03.01. 2010 MONEY + NUMBERS counting the news... |
Estimated number displaced after 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile
2 million
2 million
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Estimated number displaced after 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti
1.2 million
1.2 million
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Number of aftershocks measuring 5.0 or greater within 24 hours of massive quake in Chile
90
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Magnitude of Chilean quake in same region in 1960
9.5
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#1 ranked earnings for music act U2 in 2009
$108M
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#2 ranked earnings for Bruce Springsteen in 2009
$57M
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#5 ranked earnings for Britney Spears in 2009
$48M
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Record-breaking price for 1938 comic book Action Comics #1 featuring
Superman's debut
$1M
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Record-breaking price for 1939 comic book Detective Comics #27 featuring
Batman's debut
$1.075M
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Original sales price for auctioned comic books
10 cents
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Number of viewers for NBC 16-day coverage of Vancouver Olympics
185M
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Number of viewers for 2004 Olympic Games in Norway featuring
Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding
204M
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Sources: New York Times, MSNBC, AP, Billboard NewsSip
Photo Credit: Daniel Case
