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The ticker, March 29

Published March 29, 2007 at midnight

MULLING JOB CHANGE

60% of workers have or are considering switching jobs, according to a survey conducted by Money magazine and Salary.com.

Passion for the work was cited as a common priority across four groups: early career changers, parents returning to work, military retirees and workers over 50, he said.

Among the best jobs for members of those categories were product or brand manager, executive recruiter, intelligence analyst and nonprofit executive.

NOT SOLD ON ADS

"Advertising is not believable."

Steve Ells, founder and CEO of Chipotle

Chipotle spends less in a year on advertising than its former parent, McDonald's, spends in 48 hours.

Chipotle avoids TV ads in favor of billboards and spent $4.8 million on media in the first 11 months of 2006, while its former parent spent $818.9    million.

WINE IN A BOX SALES

44% The growth rate last year in sales of three-liter box wine, now the fastest-growing wine category. This compared with a 3 percent gain in overall table wine volume.

Source: AC Nielsen

INVESTORS' MONEY

$5.66 billion: The amount of money investors put into bond mutual funds between March 1 and March 26.

$1.03 billion: The amount pulled from U.S. equity funds from March 1 to March 26.

Source: TrimTabs Investment Research

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