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by American Way Staff

BRIGHT FUTURES

44% of junior and senior hight school students correctly dentified the definition of "stock" on a multiple-choice finance test in 1993

27% of junior and senior high students did so in 2000


E-NDEMNITY

$500 MILLION
Estimated insurance sales online in 2000

$4 BILLION
Projected online insurance sales in 2003


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