You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 5.3 percent That’s the percentage of roughly 45,000 spec scrips submitted to The Black List that contained a sexual assault. A disproportionate number of those scripts were written by men. [The Black List Blog] 1992 That’s the last year the New […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 19 percent Percentage of apparel sales that were made online in 2016, up 11 percent in five years. Amazon is poised to enter the sportswear business, according to sources in the industry, news that initially depressed the stock prices of some […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 2-1 The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered a Texas district court to dismiss Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott’s case that has been blocking his six-week suspension over domestic violence allegations. The court ruled 2-1, but this case […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 26 percent down The Tonight Show on NBC’s ratings have dropped substantially while rivals — Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” and Jimmy Kimmel’s “Live” — are increasingly winning late night. Fallon’s ratings are down 26 percent last week compared to the same […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 1 percentage point The shareholder vote over control of a board seat of Procter & Gamble came down to the wire, with the current board declaring victory over Nelson Peltz, an activist investor who wants to shake up the home goods […]