Billions and Billions — What is a Billion?

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UK vs World Economies
We live in a world thats shrinking due to communication and technology, yet growing in terms of overall wealth and prosperity. In this graphic, we take a look at a few of the worlds leading nations, in terms of economic conditions for individuals and nations. From the perspective of the UK, one of the oldest economies in the world.The UK treasury just released ist spending review which specifies t...
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Loft and Condo Sales in Los Angeles
There were 324 loft and condo sales in Los Angeles in 2015. The average price per square foot was $601.39 and 62 average days on the market. The top 5 buildings by price per square foot were $1,078, $759.11, $722.80, $713.97, and $688.90. The most expensive lease was in the Ritz Residences and the least expensive lease was in the Toy Warehouse. The highest price increase from last year was...
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The money was made from one cow. Cow weigh 1,100lbs before slaughtering. 500lbs are edible so 112lbs of this is used for hamburgers.This equates to roughly 450 quarter pounders.The cow was cost $600 but the average price for a McDonals quarter pounder is $3.45.So if we multiply $3.45 x 450 (in one cow) total is $1552.5.Last 2005 McDonals claimed that they sell 75 burgers per second of every minute...
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For more than a decade INNOVATION has been leading the way in the creation of fully integrated newsrooms with modern workflows where planning, creativity and teamwork are at the core of the news production process.Open spaces, walls down, fully integrated on/offline,rolling deadlines, radar and radial system are just some of its process.The starting points are the audiences.First is to assess the ...
National Debt Simplified
There are two kinds of debt that affects globally.Public debt is an acumulative total of debt owed by all levels of government and includes both interally, externally and public and privte debts. External debt is a total debt owed to lenders located outside of a country.
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VI - Value of an Hours Work
Everybody might be working for the weeken, but were also working toward growing our countries  economies. Each hour we work contibutes to the gross domestic product. Just take a look in the image which shows the GDP per capita of the countries in the organization of economic co-operation and development, compared to the average numbers of hours worked in each country.
Women in the Boardroom
Women in the boardroom explains that in 2009 women still hold less than a quarter of senior management positions in privately help businesses globally.
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India vs US Economy
In this infograhpic, one can see how the United States stacks up against India currently. The GDP of India is small in comparision to the United States, but its growth rate is substantially higher. Check out what other stats India is better in below.
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