Lots of good numbers related to state revenues/expenditure
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/2009-06-18-State_Revenue_Flash.pdf
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
How many ppl get killed in hospitals due to human errors...
In 1999 it was in the range - 44000 to 98000
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Stats about US small businesses
• Represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms.
• Employ about half of all private sector employees.
• Pay nearly 45 percent of total U.S. private payroll.
• Have generated 60 to 80 percent of net new jobs annually over the last decade.
• Create more than half of nonfarm private gross domestic product (GDP).
• Hire 40 percent of high tech workers (such as scientists, engineers, and computer
workers).
• Are 52 percent home-based and 2 percent franchises.
• Made up 97.3 percent of all identified exporters and produced 28.9 percent of the known
export value in FY 2006.
• Produce 13 times more patents per employee than large patenting firms; these patents are twice as likely as large firm patents to be among the one percent most cited.
• Employ about half of all private sector employees.
• Pay nearly 45 percent of total U.S. private payroll.
• Have generated 60 to 80 percent of net new jobs annually over the last decade.
• Create more than half of nonfarm private gross domestic product (GDP).
• Hire 40 percent of high tech workers (such as scientists, engineers, and computer
workers).
• Are 52 percent home-based and 2 percent franchises.
• Made up 97.3 percent of all identified exporters and produced 28.9 percent of the known
export value in FY 2006.
• Produce 13 times more patents per employee than large patenting firms; these patents are twice as likely as large firm patents to be among the one percent most cited.
Number of credit cards in US
From http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN1139585720090611
365 Million as compared to 440 Million last year.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Chocolate consumption india....
Less than half of the 1.1B people in india have ever tasted chocolate.
Cadbury holds ~70% chocolate market, nestle 25%
Size of indian chocolate market $465M, Britian $4.89B.
Cadbury imports 50% of its cocoa needs
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