3 posts and columns on household income

A Challenge for Mobile Ads: Clumsy Clicking

in Commerce on January 27, 2011 at 12:10 pm PT

With 10 billion applications downloaded to Apple’s mobile devices alone, there needs to be a reliable way to monetize that traffic. But there could be a problem: Fat fingers.

Here's $39 Billion in Recognition for Your Hard Work on the Forthcoming Financial Crisis

in News on September 23, 2008 at 6:40 am PT

Riddle for you: What’s larger than the gross domestic product of Sri Lanka, Lebanon or Bulgaria, and when divided by 186,000, more than four times higher than the median U.S. household income in 2006? If you guessed the $39 billion in bonuses Wall Street’s five largest banks doled out in 2007, you’re right!

Here’s $39 Billion in Recognition for Your Hard Work on the Forthcoming Financial Crisis

in News on September 23, 2008 at 6:40 am PT

Riddle for you: What’s larger than the gross domestic product of Sri Lanka, Lebanon or Bulgaria, and when divided by 186,000, more than four times higher than the median U.S. household income in 2006? If you guessed the $39 billion in bonuses Wall Street’s five largest banks doled out in 2007, you’re right!