… what Facebook reportedly
paid to purchase virtual
reality company Oculus.
Source: The Federal
Reserve, 2014
… Of mobile bankers
have deposited a check
using their smartphones
in the past 12 months
Source: Reuters, 2014
… the rumored amount of
an allegedly denied bank
transaction this month
that set off a 3-day, 24-
hour bank rush in China.
… the retail price of the
HTC One (M8) Google
Play edition.
Source: U.S. Commerce Dept.,
2014
… The amount the U.S.
GDP grew by in Q4
2013, down from 4.1% the
previous quarter.
… Of annual total
water use on earth
attributable to
clothes washers
… the amount of U.S.
student loan debt.
Source: Travel Effect
… of talent managers link
employees using their
vacation to worker
retention.
… the amount seafood
orders pick up each year
during Lent.
… the amount the
interest rate on a 30-year
fixed-rate mortgage
increased between
March 2013 and March
2014.

Friday Factoids March 28, 2014

  • 1.
    … what Facebookreportedly paid to purchase virtual reality company Oculus.
  • 2.
    Source: The Federal Reserve,2014 … Of mobile bankers have deposited a check using their smartphones in the past 12 months
  • 3.
    Source: Reuters, 2014 …the rumored amount of an allegedly denied bank transaction this month that set off a 3-day, 24- hour bank rush in China.
  • 4.
    … the retailprice of the HTC One (M8) Google Play edition.
  • 5.
    Source: U.S. CommerceDept., 2014 … The amount the U.S. GDP grew by in Q4 2013, down from 4.1% the previous quarter.
  • 6.
    … Of annualtotal water use on earth attributable to clothes washers
  • 7.
    … the amountof U.S. student loan debt.
  • 8.
    Source: Travel Effect …of talent managers link employees using their vacation to worker retention.
  • 9.
    … the amountseafood orders pick up each year during Lent.
  • 10.
    … the amountthe interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage increased between March 2013 and March 2014.