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The percentage of citizens living in poverty rose from 12.5 percent in 2007 to 15.1 percent in 2010. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 53 percent between October 2007 and March 2009, and some estimates suggest that one in four households lost 75 percent or more of their net worth .
In 1923, the rate of inflation hit 3.25 × 10 6 percent per month (prices double every two days). Beginning on 20 November 1923, 1,000,000,000,000ℳ ( 10 12 ℳ, 1 trillion marks) were exchanged for 1 Rentenmark , so that RM 4.2 was worth 1 US dollar, exactly the same rate the mark had in 1914.
[2] [3] He is of British and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] His mother, Maye ( née Haldeman ), is a model and dietitian born in Saskatchewan , Canada, and raised in South Africa. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ a ] His father, Errol Musk, is a South African electromechanical engineer , pilot, sailor, consultant, emerald dealer, and property ...
$3.02 $115.00 4% wage increase June 1979 $3.11 $118.43 3.2% wage increase January 1980 $3.24 $123.49 4.5% wage increase July 1980 $3.37 $128.29 4.2% wage increase January 1981 $3.49 $132.79 3.7% wage increase May 1981 $3.61 $137.39 3.6% wage increase May 1982 Unchanged Unchanged No wage increase September 1983 $3.76 $142.88 4.3% wage increase
Gates was listed in the Sunday Times power list in 1999, named CEO of the year by Chief Executive Officers magazine in 1994, ranked number one in the "Top 50 Cyber Elite" by Time in 1998, ranked number two in the Upside Elite 100 in 1999, and was also included in The Guardian as one of the "Top 100 influential people in media" in 2001.
The state also has a tied record for the largest hunter shot black bear in the Boone and Crockett record books at 733 lb (332 kg) and a skull of 23 3/16, tied with a bear shot in California in 1993. [204] As of 2007, Pennsylvania has the second-highest number of Boone and Crockett-recorded record black bears at 183, behind Wisconsin's 299. [204]
By most estimates, his approval ratings when leaving office were as low as 15 percent, [275] a drastic decline from his peak approval rating, 77 percent, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. [276] When referring to his low poll numbers, Christie said he did not care because he was not running for office. [277] Christie left office on January 16 ...