Numbers of note
$400 million (Rs 1,600 crore): Private Equity (PE) investments in the domestic healthcare and pharma industry during the first nine months of this calendar year
- $400 million (Rs 1,600 crore): Private Equity (PE) investments in the domestic healthcare and pharma industry during the first nine months of this calendar year
- 1,113: The number of registered FIIs in the country as on October 18, 2007
- $46 billion: The amount President George W. Bush has asked from the US Congress to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and finance other national security needs
- $25,000 (Rs 10 lakh): The average annual pay of Indian IT professionals, according to a Mercer survey. They (Indian IT professionals) are among the worst paid globally. IT pros in Switzerland get the best pay ($140,960)
- $3.6 billion (Rs 14,400 crore): The value of crossborder M&A deals struck by Indian companies in the second quarter (July-September) of 2007-08
- 12.88 per cent: The rise in the Sensex during September 2007 compared to the 1.49 per cent fall it registered during August 2007
- 853: The number of passengers that the Airbus A380 plane, the world’s largest airliner, can seat compared to 568 in the Boeing 747
- $1.12 billion (Rs 4,480 crore): The net worth of J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series. She is the first author to become a dollar billionaire
- 106: The number of dollar billionaires in China, seven times as many as last year. The figure was up from just 15 billionaires in the 2006 list, a surge attributed in particular to a steep rise in stock and property prices, according to the Hurun rich list compiled by Shanghai-based accountant Rupert Hoogewerf
- 250 million: India’s telephone (mobile and fixed line) subscriber base. About 7.8 million subscribers were added in September
- 230,000: The number of candidates who will sit for the CAT (Common Admission Test) in November 2007; about 190,000 candidates took the exam in 2006
