The stock market carnage could not have come at a worse time for those whose equity-based SSIAs mature in the coming months.

60 The percentage of Irish women who drink alcohol during pregnancy, according to a survey of 120,000 women over 20 years. The survey, carried out by the Coombe Women's Hospital, also found that 45% smoked while pregnant.

29 The percentage of Americans who think George Bush is doing a good job as president, according to a New York Times poll last week.

This is the lowest approval rating for a US president since records began.

2,000 The amount in dollars the Sandy Port church in the Bahamas was charging photographers to take pictures outside Anna Nicole Smith's funeral.