Tuesday is most productive day

Percentage of executives who said Tuesday is the most productive day of the week for employees, according to the findings of an Accountemps survey: 57

Percentage who said Wednesday: 11

Percentage who said Monday: 12

Percentage who said Friday: 3

Source: Robert Half International.

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If current trends continue, projected population of the United States in 2050, according to new projections developed by the Pew Research Center: 438 million

Population in 2005: 296 million

Percentage of the increase that will be due to immigrants arriving from 2005 to 2050 and their U.S.-born descendants: 82

Source: Pew Hispanic Center.

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Ranks of rap, hip-hop and country music as the best selling record sale categories, according to the U.S. Census Bureau: 1, 2, 3

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Of dangerous Web sites analyzed (that is sites that cause major damage both to personal finances and to computers), the percentage that contained adult content, according to findings by Web of Trust and based on the analysis of 17 million Web sites: 28

Percentage that were sites offering free and/or licensed software downloads over the Internet: 27

Percentage that were entertainment sites (movies, games, music, screen savers, smileys): 16

Source: Against Intuition Inc.

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Rank of the U.S. among top telecommunications countries, according to a survey conducted by the London Business School measuring telecommunications quality and how it is used by consumers, business and government in 16 countries: 1

Ranks of Sweden and Japan: 2, 3