PYMNTS.com Friday Factoids March 14, 2014

1. … of Christians are giving
up “technology” for Lent.

2. Source: Workforce Solutions Group, 2014
… of employers say
recent graduates lack
communication and
interpersonal skills, can’t
think critically and
creatively, solve
problems or write well.

3. Source: Bloomberg Businessweek, 2001
… the annual cost of
transmitting flight data in
real time.

4. … of Staples stores to
close by 2015.

5. Source: Urban.org, U.S. Census Bureau
2014
… the value of the guns
and drugs black-market
in Dallas, Texas.

6. … the amount U.S.
Consumer spending rose
in Q4 2013.
.

7. … of Americans plan to
save or invest their income
tax refund.

8. Source: US Commerce Dept., 2014
… of monthly retail sales
in February were online.

9. … the number of “peeps”
purchased during the
Easter season each year.

10. … the national average
annual percentage rate
(APR) for the fourth
consecutive week.