GIVING TO COLLEGES

• Results of an online Wall Street Journal poll for the question: "How much of your regular charitable giving goes to your college?"

All of it   1 percent

Most of it   6 percent

About half   11 percent

Little of it   30 percent

None of it   52 percent

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

34.5 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this holiday, almost the exact number to have traveled last Labor Day, the AAA estimates.

FIVE BIGGEST JOB-APPLICANT MISTAKES

1 Not researching the company before the interview

2 Inability to articulate needs and desires

3 Being unprofessional in the interview

4 Demonstrating poor communication skills

5 Not keeping the personal to yourself

Source: Diversity Inc./Career Digest

RECRUIT A FRIEND

Army leaders are working out details of a program that would give bonuses of $2,000 per recruit to any National Guard soldier who brings someone into the active-duty Army.

"At least for a day, people feel like there is a light at the end of the tunnel. The problems facing the big brokerage firms, while not great, are being seen as at least manageable."

Michael Sheldon, chief market strategist at Spencer Clarke, on Wednesday's recovery in equities. 8

Source: Forbes.com