EVERY SATURDAY ON TheJournal.ie we bring you a selection of the statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.
27 million: The number of spam Facebook messages sent by the self-proclaimed “Spam King’ who hid ads inside friend requests.
15%: What the Chinese market now commands in demand terms on the global economy. ‘Black Monday’ caused monetary panic worldwide this week.
20: The revolutionary Windows 95 turned 20 this week, getting people all nostalgic about that famous startup chime.
€400: The asking price for ‘Ireland’s coolest phone number’ being sold on Adverts.ie.
1 billion: The number of people who logged onto Facebook on Monday. The first time that number of people had done so in one day.
1,000: The average number of people becoming employed each week according to the CSO.
€80 million: What Paddy Power shareholders will share as part of a merger deal between the bookmaker and betting exchange Betfair.
400: The number of jobs Deloitte is set to recruit across Ireland over the next four years.
45: The number of years John Finn worked at Clerys before its closure this year. He picketed the owners of the store this week.
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