The following chart shows the world’s fleet of icebreakers in the arctic. Russia leads the list with 50 ships followed by Canada and Finland with 10 each.
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Source: Northern Exposure: Can the Northwest Passage live up to its billing as a maritime superhighway?, Financial Post
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Brand Finance, the global consultancy that ranks world’s top brands each year, recently published their Brand Finance Global 500 ranking for 2019. The following is the Top 10 brands from the list:
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Source: Brand Finance
The tech sector dominates the top list by taking six positions.Amazon(AMZN) is the world’s top brand with a brand value of over $187 billion followed by Apple(AAPL) and Google(GOOG).
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Craft beers were all the rage among beer drinkers a while ago. The craze for craft beers seems to have waned recently. When craft beer was at its peak it seemed every millennial with a beard started a craft brewery to brew beers with some wacky names like coconut-peachy mango ale, blue moon shine, barking dog, arrogant moron ale, etc. With that said, the majority of the craft beers on the grocery store shelves today are owned by the big beer companies and not by some small independent local beer aficionado.
The chart below shows the top craft beers and their owners:
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Source: The Mad Fermentationist
The three largest beef producers in the world are the US, Brazil and the EU. Together they account about half of the global beef production. Australia and Argentina are also some of the world’s top beef producing countries as shown in the chart below:
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Source: RFE/RL
Updated 2/3/19:
Who eats the most Meat
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Source: Which countries eat the most meat?, The BBC