Top Individual Income Tax Rates (%) 1985
July 2, 2009 at 6:05 am (Economic, OECD, Statistic)
Tags: tax 1985
Global 500, year 2008: Pharmaceutical
June 30, 2009 at 11:02 am (Uncategorized)
| # | Phamarceutical | Rank | Revenue | Profit | % profit per revenue |
| 1 | Johnson & Johnson | 107 | 61,095 | 10,576 | 17.3 |
| 2 | Pfizer | 143 | 48,418 | 8,144 | 16.8 |
| 3 | GlaxoSmithKline | 151 | 45,447 | 10,432 | 23.0 |
| 4 | Roche Group | 175 | 40,315 | 8,135 | 20.2 |
| 5 | Sanofi-Aventis | 178 | 39,977 | 7,204 | 18.0 |
| 6 | Novartis | 181 | 39,800 | 11,946 | 30.0 |
| 7 | AstraZeneca | 265 | 29,559 | 5,595 | 18.9 |
| 8 | Abbott Laboratories | 312 | 25,914 | 3,606 | 13.9 |
| 9 | Merck | 332 | 24,198 | 3,275 | 13.5 |
| 10 | Wyeth | 381 | 22,400 | 4,616 | 20.6 |
| 11 | Bristol-Myers Squibb | 427 | 19,977 | 2,165 | 10.8 |
| 12 | Eli Lilly | 453 | 18,634 | 2,953 | 15.8 |
Revenue, profit in USD Millions
source: Global Fortune 500
Top Individual Income Tax Rates (%) 1980
June 30, 2009 at 9:05 am (Economic, OECD)
Tags: tax oecd
In number:
Country /1980
Korea 89
Sweden 87
Portugal 84
Britain 83
Belgium 76
Japan 75
Norway 75
Turkey 75
US 73
Italy 72
Netherlands 72
Finland 68
Average 68
Denmark 66
Spain 66
Germany 65
Canada 64
Iceland 63
Australia 62
Austria 62
NewZealand 62
France 60
Greece 60
Ireland 60
Luxembourg 57
Mexico 55
Switzerland 38
MeThink: 330 000 Hits!!!
June 26, 2009 at 6:00 am (MeThink)
10-06-2007: 10 000 hits.
04-09-2007: 20 000 hits.
21-10-2007: 30 000 hits.
25-11-2007: 40 000 hits.
25-12-2007: 50 000 hits.
27-01-2008: 60 000 hits.
21-02-2008: 70 000 hits.
11-03-2008: 80 000 hits.
28-03-2008: 90 000 hits.
14-04-2008: 100 000 hits.
30-04-2008: 110 000 hits.
18-05-2008: 120 000 hits.
03-06-2008: 130 000 hits.
25-06-2008: 140 000 hits.
18-07-2008: 150 000 hits.
13-08-2008: 160 000 hits.
08-09-2008: 170 000 hits.
27-09-2008: 180 000 hits.
15-10-2008: 190 000 hits.
03-11-2008: 200 000 hits.
18-11-2008: 210 000 hits.
03-12-2008: 220 000 hits.
21-12-2008: 230 000 hits.
18-01-2009: 240 000 hits.
05-02-2009: 250 000 hits.
22-02-2009: 260 000 hits.
10-03-2009: 270 000 hits.
26-03-2009: 280 000 hits.
13-04-2009: 290 000 hits.
29-04-2009: 300 000 hits.
15-05-2009: 310 000 hits.
04-06-2009: 320 000 hits.
25-06-2009: 330 000 hits!!!
What does Toxicologist think of Chemical Hazard?
June 25, 2009 at 6:24 am (Environment, Food/Agriculture, Health, Statistic, US)
of High Risk %
MeThink: 320 000 Hits!!!
June 5, 2009 at 5:09 pm (MeThink)
Tags: blog, MeThink
10-06-2007: 10 000 hits.
04-09-2007: 20 000 hits.
21-10-2007: 30 000 hits.
25-11-2007: 40 000 hits.
25-12-2007: 50 000 hits.
27-01-2008: 60 000 hits.
21-02-2008: 70 000 hits.
11-03-2008: 80 000 hits.
28-03-2008: 90 000 hits.
14-04-2008: 100 000 hits.
30-04-2008: 110 000 hits.
18-05-2008: 120 000 hits.
03-06-2008: 130 000 hits.
25-06-2008: 140 000 hits.
18-07-2008: 150 000 hits.
13-08-2008: 160 000 hits.
08-09-2008: 170 000 hits.
27-09-2008: 180 000 hits.
15-10-2008: 190 000 hits.
03-11-2008: 200 000 hits.
18-11-2008: 210 000 hits.
03-12-2008: 220 000 hits.
21-12-2008: 230 000 hits.
18-01-2009: 240 000 hits.
05-02-2009: 250 000 hits.
22-02-2009: 260 000 hits.
10-03-2009: 270 000 hits.
26-03-2009: 280 000 hits.
13-04-2009: 290 000 hits.
29-04-2009: 300 000 hits.
15-05-2009: 310 000 hits.
04-06-2009: 320 000 hits!!!
Sweden: Absenteeism 1990 – 2004
May 30, 2009 at 5:17 am (Statistic, Sweden)
Tags: absenteeism, labour
MeThink: 310 000 Hits!!!
May 16, 2009 at 6:49 am (MeThink)
Tags: blog, MeThink
10-06-2007: 10 000 hits.
04-09-2007: 20 000 hits.
21-10-2007: 30 000 hits.
25-11-2007: 40 000 hits.
25-12-2007: 50 000 hits.
27-01-2008: 60 000 hits.
21-02-2008: 70 000 hits.
11-03-2008: 80 000 hits.
28-03-2008: 90 000 hits.
14-04-2008: 100 000 hits.
30-04-2008: 110 000 hits.
18-05-2008: 120 000 hits.
03-06-2008: 130 000 hits.
25-06-2008: 140 000 hits.
18-07-2008: 150 000 hits.
13-08-2008: 160 000 hits.
08-09-2008: 170 000 hits.
27-09-2008: 180 000 hits.
15-10-2008: 190 000 hits.
03-11-2008: 200 000 hits.
18-11-2008: 210 000 hits.
03-12-2008: 220 000 hits.
21-12-2008: 230 000 hits.
18-01-2009: 240 000 hits.
05-02-2009: 250 000 hits.
22-02-2009: 260 000 hits.
10-03-2009: 270 000 hits.
26-03-2009: 280 000 hits.
13-04-2009: 290 000 hits.
29-04-2009: 300 000 hits.
15-05-2009: 310 000 hits!!!
% of Cancer death by Swede Men above age 70
May 9, 2009 at 6:43 am (Health, Statistic, Sweden)
Tags: cancer death age
Most of the cancer death cases occurs among the swede men who aged 70 and above, compared to whole men population, which is around 70%. Meaning 7 out of 10 cancer death cases, they happen unto the men aged 70 and above…
Normally I tried to avoid this kind of issue…
May 6, 2009 at 3:41 pm (Christian, Denmark, Finland)
… but I wonder why people can be quite knee-jerk reaction towards religion… sigh….
It started with the story in Dubai about the court convicted a heavily pregnant woman of accidentally killing her unborn child. The court result is appearantly wrong because it can be argued easily that it is an accident. Correct me if i am wrong, do we charge someone manslaughter if his/her car bang into another car and caused fatality due to a punctured tyre?
But of course the prosecution argument about to protect fetus’s right to live is the one getting the irk of this blogger, which in summary i will say:
what anti-abortionist want: fetus=life=human being=must be protected from negligence,abuse and dangerous activities=prosecute women who harm or abuse their fetuses=pregnant women lives under dictatorship=miscarriage/accidents/anything goes wrong in pregnancies=criminal liabilities=eugenic!=government control lives=totalitarian!
Well, she puts in 2 example how these things could go wrong: 1) Stacy fell from ladder and charged with manslaughter after losing her baby, 2) Anna’s baby born with heart defect and prosecution charged her with child abuse because she was using anti-depressant and smoking during her pregnancy, which linked to the birth defect.
For example 1: it goes back to my earlier analogy – can we charge someone with manslaughter if it is an accident? For example 2: somehow this example is scarily close to reality if this proposal is approved in Finland, which is not a hotbed for anti-abortionist or Sharia law adherent. From a libertarian standpoint of view, i agree we should educate the pregnant women about the danger of smoking and whatever substance that might harm the fetus but NOT by using the law! But somehow the concern about the well-being of fetus is not limited to anti-abortionist/religious people/Sharia but also other do-gooder/nanny state/non-religious people as well, as shown another similar proposal from Denmark too.
And with her angry charges against anti-abortionist (probably some group of people she has in mind), dragged the Christian along as well, which I am and I could not understand why I am eventually becoming a totalitarian, as shown in the “=” links above. May be I am overreact to this guilt by association thingy, but being lumped together with all the opinions which sometimes I don’t share does not leave a good taste in the mouth 
MeThink: 300 000 hits!!!
April 29, 2009 at 4:29 pm (MeThink, Statistic)
Tags: blog, MeThink
Hurray! It is 300 000 hits already!!
10-06-2007: 10 000 hits.
04-09-2007: 20 000 hits.
21-10-2007: 30 000 hits.
25-11-2007: 40 000 hits.
25-12-2007: 50 000 hits.
27-01-2008: 60 000 hits.
21-02-2008: 70 000 hits.
11-03-2008: 80 000 hits.
28-03-2008: 90 000 hits.
14-04-2008: 100 000 hits.
30-04-2008: 110 000 hits.
18-05-2008: 120 000 hits.
03-06-2008: 130 000 hits.
25-06-2008: 140 000 hits.
18-07-2008: 150 000 hits.
13-08-2008: 160 000 hits.
08-09-2008: 170 000 hits.
27-09-2008: 180 000 hits.
15-10-2008: 190 000 hits.
03-11-2008: 200 000 hits.
18-11-2008: 210 000 hits.
03-12-2008: 220 000 hits.
21-12-2008: 230 000 hits.
18-01-2009: 240 000 hits.
05-02-2009: 250 000 hits.
22-02-2009: 260 000 hits.
10-03-2009: 270 000 hits.
26-03-2009: 280 000 hits.
13-04-2009: 290 000 hits.
29-04-2009: 300 000 hits!!!
Electricity by Nuclear: OECD 2008
April 27, 2009 at 11:35 am (Economic, Environment, OECD, Statistic)
Tags: electricity, energy, nuclear
Sweden: Electricity Production Mode
April 22, 2009 at 10:35 am (Environment, Sweden)
Tags: energy, Sweden
MeThink: 290 000 Hits!!!
April 13, 2009 at 8:30 am (MeThink)
Tags: blog, methin, MeThink
10-06-2007: 10 000 hits.
04-09-2007: 20 000 hits.
21-10-2007: 30 000 hits.
25-11-2007: 40 000 hits.
25-12-2007: 50 000 hits.
27-01-2008: 60 000 hits.
21-02-2008: 70 000 hits.
11-03-2008: 80 000 hits.
28-03-2008: 90 000 hits.
14-04-2008: 100 000 hits.
30-04-2008: 110 000 hits.
18-05-2008: 120 000 hits.
03-06-2008: 130 000 hits.
25-06-2008: 140 000 hits.
18-07-2008: 150 000 hits.
13-08-2008: 160 000 hits.
08-09-2008: 170 000 hits.
27-09-2008: 180 000 hits.
15-10-2008: 190 000 hits.
03-11-2008: 200 000 hits.
18-11-2008: 210 000 hits.
03-12-2008: 220 000 hits.
21-12-2008: 230 000 hits.
18-01-2009: 240 000 hits.
05-02-2009: 250 000 hits.
22-02-2009: 260 000 hits.
10-03-2009: 270 000 hits.
26-03-2009: 280 000 hits.
13-04-2009: 290 000 hits!!!
MeThink: 280 000 hits!!!
March 27, 2009 at 8:33 am (MeThink)
Tags: blog, MeThink
10-06-2007: 10 000 hits.
04-09-2007: 20 000 hits.
21-10-2007: 30 000 hits.
25-11-2007: 40 000 hits.
25-12-2007: 50 000 hits.
27-01-2008: 60 000 hits.
21-02-2008: 70 000 hits.
11-03-2008: 80 000 hits.
28-03-2008: 90 000 hits.
14-04-2008: 100 000 hits.
30-04-2008: 110 000 hits.
18-05-2008: 120 000 hits.
03-06-2008: 130 000 hits.
25-06-2008: 140 000 hits.
18-07-2008: 150 000 hits.
13-08-2008: 160 000 hits.
08-09-2008: 170 000 hits.
27-09-2008: 180 000 hits.
15-10-2008: 190 000 hits.
03-11-2008: 200 000 hits.
18-11-2008: 210 000 hits.
03-12-2008: 220 000 hits.
21-12-2008: 230 000 hits.
18-01-2009: 240 000 hits.
05-02-2009: 250 000 hits.
22-02-2009: 260 000 hits.
10-03-2009: 270 000 hits.
26-03-2009: 280 000 hits!!!
Average Math Score for Grade-Eighth Student, 2007 by Country (TIMSS)
March 17, 2009 at 9:11 am (Education, Statistic, World)
Tags: Education, Malaysia, mathematics, score
MeThink: 270 000 hits!!!
March 13, 2009 at 1:09 pm (MeThink)
Tags: blog, MeThink
10-06-2007: 10 000 hits.
04-09-2007: 20 000 hits.
21-10-2007: 30 000 hits.
25-11-2007: 40 000 hits.
25-12-2007: 50 000 hits.
27-01-2008: 60 000 hits.
21-02-2008: 70 000 hits.
11-03-2008: 80 000 hits.
28-03-2008: 90 000 hits.
14-04-2008: 100 000 hits.
30-04-2008: 110 000 hits.
18-05-2008: 120 000 hits.
03-06-2008: 130 000 hits.
25-06-2008: 140 000 hits.
18-07-2008: 150 000 hits.
13-08-2008: 160 000 hits.
08-09-2008: 170 000 hits.
27-09-2008: 180 000 hits.
15-10-2008: 190 000 hits.
03-11-2008: 200 000 hits.
18-11-2008: 210 000 hits.
03-12-2008: 220 000 hits.
21-12-2008: 230 000 hits.
18-01-2009: 240 000 hits.
05-02-2009: 250 000 hits.
22-02-2009: 260 000 hits.
10-03-2009: 270 000 hits!!!
MeThink: 260 000 hits!!!
February 23, 2009 at 6:45 pm (MeThink)
Tags: blog
10-06-2007: 10 000 hits.
04-09-2007: 20 000 hits.
21-10-2007: 30 000 hits.
25-11-2007: 40 000 hits.
25-12-2007: 50 000 hits.
27-01-2008: 60 000 hits.
21-02-2008: 70 000 hits.
11-03-2008: 80 000 hits.
28-03-2008: 90 000 hits.
14-04-2008: 100 000 hits.
30-04-2008: 110 000 hits.
18-05-2008: 120 000 hits.
03-06-2008: 130 000 hits.
25-06-2008: 140 000 hits.
18-07-2008: 150 000 hits.
13-08-2008: 160 000 hits.
08-09-2008: 170 000 hits.
27-09-2008: 180 000 hits.
15-10-2008: 190 000 hits.
03-11-2008: 200 000 hits.
18-11-2008: 210 000 hits.
03-12-2008: 220 000 hits.
21-12-2008: 230 000 hits.
18-01-2009: 240 000 hits.
05-02-2009: 250 000 hits.
22-02-2009: 260 000 hits!!!
MeThink: 250 000 Hits!!!
February 6, 2009 at 4:19 pm (MeThink)
Tags: blog, MeThink
10-06-2007: 10 000 hits.
04-09-2007: 20 000 hits.
21-10-2007: 30 000 hits.
25-11-2007: 40 000 hits.
25-12-2007: 50 000 hits.
27-01-2008: 60 000 hits.
21-02-2008: 70 000 hits.
11-03-2008: 80 000 hits.
28-03-2008: 90 000 hits.
14-04-2008: 100 000 hits.
30-04-2008: 110 000 hits.
18-05-2008: 120 000 hits.
03-06-2008: 130 000 hits.
25-06-2008: 140 000 hits.
18-07-2008: 150 000 hits.
13-08-2008: 160 000 hits.
08-09-2008: 170 000 hits.
27-09-2008: 180 000 hits.
15-10-2008: 190 000 hits.
03-11-2008: 200 000 hits.
18-11-2008: 210 000 hits.
03-12-2008: 220 000 hits.
21-12-2008: 230 000 hits.
18-01-2009: 240 000 hits.
05-02-2009: 250 000 hits!!!
