Number of years since Blockbuster opened its first store: 25.
Number of years it took Blockbuster to begin rent-by-mail after Netflix began offering it: 6.
Number of Netflix customers today: 15 million.
Estimated number of Blockbuster stores that will close now that it has filed for bankruptcy: 66 percent.
(Time)

Percentage of teenagers with a job in 2001: 45 percent.
In 2010: 26 percent.
Number of people under the age of 25 who've lost their jobs since 2008: 2.75 million.
Percentage of the 7 percent jobless over the age of 55 who have been out of a job for more than six months: 50 percent.
Decline in home equity among US homeowners since 2006: -48 percent.
(Marketwatch)

Number of FORTUNE 500 CEOs who are women: 12.
Number who have children: 11.
For every dollar earned by a male manager, amount earned by a female manager: 79¢.
(Wall Street Journal)

"Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city."
- George Burns

Leah Peterson has been promoted to Vice President of Client Development for the award-winning digital agency, Response Mine Interactive (RMI). Her responsibilities include new business development, strategic planning, and marketing for the Atlanta-based agency. Peterson joined RMI in 2007 as an account supervisor who managed a team of 16 on the day-to-day responsibilities for The Home Depot's paid, affiliate and natural search efforts. In 2009, Peterson was promoted to director of client development and now serves as one of the agency's vice presidents.

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