Numbers of note

175-plus: The number of channels offered by telecom operator Bharti Airtel’s just launched direct to-home (DTH) satellite television service

1,000: The number of jobs eBay, the world’s largest online marketplace, will slash globally. The figure is equivalent to 10 per cent of its global workforce

Rs 6,800 crore The cumulative operational losses that Indian airlines are expected to suffer in 2008. The global aviation industry is expected to lose $4.1 billion (Rs 19,680 crore)

$8.8 billion (Rs 42,240 crore) The amount of money FIIs have pulled out of the Indian stock markets till the end of September 2008

$42 billion (Rs 2,01,600 crore) The value of investments in US subprime mortgages that investment bank UBS had to write off, the highest by any bank in Europe