Numbers: Mar. 26, 2007

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DIVERSIONS

$2.5 billion

Amount wagered on the NCAA men's basketball tournament each year, according to 2004 FBI estimates

$1.2 billion

Estimated productivity loss for American employers during March Madness

JOURNALISM

1,000

Number of journalists and their support staff who were killed from January 1996 to June 2006

138

Number of those who died in Iraq, making it the deadliest country for journalists. Nearly 60 have been killed since June 2006

70

Number of journalists and their support staff who were killed during the Vietnam conflict from 1955 to 1975

WEALTH

36

Number of billionaires in India, the highest in Asia, pushing Japan to the No. 2 spot for the first time in 20 years

80%

Percentage of Indians who live on less than $2 a day, making India the country with the world's largest number of poor people

COPYRIGHT

$1 billion

Amount for which Viacom is suing Google and its Internet video-sharing site, YouTube, over unauthorized use of Viacom's programming online

$15 million

Revenue YouTube earned in 2006, according to recent estimates by Bear Stearns

Sources: FBI; Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.; International News Safety Institute (3); Forbes; Population Reference Bureau; New York Times; Bear Stearns

Sources: FBI; Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.; International News Safety Institute (3); Forbes; Population Reference Bureau; New York Times; Bear Stearns