That will add to unemployment, already around 8%, nearly a record for Brazil.
Yet a near record amount, nearly half a trillion dollars worth, of municipal debt was floated in 2009, according to Thomson Reuters, with just under 9% of it insured against default.
Nearly a decade later, and on the verge of a record-breaking 88th cap, he shows no signs of letting up.
They began selling the watches in 2010 and had a nearly two-year record of cash flow before seeking financing to expand.
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Phelps was nearly half a second under his world record pace through 100m, winning in an Olympic record of one minute 54.04 seconds.
Separate figures released showed the prison population in England and Wales had grown to a record high of nearly 84, 000 - up 66% since 1995.
In June, diesel exports reached a record high of nearly 20 million barrels, or more than 20% of the average U.S. monthly diesel fuel consumption--97.6 million barrels per month in 2006.
So far, the joint effort between the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission has produced nearly 70 guilty verdicts, a perfect record of convictions in criminal cases that have gone to trial, and millions of dollars in penalties.
In a single day last week, nearly 40 people reached the top of the world a record.
The Obama administration set a new record by deporting nearly 400, 000 people last year.
There are now 1.44 million BTL mortgages outstanding, a record number and now nearly 13% of all residential mortgages.
If the number alone doesn't boggle your mind, consider this: The price is nearly double the previous auction record for a work of art.
Portland, Maine, got a record 31.9 inches of snow, smashing the old record by nearly 5 inches.
Mitchell says that the Beach Championships in Ocean City hosted nearly 100, 000 fans, a Dew Tour record.
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They managed to fly for nearly 20 seconds in December 1993, a world record that stood for years.
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But they have been nearly unbeatable, with a 15-3 playoff record.
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But it has faced criticism from immigrants' advocates and Hispanic groups for deporting nearly 400, 000 undocumented immigrants a record annual total in each of the past three years.
Several attorneys who worked with Ms. White say her record going after terrorists for nearly a decade, including for the two attacks on the World Trade Center, shows how she will pursue wrongdoers on Wall Street.
Some mild profit-taking pressure has surfaced in the precious metals, following their recent gains that took gold to a record high and silver to a nearly three-month high.
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In 2011 -- a record year -- the FBI conducted nearly 400, 000 fewer.
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Not surprisingly, CNN iReport saw a record number of contributions that day: nearly 12, 000 submissions of "the moment, " when President Obama took the oath of office.
Called Repevax, it has been given to all three year old children as a pre-school booster for nearly a decade and health officials point to its excellent safety record.
"As each year passes and we hear that a warming record has been broken, or nearly broken again, it provides further evidence that unfortunately we are not just seeing a natural cycle of global warming, and that instead humans are having an effect on the climate, " said Dr Huntingford, who works with climate models to understand the implications of increased levels of greenhouse gases.
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The wide receiver had no criminal record but spent nearly two years in jail on a weapons charge.
Kentucky, its roster spangled with high-school All-America players, boasted an offense that averaged nearly 78 points per game and a defense that set an NCAA record with 344 blocks.
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Concentrations of nitrous oxide, estimated to be nearly 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide, rose slightly to a record 324 parts per billion.
Last year, the USPTO issued a record-high of 219, 614 utility patents, nearly one-third more than the previous year and the steepest annual increase on record, according to IFI analysis.
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That accounts to nearly an 80 percent year-to-year growth, as well as a record-breaking quarter.
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Last July, the Gamera II smashed the Yuri I's record for a human-powered helicopter staying airborne for nearly 50 seconds.
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This, after news spread on the Internet that a casino worker named Mac Weakley had, quite strongly, reeled in a 25-pound largemouth bass, heavier than the world record set nearly 74 years ago.
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