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The moment when the Internet passed 1 million users is veiled in history. The truth is, whenever it happened, no one was counting—or even had the means to do so. But according to the "Internet Growth Survey" from MIT, there were 1 million hosts (defined as either a computer or IP address) in 1995.

A recent study performed by AutoInsuranceQuotes.com found that out of 264 respondents who visited the site while shopping for auto insurance, 94 percent claimed to prefer shopping via email as opposed to other shopping methods including online; in person with a local agent; or over the phone.

The majority of U.S. consumers are not aware that Chinese automakers are planning to bring their products to the North American markets, according to a recent Morpace Omnibus survey.

Private equity investors in Latin America don't expect the region's deal market to begin recovery until possibly 2010, but say it continues to offer greater investment opportunity than many other areas, according to the 2009 Annual Latin America Private Equity Survey of PE stakeholders by KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm.

At the GSMA's Leadership Summit, bringing together 400 CEOs, government ministers and officials, industry leaders today stressed the unique role that broadband, specifically mobile broadband, can play as an economic stimulus. Those leaders called for governments to support the rollout of mobile broadband services to drive economic growth.

Europe is leading the world in switching from analogue to digital television. The European Commission is driving a coordinated approach to the freeing up and future use of the radio spectrum because it wants to ensure that EU citizens can enjoy the benefits of digital television, including a growing range of interactive TV services (such as high definition TV or video on demand), available on multiple transmission platforms including terrestrial, cable, satellite, TV on internet and mobile TV networks. For that to happen, Member States are gradually closing down spectrum-hungry analogue transmissions and moving to digital broadcasting.

Experts from the IMF, the OECD, and the World Bank met on 4 February in Paris to exchange views and co‑ordinate responses to the global economic crisis.

Number of individuals spending over 50pc of their monthly income on unsecured debt repayments rises to almost one in ten.

The annual growth rate of the outstanding amount of debt securities issued by euro area residents increased from 8.1% in November 2008 to 9.4% in December. For the outstanding amount of quoted shares issued by euro area residents, the annual growth rate was 1.0% in December 2008, compared with 0.9% in November.