"Australia has 39 full universities, and over 130 other higher education providers. Their revenues exceed $24 billion per year..."

China's working age population shrank by 3.45 million in 2012, and will keep shrinking until 2030: bit.ly/VgVXjz

a bachelor degree increases life earnings by $1m for women, $1.4m for men (median) universityworldnews.com/article.php?st…

"Investors see a 48 percent chance the RBA will reduce the benchmark rate at its Feb. 5 meeting" - businessweek.com/news/2013-01-2…

"One in ten full-time employees earn $2,364 or more per week" Australian Bureau of Statistics abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.…

... and "one in ten full-time employees earned $738 or less per week. " Australian Bureau of Statistics abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.…

"One of the questions puzzling [those] bearish on China is why iron ore prices have risen 80% in the past five months" crikey.com.au/2013/01/11/if-…

up to 90% of world trade by volume is seaborne economist.com/news/finance-a…

4.5% of NRA Members Still Like President Obama, Says NRA theatln.tc/14aFlex

The National Security Strategy's budget numbers are out by a lazy $2 billion, says James Brown: bit.ly/TtoJwX

Women comprise 14% of the US army's active military personel. theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

Japan CPI falls for 6th time in 7 months, highlighting BOJ's challenge in meeting its 2% inflation goal | bloom.bg/V12484

Today, Apple's stock lost more than the *entire* market value of Nike, Starbucks, or Morgan Stanley theatln.tc/W3Zq2C

"Spain is now home to a third of the euro region’s unemployed." bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-2…

40% of smartphone users connect to Internet immediately upon awakening, before leaving bed. #TheFuture bit.ly/WYRz39 The Atlantic

At $1.1 Billion, Bloomberg Is Top University Donor in U.S. nyti.ms/UtgP4G

"The average American generates about 19 tons of carbon dioxide a year; the average European, 10." nytimes.com/2013/01/27/sun…

A reminder that education matters: The unemployment rate for college graduates is 3.7% theatln.tc/XtWDy9

Barack Obama has proposed to raise the American federal minimum wage by 24% to $9 per hour by 2015 econ.st/XFubvs

Japan posts record $A16.9b trade deficit bit.ly/W9LW2X