Factoids worth noting

Announcements and Articles 18 December 2008 | Comments Off

1. The video game Grand Theft Auto brought in $310 million in its first day of release, twice the amount of the Batman movie The Dark Knight in its opening weekend.- CFO Magazine, 11/08
2. Forty percent of households own a game console. – Parade Magazine, 11/30/08
3. Travelocity found that 38% of travelers say they intend to volunteer while vacationing this year, up from 11% in 2007. – SmartMoney, 12/08
4. In 1970, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler made about 90% of the new cars sold in the U.S. Today their share is closer to 40%. – The Wall Street Journal, 11/28/08
5. Approx. 23 million people in the U.S. are working remotely at least part of the time. This number is expected to grow to approx. 27 million by 2010. – Staffing Management, 12/08
6. In the 2007-08 school year, 623,805 international students studied in the U.S., an increase of 7% over the year earlier (a new record). – Chronicle of Higher Ed, 11/21/08
7. Foreign students in the U.S. contributed an estimated $15 billion to the U.S. economy in 2007-08. – Chronicle of Higher Ed, 11/21/08
8. When comparing online vs. classroom experiences, 28% of classroom-based seniors stated they’d participated in discussions important to their major, compared to 41% of online seniors. – Chronicle of Higher Ed, 11/14/08

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