But scale matters, and the scale of the WikiLeaks set a new benchmark, and thus new challenges.
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Vuitton is hailing the decision as a new benchmark for prosecuting counterfeiters worldwide.
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Smith allowed De Villers to set the new benchmark before declaring on 584-9.
Meanwhile, McLaren is showing what promises to be a new benchmark for supercars.
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From next year, school-performance league tables will be based on the new benchmark.
This proprietary interface represents Hyundai's vision for future vehicle HMI and sets a new benchmark in active driver safety technology.
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Since, BLS was too low on relative to its last Benchmark the model has increased its estimate of what the new Benchmark will show.
That burst of capital-raising looks prescient too: SocGen's Tier 1 ratio of 8% is in line with the new benchmark emerging at European banks.
Heller has set a new benchmark for Rand scholars, but those looking for a quick read about someone who penned college-course required reading should look elsewhere.
But Bankia's assumptions on the rate of non-performing loans in areas such as residential mortgages and corporate loans set a disturbing new benchmark for other lenders.
Mozilla claims it built Firefox to a new benchmark it developed called Eideticker, resulting in an overall browser experience twice as fast as the stock Android one.
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Seems like NAREIT and FTSE are launching these indices in response to investor demand for a new benchmark and new investment vehicles that reflect interest in sustainable real estate projects.
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"By offering superior performance in an ultra-small form factor package, the UltraGig 6400 establishes a new benchmark for mobile HD video wireless connectivity, " said Jim Chase, director of marketing of the wireless division at Silicon Image, Inc.
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"HSBC's decision sets a new benchmark for the financial services sector, " said Steve Howard, chief executive of The Climate Group, a non-profit coalition of organisations committed to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions, of which HSBC is a member.
Even so, Chiyoda easily cleared the Finance Ministry's new solvency benchmark.
Still, the storm was not as bad as some of the forecasts led many to fear, and not as dire as the Blizzard of '78, used by longtime New Englanders as the benchmark by which all other winter storms are measured.
Hence, Benchmark, a new index and ETF investment company that was set up in India by some former employees of Merrill Lynch, is excited about selling India's first ETF through the stock exchange.
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But the Lone Star deal sets a new, and very low, benchmark for the price of these instruments.
Benchmark, Amerindo and New Enterprise Associates all backed e-mail manager Kana Communications, whose Sept. 22 offering is up 400% from first-day close.
Its shares are likely to soar even higher, now that the exchange is getting into energy and gold trading in a big way, with a 10-year agreement to trade the most popular oil, gold and other benchmark contracts of the New York Mercantile Exchange through its Globex electronic trading system.
In Singapore, as the name of the new ETF implies, it tracks the benchmark Straits Times Index.
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Some of those included New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Benchmark Capital and Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), which invested in some real losers that dragged down the returns of their portfolios.
"We took advantage of some of the new issuance in January but we've been becoming more cautious in our benchmark portfolio, but that's purely tactical because we're waiting for new supply to come, " she said.
If government debt continues to shrivel, markets can find new instruments to replace government securities as a benchmark.
The No. 3 spot went to another company making its debut chip maker Tabula, which is backed by a roster of venture heavyweights including Benchmark Capital, Greylock Partners and New Enterprise Associates.
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Sequoia Capital was the only firm with six VCs on the List, and Benchmark, Greylock Partners, and New Enterprise Associates each had five venture capitalists make the List.
Razer, the world leader in high-performance gaming hardware, set a technological benchmark today with the release of its new Razer DeathStalker Ultimate gaming keyboard, featuring Razer's award-winning Switchblade User Interface (UI).
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The Central Bank of Brazil, headed by new chairman Alexandre Tombini, announced on Thursday that the benchmark Selic rate would be raised 50 basis points to 11.25%, one of the highest in the world.
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How can one define the appropriate benchmark asset-class in the case of a new drug for a rare disease?
Existing investors Greylock, Benchmark, Union Square Ventures and Learn Capital also participated in the new round.
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