17,650 source-backed business facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 38 of 177.
“A record 3.23 million business applications were filed in the first half of 2026, a 12.1% year-over-year uptick, Inc. reported.”
“developers want to build 107 luxury homes along with two private wastewater treatment plants”
“Chelsea have been fined £10m and given a suspended ban from registering new players for two transfer windows for breaching rules relating to payments to agents between 2009 and 2022.”
“Betfred is preparing to permanently shut down 132 betting shops in a major business overhaul that will see 600 jobs lost.”
“Subscriptions start from the equivalent of $3.33 per month”
“nearly half of all businesses fail within five years of beginning operations, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.”
“Toll Northeast V Corp bought the property in 2024 to move forward with the updated development.”
“Owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital self-reported 74 breaches of Football Association rules when they purchased the club in 2022.”
“Some 10 per cent of Betfred's retail portfolio will leave the high street for good”
“Exxon Mobil on Friday reported doubling its second‑quarter profits to $14.53 billion, up 105 % from the same time a year ago.”
“generated $888,821.21 in total revenue during the three-month period ended July 31, 1984, with $134,762.75 in earnings from operations.”
“Chelsea admitted making £47m in secret payments to unregistered agents and third-parties over transfers between 2011 and 2018.”
“Entain slashed two per cent of its workforce”
“The oil giant, based in Spring, Texas, brought in $116.02 billion in revenue, up 42 % from the same time last year.”
“Dell founded the company in 1984 while studying at the University of Texas at Austin.”
“The fine was set to be £26m, but was reduced by a third to £17.25m for self-reporting and what the regulatory commission's written reasons described as the 'exceptional and unprecedented nature' of co-operation, which 'amounts to mitigatio…”
“which has around 1,100 staff”
“Chevron, based in Houston, nearly quadrupled its profits to $12.07 billion, up 385 % from the same quarter last year, and reported $70.06 billion in revenue, up 56 % from the same time last year.”
“assets worth over Rs 150 crore was seized”
“The £10m Chelsea have been fined will be invested into grassroots football.”
“Sainsbury's has confirmed plans to sell its Argos business as part of a deal worth at least £120million.”
“Six of Europe’s largest oil companies posted first‑quarter profits of $22 billion altogether, a total which was 43 % higher than the same time last year, according to Global Witness, a nonprofit organization that investigates environmental…”
“seized 242 vehicles”
“In March, Chelsea were given an immediate nine-month academy transfer ban and a £750,000 fine over the registration of academy players between 2019 and 2022.”
“Sainsbury's shared it expects the acquisition to be completed by February 2027.”
“prices for Brent crude, the international standard, soaring from about $70 to above $100 a barrel for much of March, April and May, and at one point reached $126.”
“83 dumpers and trucks”
“The £2.5bn in proceeds have been frozen in a UK bank account since the sale.”
“The high street supermarket chain bought the retailer on September 2, 2016 when Sainsbury's completed its £1.4billion takeover of Home Retail Group, the then-parent company of Argos.”
“The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in the U.S., which was below $3 before the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran, reached $4.11 Friday.”
“21 properties spread over nearly 300 bighas”
“The reports alleged the leaked documents from Cyprus revealed new evidence linking the former Chelsea owner to a secret £26m deal in 2010.”
“Sainsbury's expects to deliver total underlying operating profit of between £975million and £1.085billion, with retail free cash flow projected to exceed £500million for the full financial year of 2027.”
“In late July, refineries planning to buy a barrel of oil for about $80 were looking at potential profits of $50–$60, which is huge compared to the average range of $20–$25, he said.”
“three currency-counting machines”
“He oversaw 2,000 funerals during his career.”
“jet fuel and diesel, which is priced about 41 % higher in the U.S. than before the Strait of Hormuz was blocked.”
“Rs 28.5 crore in cash”
“analyzing nearly 490,000 corporate earnings calls”
“Rs 50 crore”
“roughly 15% of all productivity discussions by the end of 2025”
“Rs 53 lakh in cash, 268 grams of gold ornaments, 400 grams of silver and 23 grams of platinum jewellery”
“Approximately 95% of AI-related productivity sentences describe gains executives expect in the future”
“Rs 60–80 crore”
“95% describe productivity as rising”
“Rs 93 crore”
“75% for non-AI commentary”
“over Rs 13.5 crore”
“1.1% increase in productivity by late 2024 relative to 2022”
“The scheme will be implemented through FY2030-31”
“2.3% overall productivity growth the economy posted in 2024”
“Samudra Manthan is projected to help add more than 600 million metric tons of oil Equivalent (MMTOE) to India's reserves”
“1.6% overall productivity growth the economy posted in 2023”
“Will add incremental annual production of 10–15 MTOE, with peak potential of 20 MTOE”
“Andy Jassy said Amazon will spend $220 billion this year—and still won’t have enough capacity to meet demand.”
“India imports nearly 90% of its oil needs”
“Refinery “runs”—the amount of oil they process per day—are down by 6 million barrels per day, “the lowest seasonal level since Covid,” Grigsby said in a note.”
“Sergey Brin owns a 466-foot (142-metre) megayacht named Dragonfly.”
“Christophe Beck, CEO of Ecolab (No. 280 on the Fortune 500) told me that he’s spent $7 billion in the last six months to address another problem: water usage, as a single facility can currently consume millions of gallons per day.”
“Dragonfly, which was built by German shipyard Lurssen and delivered in 2024,”
“Beck recently closed a $4.75 billion acquisition of Calgary liquid-cooling company CoolIT, and is making related investments around it to help expand Ecolab’s role in high-tech water usage.”
“At 9,408 gross tonnes, it is the seventh-largest yacht built by Lürssen and is larger than the 141.96-metre Scheherazade.”
“Ecolab’s 2030 ambition, laid out in 2019, is to cut carbon emissions in half, help customers annually conserve 300 billion gallons of water and protect 2 billion people from foodborne illnesses.”
“Together with the gym, games room, helicopter facilities, circulation areas and technical spaces, the business deck is estimated to occupy more than 1,000 square metres.”
“the backlash led to the company’s shares falling 8% in a single day”
“industry estimates suggest it spans approximately 70 to 110 square metres”
“the company’s target of 500 units sold in 2026”
“In his widely publicised memo in 2025, Brin said that 60 hours a week was the 'sweet spot of productivity'”
“selling 2,500 units of the $640,000 electric vehicle by 2030”
“According to Forbes, Brin has an estimated net worth of $266 billion”
“very pleased with how orders are proceeding”
“Forza Horizon 6 saw strong player reception, reaching a record 6 million players in its first two days.”
“new EV sales collapsed by 49% month over month in October”
“spending $2.4 billion in the first half of 2026 to clear land for nearly 1,500 projects”
“new EV sales fell 28% from a year earlier and accounted for 5.4% of total new vehicle sales in the U.S.”
“The centrepiece of the transformation is a $28-billion redevelopment project along both banks of the Red River. Spread across 11,400 hectares, the project will create new urban districts, roads and parks while incorporating drainage system…”
“revenue of 1.94 billion euros, or $2.2 billion, for its second quarter”
“Authorities are also planning a $35.2-billion Olympic sports district, backed by Vingroup, which will feature one of the world's largest football stadiums with a capacity of 135,000 spectators.”
“guiding to 7.6 billion euros ($8.7 billion) through the rest of the year from 7.5 billion euros ($8.6 billion) previously”
“Although real estate contributes around 3.5% of Vietnam's GDP, it accounts for roughly a quarter of total bank lending”
“Ferrari’s shares, which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, were up 3% as of Thursday afternoon after the company reported its quarterly earnings”
“Amazon spent $131 billion on capital expenditure in 2025 and expects to spend around $200 billion in 2026”
“Ferrari rarely raises its guide in Q2, favoring instead to do so in Q3, and as such we view this a positive indicator for the remainder of the year and would expect shares to move higher”
“a deal to invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic”
“aim for 20% of its lineup to be all-electric by 2030 instead of 40%”
“expected to purchase more than $100 billion worth of Amazon cloud services”
“canceled its $300,000 luxury EV, the Lanzador, in 2025”
“Apple posted its strongest June quarter ever, with revenue of $109.4 billion, up 16% year on year, and diluted earnings per share of $2.02, up 29%.”
“Ferrari announced its first EV, the Luce, in May”
“iPhone revenue hit $54.25 billion, up 22% and roughly half of everything Apple sold.”
“Mac was the bigger surprise at $10.35 billion, up 29%, powered by the MacBook Neo—the affordable, colourful laptop that launched in March and outsold the MacBook Air fast enough that Apple doubled its production target.”
“MacBook Neo—the affordable, colourful laptop that launched in March and outsold the MacBook Air fast enough that Apple doubled its production target.”
“About half of large MacBook Neo orders from US schools last quarter replaced Windows machines and Chromebooks.”
“Services came in at $30.74 billion, up 12%, but landed below the roughly $31.2 billion analysts wanted.”
“Wearables, Home and Accessories added $7.88 billion. iPad was the only category to shrink, down 6% to $6.19 billion.”
“Gross margin of 50.1% included about two percentage points of help from tariff refunds, and $0.11 of the EPS figure came from the same place.”
“Apple told analysts to expect 9% to 11% revenue growth next quarter. The Street had penciled in around 12%. Cook and CFO Kevan Parekh split the blame between a 2.5 percentage point currency headwind and supply constraints that will hit iPh…”
“Cook was unusually blunt about the cause. It isn't a supplier failing, he said—it's a demand forecast issue, with both iPhone and Mac selling well past what Apple planned for.”
“Apple raised Mac and iPad prices in June, pushing the MacBook Neo from $599 to $699 days before the quarter closed. Cook called the situation a '100-year flood on the memory pricing' and said the price rises were made reluctantly.”
“India sits inside Apple's Rest of Asia Pacific segment, which brought in $8.87 billion, up 15.6%.”
