Sunday, May. 01, 2005
Numbers
107 Number of people who died when a Japanese commuter train crashed into a building, the deadliest rail accident in Japan in four decades
90 Number of seconds that the train was running late when it crashed. Excessive speed is being blamed
1 Rank of New Orleans on Shell Oil's list of "Autopias," the best metro areas for cars based on road conditions, congestion and other factors
7 Rank of New Orleans on the Men's Fitness list of fattest U.S. cities, up from No. 22 last year
250 Number of CEOs last year whose personal use of their companies' corporate jets cost at least $50,000. Virtually all those expenses were paid by their companies
$229,145 Amount eBay spent last year on CEO Meg Whitman's personal plane use. Since the IRS values such flight time as taxable income, the company gave Whitman a $128,390 "bonus" to cover the taxes
$252,000 Amount of the winning bid for Judy Garland's blue gingham dress from The Wizard of Oz, sold at auction last week
6 Number of identical copies of the dress made for the shooting of the 1939 film
AP; New York Times; Shell.com Men's Fitness; USA Today (2); New York Post (2)