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Tuesday, September 02, 2008 3:56 PM

Tooth Decay And Other Important Things

An average 12-year old in India has 3.94 decayed, missing or filled teeth. That's according to this wonderful chart from Gapminder World. (Hat Tip: Chris Blattman ) Here is data for some other countries. China: 1.03 Pakistan: 1.38 Saudi Arabia: 5...
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Sunday, August 31, 2008 9:43 AM

Data Point: Singur

Tata Motors will be investing Rs 1,500 crore in the 997 acres at Singur. That's approximately Rs 1.5 crore an acre. That's not much. The Times Of India says in a front-page report on Saturday that the total number of disputed acres across the...
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Monday, August 18, 2008 10:45 AM

Data Point: Short Sellers

"More than $1.4 trillion of equities worldwide are now on loan, about a third higher than at the start of 2007, data compiled by Spitalfields Advisors, the London-based firm specializing in securities lending, show. Almost all of that is being used...
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Thursday, August 14, 2008 5:28 PM

Data Point: Oil Demand

Higher prices mean lower demand: that's elementary economics. And rising oil prices should cut demand for petroleum products. But have they? No. Why? This is what the US Energy Information Administration says in its new Short-Term Energy Outlook ...
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Monday, August 11, 2008 11:35 AM

Data Point: Altamount Road versus Dalal Street

A lot has been written and said about how Altamount Road in Mumbai is among the ten most expensive addresses in the world. This report in the Hindustan Times has an interesting bit of data. "The Mehtas, Shobhana and Virat, who live in the 2,400 sq...
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