Resumes, blogs and Mom's Day

Percentage of executive resumes in 2005 that contained degrees that were not earned or dates of graduation that were inaccurate, according to a survey conducted by the consulting firm Jude M. Werra & Associates: 10.81

Source: Jude M. Werra, CMC. Contact Jude Werra at 262-797-9166 ext. 531 or jmwa@execpc.com.

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Rate at which the number of blogs have doubled in size over the last three years, according to Technorati: every 6 months

Number of new Weblogs created every day: 75,000

Percentage of bloggers who still maintain their blogs with new posts after three months of blogging: 55

Source: Technorati. Contact Dered Gordon at 415-896-3005 or djgordon@technorati.com

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Percentage of new car sales in China that are to first-time buyers, according to data from J.D. Power & Associates: 84

Percentage of new car sales in the United States that are to first-time buyers: 1

Source: J.D. Power and Associates. Contact John Tews at 248-267-6800 or john.tews@jdpa.com.

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Percentage of men who say they would not be embarrassed if anyone other than immediate family and close friends knew about any plastic surgery they'd had done, according to a study by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery: 79

Percentage of women who say they would not be embarrassed if anyone other than immediate family and close friends knew about any plastic surgery they had done: 82

Source: American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS). Contact Adeena Colbert at 212-921-0500 or adeena@surgery.org.

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Number of Americans who had fraudulent accounts opened in their names last year, according to a survey by Javelin Strategy & Research: 3.4 million

Number of hours the average victim of new account fraud spent to clear things up: 77

Source: Javelin Strategy & Research. Contact Colette Woodruff at 925-225-9100 ext. 16 or cwoodruff@javelinstrategy.com.