The bottom line S7m The value of the jewellery worn by actress Sofia Vergara at the Emmy awards last week. It included a 40-carat emerald ring set in platinum. $60,000 How much a kilo of rhino horn costs, making it far more valuable than gold ($46,300 a kilo). £67bn What Chinese tourists spent worldwide in 2012. $399.4m How much a man in South Carolina has won in America’s Powerball lottery, the fourth-biggest prize in the competition’s history. He said it was just the second time he had bought tickets, and only bought them because the store didn’t have the hot dog rolls his wife had asked him to pick up. $10m How much Olympic champion runner Usain Bolt will earn per year until 2016 in his renewed sponsorship deal with Puma. That represents a $1m annual pay rise on his previous contract with the sportswear brand. £13,000 What VW campervans, which cost around £850 in the 1960s, can fetch now. 22.5% The proportion of global growth, since the beginning of 2010, that developed countries have been responsible for. China alone has contributed a third. 3,000,000 How many miles a man in America has clocked up in his Volvo since he bought it in 1966 – the world record for a single owner of a vehicle.
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