Comparable store sales increased 15% in Europe and Asia during the holidays, and with currency exchanges, the company still reported a 10% increase in net sales and an 8% increase in same-store sales, prompting the company to raise its guidance to include the unexpected consumer jump back into the luxury market.

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Organisers said it would be the highest jump to date in the island's skies and would raise money for research into a rare brain disease.

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With no downside risk, most people would jump at the chance for additional compensation, but the reality is the raise was there all along.

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Inflation may not jump as a result, because the Federal Reserve can be relied upon to raise interest rates if necessary.

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So employees who jump from company to company or forsake a traditional job--say, to raise children or start a business--don't lose out.

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When you jump, you are exerting energy, by running and pushing off the ground, to raise as high as possible not simply your body but your center of gravity.

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Analysts reckon rising social security costs will almost certainly force the government to raise Japan's consumption tax, currently 5%, leading to a one-off jump in consumer prices during the next decade.

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Another potential beneficiary is Kos Pharmaceuticals, which makes a preparation of niacin to raise good cholesterol, or HDL. Patients on Crestor in this trial had a surprisingly big jump in HDL. The big question is how much doctors will embrace this single study.

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