Saturday, February 25, 2012

Prime Numbers.

Go figure

$71.2B

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's projection of 2009 net farm income, down from $86.9 billion in 2008.

Source: Reuters

$170,300

The national median sale price for existing homes in January, down from $199,800 a year earlier.

Source: National Association of Realtors

$484M

The total, including commissions, raised during the three-day, 689-lot auction of the late Yves Saint Laurent's and Pierre Berge's art collection, conducted by Christie's International in Paris from Feb. 23 to 25.

Sources: Associated Press, Bloomberg

40%

Estimated percentage of U.S. Internet-connected households planning to file their federal-income-tax return electronically this year, up from 34% four years ago.

Source: The Conference Board

20%

Percentage of Americans who say they arrive late to work at least once a week, based on a late 2008 survey of 8,000 workers.

Source: CareerBuilder.com

67.8%

Percentage of U.S. households that owned a home at the end of 2008, down from the 2004 peak of 69.2%.

Sources: Fortune, U.S. Census Bureau, Zillow.

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