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Friday Factoids| May 15, 2014
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A Japanese super banana costs…the special breeds and growing conditions led to “a banana that’s 36.5 percent sweeter, 33.4 percent more fragrant, and 40 percent better textured than conventional bananas.”
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$5.90
Source: Yahoo, 2014
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Data breaches at retailers account for…percent of incidents, while 37 percent happen at financial institutions, according to a study.
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24%
Source: Verizon, 2014
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Of $1.85 trillion in products imported in 2009 …of the value was American.
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$464B
Source: NRF, 2014
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The price of mink fur has dropped almost…percent at auction in Denmark this year.
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40%
Source: Reuters, 2014
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…percent of American families – about 74.4 million households – owned the homes they lived in during the first quarter of this year.
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64.8%
Source: MarketWatch, 2014
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Young adults tend to have a high utilization rate on their credit cards, an average debt of…and high incidences of late payments.
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$23,332
Source: MarketWatch, 2014
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…percent of Americans carried less than $50 in paper money.
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78%
Source: Bankrate, 2014
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…percent of Americans went without cash entirely, the survey found.
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9%
Source: Bankrate, 2014
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France will press ahead with a …contract to sell helicopter carriers to Russia.
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$1.66B
Source: Yahoo, 2014
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…percent of Americans carry $20 or less each day.
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49%
Source: Bankrate, 2014