Power of Data Visualization

What really motivates us to clock in at work.

The unemployment rate is the highest it's been in 20 years. One might assume that as more and more people fell out of work, the crime rate would rise. But as the unemployment continued to rise last year, crime dropped to its lowest level in years. This is a look at U.S. crime rates and unemployment rates since 1989.

If there was a company that is an essential part of any office environment, then it would be Canon. Developing not just cameras, but photocopiers, printers and computers, Canon has over the past 40 years made itself more than a manufacturer of cameras, but a leader in the business solutions market.

Millions of people across the world are constantly connected by the internet. Here's a look at what everybody's doing when they're in front of their computer screen.

They call the United States of America a country of immigrants -- yet few topics spark as much controversy as immigration. Illegal immigrants, in particular, are blamed for stealing jobs, suppressing wages and, not least, taking advantage of various social programs without reciprocating in tax and social security contributions.

There's an arms race under way in the world of luxury mattresses that jittery economists and sluggish home sales seem unable to stop. Even at the middle-to-upper-middle tiers, mattress prices are creeping up as companies cater to mainstream demand for luxurious sleep.

This is cross-section of E.S. Kluft's $33,000 mattress.

Every shot taken by England during the ten qualification matches for the 2010 World Cup.

Check out who wrote what, what they earned from it, and how well it faired in the public opinion.

Although outsourcing is not a new business concept, the Internet has made it a much more common practice. Since there are so many misconceptions about outsourcing, it is helpful to look at the big picture to get a clear understanding of how and why it makes sense for many businesses to outsource. Here are the facts and some straight talk on the business of outsourcing.

The world's internet users spent 110 billion minutes on social-networking sites in April, double the amount of time compared with a year earlier, according to the most recent monthly data from Nielsen. Nearly a quarter of all time online is now used to keep up with friends.

This chart shows, who are the keenest users of social-networking websites?