Category Finance

Snips In Numbers, Finance, Miscellaneous

SiN #32 – $90 Trillion

Meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement with a combination of zero-carbon electricity and hydrogen would require more than $60 trillion of power sector investment, plus more than $30 trillion of investment in hydrogen production and transport by 2050, according…

Shreesha S
May 1, 2021

Snips In Numbers, Business, Finance, Tech, USA

SiN #30 – $72.7 Billion

Overall, investors put $72.7 billion into seed through technology growth-stage rounds for North American startups in the first quarter of this year, according to Crunchbase. The total is the highest in the history of the dataset.

Shreesha S
May 1, 2021

Snips In Numbers, Business, Finance

SiN #26 – 2.8 Million

That is the number of subscribers to HBO Max in the first Quarter of 2020. That is almost 6 times that of Netflix’s for the same period(450,000). That is mainly due to blockbuster films such as Godzilla vs Kong for HBO not…

Shreesha S
April 28, 2021

Snips In Numbers, Economy, Finance, Miscellaneous

SiN #25 – $2.5 Trillion

That is how much JP Morgan aims to provide financing to climate change and sustainable investment activity by 2030. Citigroup is committing $1 trillion for the same cause.

Shreesha S
April 27, 2021

Snips In Numbers, Business, Finance, USA

SiN #24 – 98%

For 2020, Facebook generated a net revenue of $85.96 Billion. Of this, $84.16 Billion(98%) accounts for revenue from ads. With the “App Tracking Transparency” feature in the new IOS update, it is predicted to fall sharply, considering a survey in…

Shreesha S
April 27, 2021
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Economy, Finance, India, Miscellaneous, Snips In Numbers, USA

SiN #23 – 62%

According to the data released by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the top 5 military spenders together accounted for 62% of the global military expenditure of $1,981 billion in 2020. It includes USA, China, India, Russia and the UK.

Shreesha S
April 27, 2021

Snips In Numbers, Finance, Miscellaneous

SiN #21 – $465 million

That is how much Amazon Studios will pay for the first season of its upcoming Lord of the Rings TV show. For comparison, Game of Thrones cost about $100 million/season to produce.

Shreesha S
April 25, 2021

Snips In Numbers, Economy, Finance, USA

SiN #18 – 39.6%

That is the proposed rate at which individuals earning more than $1 million would be taxed for capital gains, almost double that of the earlier 20%!

Shreesha S
April 24, 2021

Snips In Numbers, Economy, Finance

SiN #9 – 42.5%

In the richest city in the world – New York, the top 1% of the richest residents paid $4.9 billion in local income taxes in 2018, forming 42.5% of the total income tax collected by the city.