Wednesday, April 06, 2005
This Week
Here.
-Last December's Tsunami killed up to four times as many women as men, Oxfam reported. Women were more likely to stay behind in the rushing waters to gather up their children.
-There are 800 million cars on the world's roads today. By 2050 the number will be 3.25 billion.
-The baseball steroids scandal is having an impact on the trading card market. A Mark McGwire rookie card that sold for $8,600 in 2000 is now valued at $600. A rookie Sammy Sosa card once valued at $1,200 is now worth $200.
-American Indian teenagers commit suicide at triple the national rate, and die in alcohol-related incidents at 17 times the national average.
-The U.S. labor market has finally gained back all its losses from the 2001 recession. With 262,000 new jobs created last month, 300,000 more Americans are working than in Feb. 2001.
-Afganistan's opium production is down for the first time since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. The country still supplies 87% of the world's opium.
-The 180 million cell phone subscribers in the U.S. spent 1.2 billion last year on ring tones and other personalization gimmicks, and 1.4 billion on cell phone games.
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-Last December's Tsunami killed up to four times as many women as men, Oxfam reported. Women were more likely to stay behind in the rushing waters to gather up their children.
-There are 800 million cars on the world's roads today. By 2050 the number will be 3.25 billion.
-The baseball steroids scandal is having an impact on the trading card market. A Mark McGwire rookie card that sold for $8,600 in 2000 is now valued at $600. A rookie Sammy Sosa card once valued at $1,200 is now worth $200.
-American Indian teenagers commit suicide at triple the national rate, and die in alcohol-related incidents at 17 times the national average.
-The U.S. labor market has finally gained back all its losses from the 2001 recession. With 262,000 new jobs created last month, 300,000 more Americans are working than in Feb. 2001.
-Afganistan's opium production is down for the first time since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. The country still supplies 87% of the world's opium.
-The 180 million cell phone subscribers in the U.S. spent 1.2 billion last year on ring tones and other personalization gimmicks, and 1.4 billion on cell phone games.
# posted by Joe Florida @ 11:28 AM 
