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Car Theft in the US

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According to Donald Dossey at the Stress Management Center & Phobia Institute:

"It's been estimated that [U.S] $800 or $900 million is lost in business on this day because people will not fly or do business they would normally do."

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Worldwide Internet Users

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Mobile Phones Worldwide

[Source: New York Times, Dec 12 - 2007]
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Mall Count

[Source: Monocle magazine, March 2007]
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Studies by Visa show that the average American consumer is twice as likely to carry his mobile phone as he is to carry cash. For those aged 18-34, the average is four times as likely.

[Source: The Economist article 'A Cash Call', Feb 15th - 2007]

Mobile Payments

"Worldwide payments using mobile phones will climb from just $3.2 billion in 2003 to more than $37 billion by 2008."

- Reckons Arthur D. Little, a firm of management consultants in 'The Economist' article 'A Cash Call', Feb 15th, 2007

Stat Counter: Indian Television Households

There are roughly 105 million homes with televisions in India, up from 88 million in 2000. The current number of television households is about the same as in the United States, though for India that amounts to only about half of the country’s households, compared with 98 percent in the United States.

[Source: The New York Times, Feb 11, 2007]

Stat Counter: 1:8

There is just one cellphone for every eight people in India, compared with more than one for every man, woman and child in Western Europe.

[Source: The New York Times, Feb 13, 2007]