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Growth in Worldwide Tourism
Outbound tourism is projected to grow by 53% worldwide from 2015-2030. Africa and the Middle East will see 157% and 125% growth, respectively. In absolute numbers, these regions will make up less than...
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Watch this video to see different ways to apply colors to your charts and how color influences your message.
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US Government Spending Against its Mission
The preamble to the US constitution lays out 4 missions for the government. Federal, state and local governments spend almost $5.4 trillion in 2014. To get a better understanding of where this money...
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EU Membership
The EU is two months into the 2-year process of the negotiating the UK exit. The June 2016 referendum made global headlines not only for the result, but also for the story about the spike in Google...
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Tennis Leaders by Surface
The French Open begins in just a few days and oddsmakers agree that Rafael Nadal is the favorite to win his 10th French Open title. Rafa is widely heralded as the king of clay, but how does his clay...
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Tech Giant Profit Growth
The five largest U.S. tech firms had first quarter profit growth ranging from 5% to 76%. Facebook led the way with 76% growth from Q1 2016 to Q1 2017 and a Q1 2017 net income of over $3B. Amazon, the...
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10 Tips Every Mekko Graphics User Should Know
1. Scale your data to simplify a chart. Click on Chart in the Mekko Graphics ribbon and use Data Scale on the Values tab. In this case, I do not need to show the exact number of unit sales in...
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Wonder Woman Leads US Box Office on Its Opening Weekend
Wonder Woman set the record for the biggest opening weekend for a film directed by a woman with an opening box office of $100.5M. It also was only the 16th superhero movie to break $100 million...
View ArticleMekko Graphics 8.2.0.2520 Release Notes
Overview – This is a minor release that addresses several issues identified by users of Mekko Graphics 8.1 Corrected issues: Fixed instability of PowerPoint after installation of Mekko Graphics Fixed...
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Large Vehicles Dominate Sales of All-Electrics
Most all-electric cars tend to be larger than hybrids and plug-in hybrids. Each type of electric vehicle has a very different mix of car sizes. Over 60% of all-electrics sold in 2016 were large with...
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Changing Roles of Dads and Moms
In 2015, Dads spent more time on child care and housework than in 1965, but still less than half the time Moms spent on these tasks. While Dad’s hours on child care increased from 2.5 to 7, they were...
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Tesla’s Rising Market Capitalization
Tesla’s market cap has risen over ten-fold from 2013 to today. Its current market cap surpasses both Ford and General Motors. It is now the fourth most valuable auto manufacturer, behind Toyota,...
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Can I use an area chart to compare YTD actual results to forecast?
This question was submitted to Ask an Expert. You can use an area chart to show how YTD results (sales $ or volume, profit, etc) compare to a forecast but it only works when the actual results are less...
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Top 10 Football Transfer Window Spenders
Paris Saint-Germain outspend all other European football clubs in the summer 2017 transfer window. Adding both Kylian Mbappé and Neymar accounts for a large chuck of their 343 million euro net spend....
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Top 20 Global Travel Destination Cities
Dubai led all cities with over $2,000 in spending per overnight visit in 2016, according to the Mastercard Global Destinations Cities Index. New York was a distant second at about $1,500. Taipei,...
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Most Instagrammed Tourist Attractions
Disneyland is the tourist attraction with the most Instagram posts, according to data from TravelBird. It has twice the number of posts as the Eiffel Tower, the second most Instagrammed attraction....
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Tequila Sales Growth by Quality and Region
The highest quality tequila brands grew at over 10% per year from 2006-2016 and now account for over 1/3 of all tequila sold by volume. The growth was in the premium and super premium qualities....
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Traffic Costs in America’s Most Congested Cities
Traffic congestion costs the average driver about $2,500 per year in New York and slightly less in Los Angeles. The two largest US cities are almost the most congested, according to data from the...
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World’s Largest Asset Managers
Most of the world’s largest asset managers are located in a small corridor in the Northeastern United States. Eight of the 14 firms that manage $1T or more are in the NY, Boston or Philadelphia areas....
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Top 5 Sectors for Venture Capital Deals
Internet and healthcare were the sectors with the most venture capital deals, largest amount invested in Q3 2017, according to the PwC CB Insights MoneyTree Report Q3 2017. There were 574 internet...
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