National Hurricane Center data show a dramatic decline in major hurricanes striking the United States during the past half century (see my recent column on this here).

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The trend is even more striking in Michigan, which owes some of its dramatic fall in unemployment to a shrinking population and a labour force that fell 8% between 2006 and 2011.

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One striking development within the cyber-theft universe is the dramatic rise of tax ID fraud, which, by the FTC's reckoning, accounted for 43 percent of ID theft in 2012.

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Particularly striking is the fact that the same phenomenon, though less dramatic, is evident for corporate tax and social insurance collections.

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As dramatic as these changes will be to those inside the banks, they will be just as striking for banks' customers.

ECONOMIST: Banks will still make money, just less of it

Denver, Colorado, CEDIA Expo 2008-September 4, 2008-Italy's SIM2, whose striking, high-performance HD home-theater projectors are known worldwide for their pristine video and dramatic cabinet designs, is partnering with U.S. firm Entertainment Experience, LLC to create the first "better than Blu" solution for high-end home theater installations.

ENGADGET: SIM2 tag-teams with Entertainment Experience to bring you movies on hard drives