05.03. 2010 MONEY + NUMBERS counting the news... |
Estimated cost of this year's World Expo aka Expo 2010 Shanghai China
$58B
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Estimated cost of the Beijing Olympics in 2008
$42B
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Number of visitors expected at the Expo 2010 Shanghai China
70-100 million
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Number of days of the Expo 2010 Shanghai China
184
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Worldwide online ad sales for 2009
$22.66B
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Worldwide ad sales at major magazines for 2009
$19.5B
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Share of total global advertising spent on the Internet
12.6%
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Share of total global advertising spent on magazines
10.3%
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Barrels/gallons of crude oil leaked in Santa Barbara spill of 1969
100,000/4.2M
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Number of barrels the U.S. buys each day from other countries
12M
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Barrels/gallons of crude oil leaked in Exxon Valdez spill of 1989
257,000/10.7M
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Estimated leak rate in gallons per day of BP's Deepwater Horizon explosion
in the Gulf of Mexico, commencing April 20
25,000
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Sources: Digital Media Wire, New York Times, Wall Street Journal NewsSip
Photo Credit: Daniel Case
