Number of CEO departures in 2004: 663

Number of CEO departures in 2003: 695

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Source: Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Contact James Pedderson at 312-332-5790 or jamespedderson@challenger gray.com.

Percentage of newlyweds who felt that dealing with costs associated with the wedding was the most daunting aspect of the wedding planning ("till debt do us part") process, according to a recent American Express nationwide survey: 58

Percentage of respondents who found it challenging to find the right vendor for the right price: 39

Percentage of men and women surveyed who said they either did not set up a wedding budget or did not stick to the budget they set up: 75

Source: American Express-Wedding. Contact Amy Shey at 212-219-8555 x1246 or ashey@theknot.com.

Rank of teacher, accountant, banker, radio DJ and doctor as the "germiest" jobs, according to "Germs in the Workplace" research led by the University of Arizona's Dr. Charles Gerba and funded by Clorox Bleach: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Percentage of workers who "only occasionally" clean their desks before eating: 75

Percentage who never do: 20

Source: Clorox Co. Contact Vicki Friedman at 510-208-4271 or vicki. friedman@clorox.com.