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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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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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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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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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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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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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Source: MarketWatch, 2014

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…percent of Americans
carried less than $50 in
paper money.
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Source: Bankrate, 2014

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…percent of Americans went
without cash entirely, the survey
found.
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Source: Bankrate, 2014

10. Proprietary and Confidential
France will press ahead with a
…contract to sell helicopter
carriers to Russia.
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Source: Yahoo, 2014

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…percent of Americans
carry $20 or less each day.
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Source: Bankrate, 2014