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Some 80 percent of the 22,000 arcades Japan had in 1989 have shut down, but revenues have held up thanks to claw machines, according to the Japan Amusement Industry Association.

From Barron's

“Those cases can show up as zeros in the percent change of the release,” Swonk wrote — obviously lowering the bottom-line figure.

From Los Angeles Times

Bolivia has a severe shortage of foreign currency, and annual inflation rose to nearly 20 percent in November.

From Barron's

“Ideally, the number of people who miss their RMD would be zero percent. It’s an easily avoidable mistake,” said Aaron Goodman, senior investment strategist at Vanguard.

From MarketWatch

The research found that 44 percent of the global population would need to change their eating habits to keep global warming below 2 °C.

From Science Daily