Opium generated an estimated $1 billion in 2003, roughly one-quarter of Afghanistan's gross domestic product.
The economy generated an estimated 268,000 new jobs last month, but that robust figure was exaggerated by statistical quirks.
Analysts and others in the industry said Textron Inc. was a leading candidate to buy the unit, which generated an estimated $100 million in sales last year.
The tourist industry, with skiing as its major component, generated an estimated $1.4 billion in 1984, as against $542 million in 1975 and $1 billion in 1980.
It generated an estimated £200 million ($298.5 million) of revenue in Britain last year but any profits from the UK in 2014 were booked overseas.
The Star Wars film generated an estimated $1 billion in retail sales, but that was not always enough for companies to cover the cost of the licenses and still make a profit.
OCW distribution affiliates Universia in Spain, Opensource OpenCourseWare Protocol System (OOPS) in Taiwan, and China Open Resources for Education COREE) in Beijing generated an estimated 1.3 million visits (31percentt of MIT OCW traffic overall) to translated MIT OCW content.
Beyond the core search engines, YouTube generated an estimated 2.92 billion searches in January, up 68percentt from the year before, and slightly up 2.4percentt from December.
According to a report by accountancy firm Deloitte, the esports industry generated an estimated $500 million of global revenue in 2016, up 25% on the previous year.
Another big contributor to team valuations is MLBAM, baseball's highly profitable, fast-growing digital arm, which generated an estimated $650 million in revenue last year.
In 2007, MySpace generated an estimated $800 million to $900 million from ads placed on other parts of its site, according to analysts.
