Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.snap From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: snap Fri, Apr 10 1992 Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 05:43:42 EDT Message-ID: 04-10 0000 April 10, 1992 SNAPSHOTS: A look at the news, money, sports, and lifestyle statistics that shape our world from the pages of USA TODAY. FOOD TAKES A BITE: Average percentage of disposable income spent annually on food: USA 10% France 16% Japan 18% USSR 28% Thailand 29% Mexico 32% China 48% India 53% Source: Agriculture Council of America HELPING PAY HIGHER PREMIUMS: The leading things banks are doing to help pay higher premiums for FDIC insurance: Percentage1 Increase commercial fees 52% Increase consumer fees 50% Cut interest rates paid to depositors 31% Increase loan rates 21% Absorb the cost 20% 1 - Respondents could choose more than one. Source: Deloitte & Touche CBS MASTERS ITS COVERAGE: The Masters Tournament was 1991's top-rated golf event in television viewership. Size of CBS's TV crew: Masters 150 Average for other tournaments 65 Source: CBS Sports COST OF A DAY AT DISNEY: Euro Disneyland opens Sunday outside Paris. Price of one-day adult ticket at: Euro Disneyland $40.83 Tokyo Disneyland 33.08 Walt Disney World(1) 33.00 Disneyland 27.50 1 - Magic Kingdom, Epcot Center of Disney - MGM Source: Walt Disney World This article is copyright 1992 Gannett News Service. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM