Yet a growing number of users around the world see it as the latest method for busy people to get and share information quickly.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

I don't have the latest data -this is from 1998 -but there were 11,000 credit unions -that's the number of credit unions in the United States in 1998 -and there were only 9,000 commercial banks; that's the number of banks.

我手上没有最新的数据,这个是1998年的,共有11000个信用合作社,这是1998年全美信用合作社的数量,与此同时,商业银行只有9000家,这是银行的数量

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Even with the rise, the latest figure remains nearly 50 percent below the consumer confidence number reported two years ago.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25