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Published on: November 30, 2004 Department: General

All General stats

Average US household credit card debt is $8,565
Magazine ad revenues down 3.1% in the first half of 2008
60% of new house buyers consulted the internet during their search
Research market shares
57% of US teens have a short attention span
53% of online Americans purchased music in 2007
What people do when they start the process of looking for a place to live
Online tools used by those who search for a place to live
27% of cell phone buyers said online information had a major impact on their decision
Business-friendliest states: Delaware, Nebraska, Maine
Newpaper digital ad revenues to reach $150 bln by 2011
What people do when they look for a new place to live
5% of internet users who found a place to live discussed their new place or neighborhood in an online forum or community
Only 0.4% of grocery coupons get used
3.13 bln books sold in 2007
58% of Americans say that online information gave them a good introduction to their new community
4% of Americans discussed cell phones in an online forum or community
29% of Americans said online information helped them get a better price on their house or apartment
24% of US teens write music
47% of black teens have written in a personal journal in the past year
93% of teens have written something for themselves or just for fun in the past year
52% of teen blog writers are informal in their writing
21% of 15-17 year olds usually use computers for their school writing
44% of teens spend time in person with friends outside of school
65% of teens usually do their school writing by hand
7% of US teens do not do any writing in their English classes
56% of teens said they think writing is essential
50% of teens are writing something just about every day
40% of parents think computers have a negative impact on their child’s writing
75% of higher-income teens like to write up science labs
48% of parents feel that their children write more than they themselves did at the same age
83% of parents think writing skills are more important today
63% of black teens use social networking profiles for communication
87% of all teens engage in electronic communication
96% of 15-17-year-old teens like to create essays
39% of teens say they talk with their friends in person outside of school
24% of white teens say they usually do their non-school writing on a computer
24% of teens write for personal enjoyment several times a month
25.1 mln Americans to travel internationally this summer
Top US newspapers by subscriber count, April 2008
81% of Americans feel the country is on the wrong track
43% of consumers think that US economy is headed for recession
Mobile messaging to generate $212 bln by 2013
25 mln home theaters by 2013
29% of IT workers support Obama and McCain
38% of sports fans will download a game online in the next 2 years
74% of Californians noticed a weaker economy in February 2008
54% of movie goers see movie trailers online
US credit card market: Visa - 44%, MasterCard - 31%, AmEx - 20%, Discover - 5%
281 exabytes of information existed in 2007
33.5% of global patents filed by US companies in 2007
8,021 Computer Science students graduated in 2007
US consumers are likely to give up packaging for convenience
146 mln mobile phones sold in the US in 2007
Internet access by household income
1% of Americans incarcerated
61% of Brits and 54% of Americans think the economy will get worse
US footwear sales, 2005-2007
2.8 bln equity option contracts in 2007
17% of Internet users bought digital content
62% of Americans would go broke if they got seriously sick
70% of adults live within 2 miles of a library
16% Americans have exchanged emails regarding Presidential candidates
3.5% of US teens have a credit card in their name
25% of Americans under 30 use social networks for campaign information
Americans with income above $40k more likely to visit libraries
Presidential candidates in blogs: Barack Obama - 0.59%, Hillary Clinton - 0.51%
68% of college-educated Americans have been to a library in 2007
Media mergers and acquisitions generated $110 bln in 2007
81% of IT organizations pay attention to green-ness
Top-selling US albums, 1991-2007
4.94 mln houses to be sold in the US in 2008, prices to fall 2%
Radio stations to make $28.7 bln by 2016
60% of Americans break New Year resolutions in 3 months
Gift card sales near $100 bln in 2007
86 companies went IPO in 2007, raised $10.3 bln
Personal robots to generate $15 bln by 2015
EMEA geostationary transponder market to reach $2.95 bln by 2011
Nanoparticles to generate $521.9 mln in 2007
Brightness enhancement light management films to grow at 11% a year
Automotive LEDs to be worth $1 bln by 2014
41% of all WiMAX revenues were in North America
Most popular US activities by share of time, 1995-2007
Publishing market generated $383.6 mln in 2006
20% of Ethernet port shipments in Q3 2007 were power over Ethernet
9% of Americans look forward to holiday dinners
Specialty fibers to generate $5.6 bln in 2007
Data converters and amplifiers for medical imaging reached $315.96 mln in 2006
Automotive sensors to generate $8 bln in 2007
Retailers sold $25 bln worth of meals in 2007
1.48% of US households face foreclosure
33% of adults are confident with their physicians having complete picture of their medical history
US spending on food in various regions
Physical vapor deposition to generate $9 bln in 2007
50% of young women find porn acceptable
Molecular, nanoscale, and atomic imaging generated $1.6 bln in 2006
Global GPS market to reach $30 bln by 2008
83 mln to get real-time traffic information by 2012
3.2% more health insurance policies bought in Q2 2007
Top gift cards by resale value: Home Depot, Lowes, Office Max
Nanoparticles for biomedical, pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications to reach $204.6 mln in 2007
90 acres of pizza consumed daily in the United States
Peer-to-peer loans to reach $1 bln by 2010
Wii on 32% of wishlists, Sony PS3 on 19
1.3 mln head-mounted displays to ship by 2012
73 mln US households have discretionary income
Smart textiles generated $70.9 mln in 2006
63% of US small businesses are optimistic about 2007 holiday season
Remote health care statistics
Chinese 2007 trade surplus to reach $250 bln in 2007
Flat panel display revenues up 15%
20% of Americans switch banks due to high fees
Microscopes generated $2.1 bln in 2006
4.5 bln small/medium displays to ship in 2011
Asia/Pacific home automation market to generate $500 mln by 2011
30% of Americans to pay online via alternative methods by 2012
Sporting goods is a $256 bln industry
34.7% of US population does not have health insurance
In 2005 women were behind 6.1% of technology patents
49% of financial applicants have no intent of completing the application
M2M market to grow at 31% a year
US exports to China up 32% in 2006
European home automation market to reach $446.6 mln by 2013
800k non-ATM kiosks in North America
70 mln Americans have access to personal health records
Locally grown foods to generate $5 bln in 2007
11.7% of car buyers paid cash for cars in the first half of 2007
17% of marketers have bought ads in exchange for a news story
Average American spends 100 hours a year on commute
350 mln bi-stable displays to ship by 2012
Multi-touch touch screens to generate $433.1 mln by 2012
US theme parks to generate $14 bln in 2011
Canadian book publishing to reach $2.2 bln in 2011
Newspaper publishing to grow at 3.4% a year in Asia-Pacific
21 mln touch screens to ship by 2012
4.4 mln Americans bought timeshares
Asia Pacific movie market to generate $23.1 bln in 2011
14% of Americans have 5+ credit cards
Electronic shelf labels to generate $601.9 mln in 2010
45% of New York companies have business continuity plans
40% check their e-mail while on vacation
Chinese high-tech industry to generate $1.45 trillion by 2010
23.1% of Americans are 18 to 34
Configurable driver instrument displays to generate $1.75 bln by 2012
$120 bln was deposited online in 2005
77 mln Americans e-filed their taxes in 2007
Home networking services to generate $1.4 bln in 2007
Retail sales up 10% in Q1 2007
Older teens adopt new tech faster than young teens
Average US household has 50 items they never use
Top patent recipients in Taiwan in 2006
Small and medium LCDs to generate $20 bln by 2011
Weekday newspaper circulation down 2.1% in the past 6 months
9.3 mln millionaire households in the US
Vacation home sales up 4.7% in 2006
Sudoku is a $125 mln a year industry
PDP optical filter market to grow 19% in 2007
Audiobook market is estimated at $871 mln
PC-based point of sale systems up 4% in 2006
40% of 18-to-24-year-olds are concerned about retirement financials
50% of Americans paid a tax professional to do their taxes
Contactless payments generated $260 mln in 2006
Advanced driver assistance systems have a 1% penetration rate
18% of US businesses are minority-owned
Timeshares are a $62 bln industry
Global video surveillance market, 2005-2011
Separation systems technologies market in 2006-2011
More bottled water sold in the US than fruit beverages, sport drinks and energy drinks combined
Top carbonated drinks in the US: Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Dr Pepper
Top US beverage sellers: Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Cadbury
79% of employees participated in an office pool
20% of Americans to file their taxes from office Internet
9.2 bln credit card direct mail offers sent to Americans in 2006
22% of Americans bought gift cards in the mall this year
Only 40% of Americans have emergency funds
Chinese IT exports up 35.7% to $363.9 bln in 2006
US spending on watches down 17% in 5 years
561 retail food franchises in the US in 2005
2.1 mln digital signs to ship by 2010
Japanese commercial telematics market to reach $267 mln by 2011
71% of Americans believe eating at home is healthier than eating out
US home controller market to generate $3.5 bln in 2007
Location-based services to generate $70.5 mln in China in 2010
43% of US entrepreneurs were loners as kids
US adult industry generated $13 bln in 2006, Internet porn is a $2.84 bln market
1 trillion paid by debit cards in 2006
61% of companies are not SOX-compliant yet
Contactless payments to generate $870 mln by 2011
64% of CMOs optimistic about US economy in 2007
$7.5 bln made in DVD rentals in 2006
GaAs devices to grow 8% a year
25.85 mln small businesses in the US at year-end 2005
1.3 bln mobile displays to ship in 2007
The richest 2% control 50% of world assets
Small/medium display market to grow to 3.8 bln units in 2010
Indoor signs to generate $3.8 bln by 2010
38.3 mln Americans to travel for Thanksgiving
Online enrollment up 40% in 2005
90% of Americans who called tech support had a bad experience
US newspaper circulation down 2.8%
Consumer with higher credit ratings have more troubles reading their credit card statements
Tech mergers and acquisitions reached $20 bln in 2005
36% of Americans with higher health costs decrease their retirement funds
Home automation to generate $58 mln by 2011
49.7% of US households are married couples
15% of US home buyers paid above what they could afford
Americans charged $1.8 trillion on credit cards in 2005
25% of US doctors use EHRs
Indian automotive electronics to grow at 21.8% a year
75% of Britons do not know what VOD is
300 mln Americans by October 2006
46 mln Americans have no health insurance
Profile of a private jet owner
Magazine circulation up 2% in the first half of 2006
15 mln US households moved in 2005
38% of Americans will travel over Labor Day
49% of teens interested in money management
46% of college students read a national newspaper
Top banks by customer satisfaction: Commerce Bancorp, National City
MEMS gyroscopes to generate $800 mln in 2010
USPS package revenues up 2.8% in 2005
Fewer Americans use bank branches
53% of Americans think unhealthy people should pay more for health insurance
40% of financial customers regret not saving more for the future
Top 45 patent recipients in the US in 2005
Top consumer brands: Sony, Dell, Kraft
By 2020 China to replace US as the largest consumer market
Life insurance group assets up 6% in 2005
36% of presenters to senior management consider their presentations tedious
13% of military personnel have resorted to payday loans in 2005
US economy up 5.6% in Q1 2006
German sales dropped by 2.2% in May 2006
Mortgages applications down 31% compared to June 2005
Biometric authentication market growth forecast
Retail sales up 1.7% in April 2006 in Canada
$334.87 bln invested in ETFs in 2005
62% of college students in 2001 worried about social approval
Edutainment toys were a $1.7 bln industry in 2005
German e-commerce market and online payments in 2005
3.4 bln shares traded in May 2006 on US stock markets
Wholesale prices up 0.9% in April 2006
Indian economy to grow by 7.9% next fiscal year
For $100 mln 84% of DVDs sell within the first 6 weeks
36% of Americans 18 to 29 are tattooed
31% of bank customers agree that bank customer service is poor
50% of US physicians exchange data with one another electronically
Consumer debt in US was $2.17 trillion in April 2006
73% of college students say iPods are in, 71% say drinking beer and Facebook.com are in
2.1 bln smart cards shipped in 2005
83% of Americans have never used Personal Health Records
56% of US soccer fans didn’t know the FIFA World Cup 2006 location
37% of bills are currently paid by check, 35% are paid online
37.6 mln Americans to travel somewhere for Memorial Day
US GDP up 4.8% in Q1 2006
Japanese economy up 1.9% in Q1 2006
Producer prices up 0.9% in April 2006
Most well-known brands among US CEOs: UPS, Dell, Microsoft, Sony
In 2004 Americans owed 108% of their income
Placeshifting to generate $740 mln by 2011
Fixed retail services in France up 1.2% in 2005
Top US newspapers
32% of Americans cannot describe VOIP, 71% have not heard of RSS
93% of US restaurant owners expect strong sales in 2006
Danish fixed retail services decreased 1.7% in 2005
In 2009 only 10% of cashless transactions will be check-based
Fixed retail services revenue down 3.8% in Germany in 2005
Participation in free tax filing fell 22.7% in 2006
9.7 bln public transportation trips taken in 2005
Application acceleration equipment generated $317 mln in Q3 2005
6.5% of kids 6-11 use instant messengers
Home control systems generated $2.3 bln in 2005
Neurotech generated $110 bln in 2005
Hollywood to make $50 bln off content sold at retail locations by 2009
USPS sent 212 bln pieces of mail in 2005
55% of taxpayers expected to e-file in 2006
Most innovative companies in 2006: Apple, Google, 3M
Beauty products generated $8.2 bln in 2005
Average tax burden in the US is 26%
Plumbing, heating and electrical supplies generate $200 bln a year
70% of Americans would like to alerted whenever the credit card is used
34% of Americans participate in retirement plans
Americans owe $2.16 trillion excluding mortgages
Financial data market: Bloomberg - 31%, Reuters - 23%, Thomson - 12%
80% of young people who contributed to John Kerry campaign paid online
US spa industry generates $10 bln a year
Top network-ready countries: USA, Singapore, Denmark, Iceland
87% of affluent Sydney residents have a credit card
Global pure-play business process management market generated $600 mln in 2004
54% of US teens read newspapers
US teens activity matrix - how teens spend their spare time
35,000 IT companies in the US, most of them with revenues less than $5 mln
Plus size clothing is $32 bln industry
34% of general US population goes to see new movies
10.2 mln cosmetic plastic surgeries in the US in 2005
1.2 bln passengers flew in 2005
62% of Americans expect a refund from IRS, 22% owe money
Consumer credit up 2.2% in Jan 2006
13% of Americans trust newspapers, 10% trust noncommercial news
Manufacturing orders down 4.5% in February 2006
40% of rebates never redeemed
48.2% of homes sold in 2005 were bought with no money down
1.57 mln Americans paid their taxes with credit cards in 2005
US personal incomes up 0.7% in Jan 2006, inflation up 0.2%
233,492 science and engineering degrees awarded in 2004 by US universities
Average family income fell to $70,700 in 2004
6.5 bln people on Earth
10% of car owners with GPS do not program their route before departure
More than a trillion dollars not reported on personal tax returns in 2003
70% of Americans are unaware of the plan to make EHRs available to citizens by 2014
Visa owns 55% of Hong Kong credit card market, MasterCard - 35%
US trade deficit reaches $728.5 bln
Over 50% of new heavy tracks sold by 2009 will have a fleet management solution
41 bln gallons of bottled water consumed in 2004
Enterprise apps mergers and acquisitions generated $36 bln in 2005
For 85.2% of US companies more than 90% of revenues come from credit cards
71% of managers have felt sleepy during a presentation
Factory orders up 1.1% in December 2005
165,485 US patents granted in 2005
$765.1 bln charged to MasterCards in the US in 2005
42% of consumers pay off credit card balances every month
Average $1 bln company fights 147 lawsuits
$100 bln is sent home by US immigrants annually
Average car runs 150,000 miles before breaking up
23.1 mln SOHO firms by 2009
Top global brands: Google, Apple, Skype
Consumer confidence up in January 2005
11% of US income was earned by 0.5% of Americans in 2002
Asia-Pacific spending on credit risk estimation systems to grow at 16.6% annually
By 2050 25% of US women will be Hispanic
2.04 mln personal bankruptcies in the US in 2005
European convenience store market to reach 251 bln euros
US retail sales up 3.4% in December 2005
17 mln cars sold in the US in 2005, US automakers had 56.9% share
38% of US households use a cashback credit card
Average tire cost $76 in 2005
406,302 patent applications in 2005
Online movie rental numbers: Netflix - 4.1 mln, Blockbuster - 1 mln
Credit card market shares in 2004: Visa - 40%, Amex - 36.4%, MC - 21.3%
5% of Americans do not speak any English
Global energy drinks up 17.8% in 2004
China exported $180 bln worth of IT in 2004, US exported $149 bln
60% of Americans carry a balance, average balance $9,000
50% of holiday travelers prefer hotel to a stay with the family
US auto market reaches 230 mln cars
Application acceleration equipment revenues reached $301 mln in Q3 2005
$28 bln spent on Thanksgiving weekend shopping
83% of Americans contributed to charity over the past 12 months
55 mln satellite radios by 2010
60% of small businesses expect strong holiday season in 2005
Co-branded credit cards increase bank profits by 37 euros a year
US consumer 500 mln cups of coffee a day
Average US family paid 9.2% of their income in federal taxes in 2004
Parking is a $26 bln industry
57 mln US households invest in stocks
Top IT vendors for financial industry: Sungard, Fidelity, NCR
US newspaper circulation down 2.6%
$346 bln of stock buybacks in Q1-Q3 2005
US productivity up 4.1% in Q3 2005
18.1% of new car buyers over the next 12 months will be Hispanic
77 mln baby boomers in the US
US GDP up 3.8% in Q3 2005
German audiobook market up 20% in 2005
Most US business expect more than 40% of their sales to come from international markets
Inflation up 1.2% in September 2005
70% of Americans think people are ruder today than 20-30 years ago
30% of business owners do not believe in lawyers, 78% contacted them
In Q2 2005 18.4% of Americans’ income went towards debt payments
Insurance premiums to climb by more than 20% in China
14% of Californians could afford a median-priced house in August 2005
1.5 bln obese people by 2015
$600 bln of counterfeit goods sold globally in 2004
12% of British turn to their laptops when bored
Obese employees cost their companies extra $460-$2485 a year
News and trade market reached $89.5 bln in 2004
10% of all 2003 US patents went to Silicon Valley
MEMS to grow at 19.87% a year
Western European contact center sales to total $3 bln between 2005 and 2009
Only 32% of brokers use single-entry multiple-carrier interfaces
Back-end equipment to decline 19% in 2005
$1 trillion will be spent on media in 2009
87% of Americans have health insurance
Illumination LEDs to grow at 52% a year
Networking hardware generated $9 bln in 2004, will reach $21 bln in 2009
3.2 bln movies rented in 2004
18% of biotech companies to use electronic data capture within the next 12 months
43% of US financial transactions go through credit and debit cards
Consumer prices up 0.5% in July 2005
56% of Chinese car owners have knock-off components in their vehicles
600 mln domestic air trips in the US each year
Global space and satellite market to reach $158 bln by 2010
US productivity up 2.2% in Q2 2005
US house prices up 16.5% in Q2 2005
Readers of newspaper business section are 57.7% male, 48% with college education
Top global brands: Coca-Cola, Microsoft, IBM, GE, Intel, Nokia
Average US credit card interest rate is 12.96%
Only 9% of US business owners are 34 and younger
JupiterResearch names AmeriTrade the top online broker
7.33 mln homes sold in June 2005, median price at $219K
52% of Americans are ready to pay $5 a month for a digital health care record
Obesity to grow to a $5 bln industry by 2010
Office building prices up 6% in 2004
Small business owners expect GDP to grow 3.5%
Hotels might overcharge business clients $500 mln a year
Singapore retail sales up 6.7% in May 2005
People mainly multitask when online and listening to the radio
Most overpriced US cities: Seattle, NYC, Portland
Asian hedge funds reached $90 bln in 2005
220K hybrid cars will be sold in the US in 2005, Toyota will account for 63.3% of the market
28% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck
US nonmanufacturing index up to 62.2% in June 2005
US console game sales to reach $8.1 bln by 2008
67.3% of men choose the favorite grocery store based on price, 15.1% shop at Wal-Mart
Most popular US snacks: gum, chocolate candy, fruit
24.3 mln Americans under 45 years old have a college degree
US economy up 3.8% in Q1 2005
Consumer confidence index up in June 2005
141,904 movie screens globally in 2004, 81,200 of them have digital sound
94% of SarBox-compliant companies found deficiencies in their IT systems
US corporations spend 5.4 bln hours annually on searching and gathering information
Costs for being public went up 33% in 2004
Top corporate citizens: Cummins, Green Mountain, St Paul Travelers, Nuveen Investments, Intel
Top 80 tech companies had $229 bln in cash in Q1 2005
63% of companies who use algorithmic trading, use transaction cost analysis
78% of subscribers to digital magazines plan to renew subscriptions
Most popular movies get downloaded 60,000 times a day
Small business optimism up in May 2005
73% of Americans prefer to watch movies at home
114 mln medical emergency visits in 2003
UK DVD confiscation rates up 41%
800 mln bank cards in China, credit to grow within the next 2-3 years
Consumer prices down 0.1% in May 2005
50% of Americans have less than $20 in cash in their wallets
Business view inflation and trade deficit as top threats in 2005
Least favorite places to wait: doctor’s office, DMV, grocery store, airport
847.3 mln contactless smart cards to be shipped by 2009
8.3 mln millionaires worldwide, 2.7 mln in North America
41% of fast-food restaurants report takeout and drive-through orders growing
Only 7% consider IPv6 rollout critical to their IT goals
68% of teachers believe e-mail access is essential for education process
Most popular US newspapers: USA Today, Wall Street Journal, New York Times
Number of patent lawsuits doubled between 1998 and 2001
G-rated movies are the biggest moneymakers
75 new magazines launched in Q1 2005
US newspaper circulation down 1.9% for daily, 2.5% for Sunday in the first half of 2005
US house prices up 12.5% in 2004
Biotech is a $54.6 bln, but money-losing industry
Consumer confidence up in April 2005
19% of all small companies sold in 2004 were computer-related
13% of US households do not bank at all
7.5 mln millionaire households in the US
93% of financial institutions rely on algorithms
7.18 mln US homes sold in April 2005
3,800 nanotech patents issued, 1,777 pending
Express delivery services get top rankings on customer satisfaction
33% of US homeowner growth to come from Hispanics in 2020
Worldwide equity market shares: US- 47%, Western Europe - 27%, Asia - 18%
Foreign students enrollment in US universities dropped 2.4% in 2003-2004
Newspaper circulation declines 1.9%
US factory activity down in April 2005 for 5th consecutive month
US incomes up 0.5% in May 2005
Home sales up 1% in March 2005, median home price in the US is $195,000
Credit card market is worth $687 bln
37% of people around the world are not asleep by midnight
Average enterprise generates 300,000 documents a month
7.7% of US public companies are not Sarbox-compliant
Chinese movie revenues grew 50% in 2004, 45.8% of movie revenues came from US
Cheapest movie tickets per capita are in India, USA, China
Americans spent 6.6 bln hours on filing taxes
Application integration and middle market generated $6.7 bln in 2004; IBM, BEA and Oracle led
VHS profit margins are 20-30%, DVD margins are 50-60%
Los Angeles has the highest number of coffee shops, Seattle has the highest penetration
By 2009 all 15 mln cars sold in Europe could have telematics
In 2003 45% of non-cash payments were made through checks, 23% through credit cards
$10 bln worth of US stocks are unclaimed
Small business loans dropped 10% in 2003
Sweden, Denmark and Norway top European digital life index
950,715 Americans paid taxes with credit and debit cards in 2004
China facts - 120 mln Internet users, 340 mln mobile users, 16 mln PCs shipped in 2004
50% of data warehouse projects to fail in 2005-2007
US industrial production up 0.3% in February 2005
78% of US audio conferencing minutes to go to short-notice conferencing
TiVo has 3 mln subscribers
Point of sale market generated $6.5 bln in 2004
Chinese point of sale market grew 20% in 2004
10 best intranets for 2005
18% of US medical organizations use electronic medical records
33.5 mln teenagers in the US in 2005
Only 20% of US corporations buy research
European ISPs will earn $25 bln from corporate market in 2005
$3 bln will be spent on online research in 2005
3 mln telematics subscribers in the US, 4 mln globally
High performance computing revenues up 39% in first half of 2004
US retail sales down 0.3% in January 2005
48% of executives are dissatisfied with innovation success ratio
US business productivity grew 0.8% in Q4 2004
Only 7% of physicians keep electronic health records
Median Asian family income is $10,000 higher than US average
Top global brands: Apple, Google, Ikea
38% of healthcare executives name slow IT adoption the biggest industry threat
Video game console sales down 7% in 2004
12% of US population is foreign-born
Average vending machine purchase is $1.06, $1.87 when credit cards are accepted
Average large corporation experiences 87 hours of network downtime a year
Korean IT exports to hit $85 bln in 2005
US high-tech exports down 21% in 2004
Retail sales up 1.2% in December 2004
IBM, Matsushita, Canon and HP received the most US patents in 2004
Cellular modem market grew 167% in 2004
54% of airline customers have used electronic kiosk for check-in
4.1 mln satellite radio subscribers in the US
30 mln cars contain black boxes
Automotive camera market to grow at 120% a year
Science and engineering PhDs up 2.8%
During primetime 45% watch specific TV shows, 6% play videogames
US retail sales up 0.1% in November
What do people do while watching TV?
Gigabit Ethernet video routers generated $63 mln in 2004
$3 bln annually lost to movie piracy
Payday loans is a $40 bln industry with $6 bln annual profits
Most respected business leaders: Bill Gates, Jack Welch, Carlos Ghosn
Movie and video revenues up 6% in 2003
Blog, incumbent and electoral are words of the year at Merriam-Webster
Most popular short-term investments for corporate cash piles: money market, bonds, notes
11.4% of all seniors in metropolitan areas earn above $100,000
9-10 bln bills paid via paper checks in 2003
Only 2 Hollywood studios excited about digital cinemas
Discrete payroll services to grow at 6.3% a year
6.8% of European companies moving to grid computing
Industrial electronic monitors sales reached $659 mln in 2004
Newspaper circulation down 0.9% in first half of 2004
Wal-Mart’s data store is 460 TB
Average household’s stock portfolio underperformed the market by 1.44% a year
Nanotechnology products to bring $2 trillion by 2014
Consumer-driven health plans to reach 12% of health market in 2008
55.05 mln watched Presidential elections, 89.8 - Super Bowl
Test and measurement devices market to grow at 11% a year, Agilent retains leadership
US clinical trial management systems market to grow at 13% a year
Less than 25% of doctor’s offices have IT support
IBM Global Services is the top Western European services company
Robot population to grow 7 times by 2007
Howard Stern deal adds 69K subscribers to Sirius
One-third of managers cannot manage
More than 5300 tech acquisitions by Oct 2004
Average number of TV channels receivable by US household drops in 2004
Power over Ethernet shipments to double each year till 2007
33% of Irish businesses do not have business continuity process
Browser-based industrial interfaces to grow at 15.5% a year
10% of travelers bring in 44% of revenues
14.5 mln credit and debit cards issued in Ukraine
Business process outsourcing will top $100 bln in 2004
Current technology book market trends
US service economy grew 4.4% in Q2 2004
30% of companies plan to offshore their IT
Top innovations of the past 75 years: PC, Internet, DNA discovery
7% of IT departments use grid computing
Indian IT services to grow at 17.3% CAGR
Nanostorage to generate $65.7 bln in 2011
Business motivation and self-improvement market generates $5,7 bln a year
16% of IT executives clueless about grid computing
100 mln books published in human history, 200K movies, 50K CD-ROMs
31% of Silicon Valley companies want to move out
Foreigners in US science schools: 17% of bachelors, 29% of Masters and 38% of PhDs
World’s most expensive cities
34K self-checkout machines employed in the US stores
US home prices up 8.1% in Q1 2004
52 federal agencies routinely mine personal data
Router market shares: Cisco vs. Juniper
Nanotechnology market to gain $1 trillion by 2015
53% of medium businesses use ASPs
Tech Pulse grew 39.3% in March
83% of business executives do something else while reading a paper
Who’s responsible for teaching kids digital copyright basics?
68% of IT execs have contacted a vendor after reading a white paper
Computer workstations are germ heavens
Starbucks has 30 mln weekly customers
US tech sector February growth is at 35.3%
Feds to invest over $1 bln into nanotechnology in 2004
Eastern European market share in IT to increase
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia are commuter’s nightmare
Microfluidics market reached $1.7 bln in 2003
Investing in socially responsible companies generates higher returns
45% of executives don’t expect customer loyalty
US industrial production up 0.8% in January
Businesses over-estimate their trustworthy image
Small and medium business lose $11K a year due to IT problems
US technology grew at annual rate of 36% in January 2004
17% of Americans tried Atkins diet, 4% still on it
US January retail sales up 5.8%
22 tech IPOs in 2003, 12 priced above initial
US service industry grows
Google tops the list of global brands
US manufacturing activity hits 20-year-high
Movie sales down in 2003
IT contributed $872 bln to US GDP in 2003
Startups go out of business more often in Korea
BPO Market To Increase 15.2% To Reach $12 Billion by 2007
US exported $110 bln of IT equipment in 2002
InStat/MDR: VoIP revenue to reach $141 mln in 2007
Gartner: Service provider revenue up
Gartner: CPM popular among corps
CD-R prices will go up in 2004
Phone is the preferred method of customer support
Kelsey: Directory searches up
Gartner on VOIP vs. POTS system sales
Retailers’ profit up in October
Gartner: what’s hot, what’s not
Magazine questions Gartner Group objectivity
Berkeley: 5 exabytes of info in 2002
Top magazines among IT professionals
In-stat/MDR: Cable set top boxes sell well
Merrill Lynch: Spending was the best in Q2 2003
The Face of the Web 2003
CRN: Companies dissatisfied with hardware vendors
US Army spends $500M on IT
iSuppli: India electronic to take off
Goldman Sachs: Modest increase in IT spending
TRG: 2.1 M telematic devices in 2003
US government IT spending
ComputerWorld: Certifications pay finally succumbs to IT economy
IT budgets to grow 2% in 2004

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