Currently, America has some 8,000 banks. This is expected to drop to 2,000 as a result of the current banking crisis.

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29% of American homes own a Digital Video Recorder (DVR).

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A sixth of American iPhone users spent over $100 at Apple's iPhone App Store over 2008.

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13.2 million cars were sold in America in 2008 and 16.1 million in 2007.

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In the US, tax revenues add up to less than 30% of GDP.

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The average American gets 4 weeks of paid leave a year compared with 7 for the French and 8 for the Germans.

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Currently, $700 billion of global assets are invested with the Sharia-law compliant Islamic banking sector.

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The typical iPhone owner uses 5 times more data than the average cellphone user.

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Every weekend in the US alone, 100 million person hours are spent watching TV ads.

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U.S. mobile users sent an average of 357 texts per month in the second quarter of 2008 versus an average of 204 calls.

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Globally, there were 1.58 billion internet users in 2008.

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Greenland has the most connected population: over 92% have internet access.

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210 billion emails per day were sent in 2008.

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Online advertising spend topped $65 billion globally in 2008.

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More than half of all people using the micro-blogging service Twitter updated their page less than once every 74 days.

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Internet business contributes 2.1%, or $300 billion, to the total GDP of the U.S.

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In March 2009, Google held 64.2 percent of the U.S. search market, followed by Yahoo's 15.8 percent and Windows Live's 10.3 percent.

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At the end of the first quarter of 2009, there was a total 183 million internet domain names registered across all Top Level Domain (TLD) names.

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Only 0.7% of Indian households own any shares.

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Nuclear energy now generates 78% of all French electricity and the country is a net electricity exporter.

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Global oil consumption is expected to fall by 2.6 million barrels a day (b/d) or about 3% in 2009.

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The average American web user spends 10 minutes a day viewing online video - compared with roughly 300 minutes spent watching live television.

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Avon is the world's biggest direct seller, with revenues of $10 billion annually and operations in more than 100 countries.

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Median pay for chief executives of S&P 500 companies fell 6.8% in 2008.

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Venture capitalists invested more than $3 billion in 163 open source firms between 1997 and 2008.

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In 2008, AT&T processed 178 million "American Idol"-related text messages, vs. 78 million in 2007.

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Rolls Royce sold 1,212 cars in 2008.

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In the UK, 29% of women have never used the internet, compared to 20% of men.

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In 2008, just 606 new films were released in American cinemas.

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The average Indian firm made 1.4 products before economic liberalisation in 1991, but by 2003 this had increased to 2.4.

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