U.S. workers greatest concern is retirement

Percentage of U.S. workers who say their greatest concern is being able to retire comfortably, according to a survey by Ajilon Professional Staffing: 37

Percentage who say it is the rising cost of health care: 24

Percentage who say it is a stagnant paycheck: 12

Percentage who say it is being laid off because business is slow: 9

Source: Ajilon Office. Contact Christina Alex at 212-880-5241 or cristina.alex@ogilvypr.com.

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Percentage of Americans who describe themselves as a morning person, according to a survey by Opinion Research Corp.: 40

Percentage who describe themselves as a day person: 26

Percentage who describe themselves as a night person: 32

Source: Opinion Research Corp. Contact Lainie de Coursie at 609-452-5400 or ldecoursy@aol.com.

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Percentage of executives at large companies around the world who say their communications — voice mail, e-mail and meetings — are nearly or completely unmanageable, according to a survey by McKinsey & Co.: 25

Percentage who say they spend a half to a full day per week on communications that are not valuable: 40

Source: McKinsey & Co. Contact Rebeca Robboy at 212-415-1888 or info@mckinseyquarterly.com.

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Percentage of respondents who gave income reduction as the primary reason they found it necessary to get help with their financial problems, according to a Cambridge Consumer Index survey: 27.9

Percentage who said they sought help because they were frustrated with high bank rates and fees: 23.9

Percentage who said they wanted to improve their ability to achieve future financial goals like buying a house or saving for retirement: 15

Percentage who said they got into too much debt by overspending: 8

Source: Cambridge Consumer Index. Contact Parmjit Mahli at 631-786-6450 or pmahli@cambridgeconsumerindex.com

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Rank of underperformance as the reason CEOs were fired in 2004, according to a Booz Allen Hamilton Survey: 1

Average tenure of departing CEOs in the U.S. in 2004: 8.8 years

Average tenure in 2002: 10.3 years