04.19. 2010 MONEY + NUMBERS counting the news... |
Previous eruption of volcano Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland
1891
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Number of years it erupted
2
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Number of flights canceled after five days of eruption
63,000
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Number of traditional books published in 2009
288,355
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Number of traditional books published in 2008
289,729
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Increase in retail book sales for the first
two months of 2010
3.6%
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Year Earth Day was created
1970
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Number of people anticipated to participate in Earth Day
1 Billion
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Number of countries anticipated to participate
190
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Year Grateful Dead first performed outside of U.S.
1970
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission approves
betting on the box office
5-0
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Total risk of average cost of a major motion picture to be offset
by commodities trading
$107M
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Sources: USA Today, Movieweb, Publisher's Weekly NewsSip
Photo Credit: Daniel Case
