$120
Opening bid for a Pittsburgh Super Bowl ticket at the beginning of the season, an auction in which fans can bid on the tickets should their team make it to the Super Bowl.
$1,160
Closing bid for Steelers tickets when the Super Bowl market ended.
$43
Opening bid for a Seahawks ticket.
$1,175
Closing bid for a Seahawk ticket when the Super Bowl market ended.
Source: TicketReserve.com.
$21.5 billion
Amount Wall Street firms' bonuses hit last year.
$125,500
Average bonus.
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Source: The New York City Office of the Comptroller
49
Percentage of Fortune 1,000 companies and other firms with more than 1,000 employees who say the level of workers' skills has decreased over the last decade.
54
Percentage who anticipate difficulty finding enough educated and skilled workers to fill future jobs.
38
Percentage who say American firms already are disadvantaged when compared to foreign firms based on workers' education.
Source: Zogby International
76
Percentage of all U.S. adults polled who say that they have signed up for the Federal Trade Commission's National Do-Not-Call Registry.
18
Percentage of these who say they have received no telemarketing calls since then.
Source: Harris Interactive Inc.
4
Average number of years wage and salary workers had been with the same employer in 2004.
10
Percentage of employees who had been with the same employer for 20 years or more.
Source: Census Bureau--Bergman
80
Percentage of preschool teachers who said parents need support and guidance when it comes to learning how their children develop, and that they overemphasize scholastic skills versus social development.
Source: Gymboree Play & Music
$2.5 billion
Worldwide mobile gaming revenue for 2005.
$600 million
U.S. revenues from mobile gaming in 2005.
$1.5 billion
Projected U.S. revenues from mobile gaming for 2008.
Source: eMarketer
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