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* Motorists who bought a new car are hanging onto it for an average of 63.9 months, up from 54.6 months in first-quarter 2008. (R.L. Polk)

* Sixty-six percent said mobile electronics “help them accomplish things that they need to do during the day.” (Ipsos Public Affairs for Duracell)

* Ninety-one percent would not continue patronizing a company if their personal data had been stolen while transacting business with it. (Cintas)

* In tracking of social-media chatter about major airlines, JetBlue was the domestic carrier with the highest proportion of strongly positive comment (42 percent) and the lowest proportion of strongly negative remarks (3 percent).

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