Numbers to Take Note

9 in 10 The projected  rate of American companies with at least 100 employees that will use Facebook for marketing purposes by 2014, according to e Marketer study.

2.6 The number of times in a month that the average Filipino city-dweller visited a grocery in 2011 up from 2.2 times in 2010, according to the annual Philippine Shopper Trend Report by global information company Nielsen. The study interviewed at least 1,500 respondents who were both "main grocery buyers and key influencers" in urban locations nationwide.

7.3% The economic growth forecast of the Philippines from year 2010 to 2050, making it the sixth fastest growing economy in the world (after Nigeria, India, Iraq, Bangladesh, and Vietnam, in that order), according to the 2012 Wealth Report, a study released by Knight Frank and Citi Private Bank.

$ 39.9 trillion The total net worth of the world's "centa-millionaires" or those with $100 million or more in assets, also according to the 2012 Wealth Report. An estimated 18,000 centa-millionaires are located in China, Japan, and Southeast Asia--more than in North America (17,000) and western Europe (14,000).

P 32,800 The price per square meter of the state-owned 74-hectare Food Terminal Inc. (FTI) property complex in Taguig City that Ayala Land Inc. won with P24.331 billion bid, beating two other companies. (One hectare is 10,000 square meters.) Ayala Land says it will transform FTI into another business district and bring its commercial and residential product lines into the development.