WSJ By The Numbers - Top 10 for Oct.23
A
compendium of revealing stats and the key leading economic indicators and
business metrics based on today's Wall Street Journal article and
reports:
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10 Biggest Problems With Wireless and How to Fix Them: T-Mobile USA
has added more than 2,000 new cell sites across the country. Sprint Nextel
is investing approximately $7 billion to improve and maintain both its
wireless and wire-line networks this year. Verizon Wireless spends an
average of $5 billion annually to improve its network.
Cellphone battery life improves by about 15% a year. Most phone batteries will last about a day and a half if users talk on average an hour a day and send 100 to 200 emails or use the equivalent data time.
| U.S. Seeks to More Tightly Restrict Doctors' Billings for Medical Tests: Medical imaging is one of Medicare's fastest-growing costs, rising an average of 20% a year since 1999. In 2005, Medicare paid $7 billion for imaging scans. Medicare typically pays $500 to $1,000 for an MRI, depending on type. | $7B Imaging Scans |
| Google Adjusts Hiring Process As Needs Grow: The eight-year-old Google had 9,378 employees at the end of 3Q06, and analysts project that its revenue will top $10 billion this year. During the quarter, the company brought in an average of 16 new employees daily, up from 13 the quarter before. Its hiring has boosted staff from 1,628 at the end of 2003 to 3,021 a year later and 5,680 at the end of 2005. | 16 New Employess Daily |
| Biggest Charities Saw Giving Rise By 13% Last Year: America's largest charities saw a surge in donations in 2005, an increase of 13% to $62.7 billion, according to an annual survey of 400 charities by the Chronicle of Philanthropy. United Way saw donations rise 3.9% to $4.04 billion. The Salvation Army registered a more than doubling in giving to nearly $3.6 billion. The American Red Cross saw a more than doubling of donations to $1.28 billion. | $62.7B Charity Giving |
| Wanted: Online-Media Expertise: A shortage of advertising talent with digital-media experience is sending salaries soaring -- up as much as 60% in the past year, according to a new survey. ThinkEquity Partners says marketers across industries are looking to spend 15% to 20% of their budgets on digital media, but right now are spending less than 5% of their budgets in the space. | 60% Salary Jump |
| Another Hard Turn: Since the Bill Ford regime that began in 2001, Ford's stock-market value has tumbled 47% to less than $15 billion. | 47% Ford Loss |
| Health-Care Sector Loses Luster: While there have been slightly more Health-care IPOs this year -- 27 so far, compared with 25 at this point last year, a full two-thirds have been forced to cut their prices in order to get done, says data tracker Dealogic. | 27 Healthcare IPOs |
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