WORLDWIDE

• Oct. 01, 20010: There are over 1,000 billionaires in the world-government if you made a billion you'd be taxed 800 million of it
• ECA International's 2009 cost of living survey of the world, concludes Most Expensive Cities in the World:
  • Luanda, Angola,
  • Tokyo, Japan
  • Nagoya, Japan
  • Yokohama, Japan
  • Kobe, Japan
  • Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Oslo, Norway
  • Geneva, Switzerland
  • Zurich, Switzerland
  • Basel, Switzerland
  
  New7Wonders, the nonprofit organization conducted the poll that 100 million votes were cast through the Internet and cellphone text messages- The Great Wall of China, Rome's Colosseum, India's Taj Mahal and three architectural marvels from Latin America were among the new seven wonders of the world
• Millionaires (high-net-worth individuals-HNWIs) : United States is the richest nation with 2.67 million millionaires. The other countries with the highest number of HNWIs are: Germany (767,000), the United Kingdom (448,000), China (320,000), Canada (232,000), Australia (146,000), Brazil (109,000), and Russia (103,000) and India a has 83,000 millionaires.The number of HNWIs in Saudi Arabia reached to 80,100 in 2005 versus 70,600 in 2004, a 13.5 per cent increase.The number of millionaires in the United Arab Emirates has increased to 59,000 in 2005.
  • There are now 8.7 million millionaires in the world.
    
• North American workers earn the highest wages
• Kuala Lumpur and Mumbai -- are among the cheapest places to live,
• Oslo and London are the world's most expensive cities, while Zurich and Geneva residents have the highest buying power
• United States is the richest nation with 2.67 million millionaires. The other countries with the highest number of HNWIs are: Germany (767,000), the United Kingdom (448,000), China (320,000), Canada (232,000), Australia (146,000), Brazil (109,000), Russia (103,000) and India has 83,000 millionaires
• avian flu virus has taken thus far. Since its outbreak.
  " 151 million domestic birds have died or been killed,
  " $10 billion has been lost in agricultural economies, and sadly,
  " 131 people have died even before the viral mutation that World Health Organization officials are saying would trigger a global pandemic of Biblical proportions.
  
• Adherents of the seven major religions are: (1) Christians = 2,019,052,000; (2) Muslims = 1,207,148,000; (3) Hindus = 819,689,000; (4) Chinese folk religionists = 387,167,000; (5) Buddhists = 361,986,000; (6) Sikhs = 23,538,000
  and (7) Jews = 14,484,000.
• Few of top range luxury cars: Mercedes Maybach - £281,380 (made in Germany),Rolls-Royce - £250,000 (UK), Saleen S7 - £234,000 (US), Bentley Azure - £223,000 (UK), Lamborghini Murciélago - £162,000 (Italy), Aston Martin Vanquish - £135,000 (UK), Ferrari 575 M Maranello, £127,000 (Italy), Bentley Continental GT - £110,000 (UK), Porsche GT2 - £106,000 (Germany)
• Government statistics (ONS) indicate that approximately 3% (1.8 million) of the UK's population of 60 million are of South Asian (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) descent 
• It is estimated that annual military spending worldwide is approximately $780 billion
• Bhutan has the highest forest cover in the world—73 per cent. The second best in this regard is Japan—61 per cent. Canada is third with 45 per cent. India has 19 per cent of its land under forests......Click for more
• 1.3 billion people in the world today struggle to survive on $1/day.
• 2 billion people have no access to electrical power.
• 3 billion people in the world today struggle to survive on $2/day.
• The three richest people in the world have assets that exceed the combined gross domestic product of the 48 least developed countries.
• $780 billion goes to military spending in the world, while $6 billion is spent on basic education for all, and only $13 billion goes to basic health and nutrition.
• Nike paid Michael Jordan $20,000,000 per year to promote Nike sneakers, which is greater than the annual income of 30,000 Asian women together who sew Nike sneakers.