From there he will take an eight-hour flight, jumping six time zones, to get to London for England's qualifier against Estonia three days later.

BBC: SPORT | Football | Beckham's football and flying diary

At this point, IT managers say, the return on investment is rapidly diminishing: Even a sizable bonus can't compete with the permanent pay raise a year-2000 worker can get by jumping ship at this late hour.

CNN: Managers turn away from retention bonuses for Y2K

And I think I went out into the, into his garden and started screaming and shouting and I was jumping up and down for about a half an hour.

CNN: Interview with Abhishek Bachchan