The population of affluent and wealthy individuals in North America will grow 24% to 37.7 million by 2010 from from 30.4 million in 2006, according to Celent. The report expects this affluent group to control over $19 trillion in assets by 2010. 

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February 12, 2007 7:56 PM | Permalink

HDTV homes worldwide are expected to hit 151 million by 2011, an increase of more than three times from the 48.2 million house holds at the end of 2006, according a new report "HDTV: A Global Analysis" from Informa Telecoms & Media. 

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February 12, 2007 7:30 PM | Permalink

Americans lost about $49.3 billion in 2006 to identity theft criminals, a 11.5% decline from $55.7 billion identity theft loss in 2005, on increased vigilance among consumers and businesses, according to The 2007 Identity Fraud Survey Report by Javelin Strategy & Research. 

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February 12, 2007 7:25 AM | Permalink

The top 20 companies accounted for $106.4 billion of 2006 revenues in the $365 billion information industry, according to Outsell's new report. The top 20 account for 29.1% of the entire market, with the average revenue per company at approximately $5.3 billion.

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February 12, 2007 7:21 AM | Permalink

The U.S. telecommunications market grew 9.3% in 2006, the fastest rate since 2000, to $923 billion in revenue, while the worldwide telecommunications market grew 11.2% to $3 trillion in revenue, according toTIA’s 2007 Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast.   

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February 12, 2007 7:10 AM | Permalink