Archive for January 22nd, 2013

Gotcha: How long is a Subway footlong?

January 22, 2013

Forget Nenghazi … here’s a scandal for you.

According to the UK Telegraph

An Australian teenager measured his Subway “foot-long” sub and find it was an inch short.

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The picture-is-worth-a-thousand words is buzzing the internet.

Subway’s  corporate responses (two of them) are classics …

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Nums: Are there more singles or married people?

January 22, 2013

Answer: Married folks … but not by much and the curves are soon to cross,

At the end of 2012, singles accounted for a record 49.6% of the population aged 16 years or older.

That’s up from 37.6% at the end of 1976.

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Here are some more nums and the ‘so whats’ …

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Uh-oh: College enrollments (and tuition revenues) declining …

January 22, 2013

According to the NY Times,  a growing number of colleges and universities are facing declining enrollment … and less revenue from tuition.

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Here are some facts …

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