Numbers of note

150: The number of companies that have entered the Indian capital market since 2006. They mobilised about Rs 50,000 crore

$45 billion (Rs 1.8 lakh crore): The amount Indian companies invested worldwide in 2007 $2 million (Rs 8 crore): The amount spent by Jimmy Wales, Founder, Wikipedia, to maintain the site in 2007

$2 million (Rs 8 crore): The amount spent by Jimmy Wales, Founder, Wikipedia, to maintain the site in 2007

16: The number of companies that the Tata Group operates in the US

Rs 2,40,000 crore: The estimated market for credit in rural India

$7.5 billion (Rs 30,000 crore): The estimated value of the growing global market for bio-engineered crops and vegetables

$10.37 billion (Rs 41,480 crore): Steel giant ArcelorMittal’s net profit in 2007, up from $7.8 billion the previous year

$140 million: Amount British Airways will pay as compensation to passengers affected by its price fixing tactics

50 per cent: The estimated percentage of malls in India that will shut down by March 2010, according to Samsika Marketing Consultants

$106.3 billion (Rs 4,25,200 crore): Wal-Mart revenues for the final quarter of 2007, a world record. Its sales increased 8.3 per cent during the quarter

Rs 1,200 crore: The amount for which Siva Ventures of NRI businessman C. Sivasankaran has acquired Norwegian shipping firm JB Ugland Shipping

350: The number of food testing laboratories the government plans to set up across the country within three years

1 million: Indians in the age group of 30-69 years who are expected to die every year from 2010 from a range of conditions caused by smoking