"There was also a financial crisis in Greece last year as well and we had a record year with a 10% increase in the number of visitors, " said Konstantinos Zikos, president of the Greek National Tourism Organization .
Goldman Sachs Group chief Lloyd Blankfein said macro-economic concerns weighed on the appetites of investors and corporations in the first quarter, but the bank still managed to record a modest increase in revenue and profit from a year ago.
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As of 2011, there were an estimated 10, 900 employee-owned businesses across the country, a 12% increase from 2007 and a record high dating back to the mid-1970s, when the plans first appeared, according to the National Center for Employee Ownership, an Oakland, Calif.
We finished the year on a resounding note, achieving record quarterly revenue, a rapid increase in mobile traffic, and strong subscriber growth.
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Russian demographics have now improved to the point that if the trends of the first half of 2012 hold for the rest of the year, that is if the birth rate for the whole year increases by around 6.7% and the death rate for the whole year decreases by around 2.9%, then Russia will actually record a small natural increase in population.
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Indeed, only one global surface record source shows a slight increase in the temperature since 2001.
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The company reported a 2.8 million increase in wireless subscribers, a quarterly record.
The further increase comes despite a record rise seen last year, when there were major problems with the tests.
The rate of increase is not as high as in the past, but the total dollar increase was still a record.
Then came the third event - in one year, 1920, a rebound in births so sudden, so big, that it remains the record year for babies in UK history, a record that survives despite a large increase in the UK population of childbearing age.
Sugarbush set a one-day record for skier visits on Dec. 28, with a 9 percent increase over its previous high.
As with office and retail, projects under construction are at a record 10-year low due to an increase in corporate spending would accelerate the strengthening of industrial market fundamentals.
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So the June sales were a 23.6% increase over that record low, which was the headline news, but sales were only 6.1% above the consensus forecast of a bounce to 311, 000 units after the big plunge in May.
Demand for auto catalysts should increase by 6% to a new record of 5.92 million ounces.
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Among those in city shelters were a record 21, 000 children, a 61% increase during Mr. Bloomberg's tenure, the statistics showed.
The options debacle helped drive a 24% increase last year in arbitration cases filed with the National Association of Securities Dealers to a record 6, 915.
Mercedes, which expects record first quarter sales, is on a drive to increase its sales by 25 percent over the next few years.
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For the quarter, the company's consolidated operating profit reached a record 6.72 trillion won, representing a 79-percent increase year-on-year.
The NRF, going into this season, has predicted a sales increase of over 4% versus year ago, not record-setting but certainly stronger than GDP.
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The 2.9% jump in consumer spending in October, the biggest increase on record, brought cheer to those betting on a strong economic recovery.
While the total offers represent a substantial increase over recent volume, the figures are far below the record 1.58 billion pieces sent in the third quarter of 2005.
Unemployment is now at a record 8.3%, the government has a record budget deficit and, four months ago, it was forced to increase taxes for the first time in 20 years.
Subaru is well on its way to its fourth year in a row of record U.S. sales, and its fifth consecutive sales increase.
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The all-time record saw sales increase 21 percent over 2011 (the industry as a whole saw marginal growth), with nearly doubled sales since 2009.
The company increased coffee prices by 10% earlier this month, following a 13% increase last August, as the commodity continues to soar to record levels.
Those of us over age 50 remember that the outbreak of inflation in the 1970s led to record high interest rates and a wrenching recession that saw a four percentage point increase in the unemployment rate and a tripling of the federal budget deficit between 1979 and 1982.
According to early estimates by the International Energy Agency (IEA), global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion reached a record high of 31.6 gigatons in 2011, a 3.2 percent increase over 2010.
This followed the release of data showing that 12, 000 sq km were cut down in the 12 months to July, an increase of almost 4% on the previous year but down from a record 27, 000 sq km in 2003-04.
It produced over 22 million good jobs, rising incomes for the middle class, over 100 times as many people moved from poverty into the middle class, more health care, the largest increase in college aid in 50 years, record home ownership, a cleaner environment, three surpluses in a row, a modernized defense force, strong efforts against terror and a respected America in the world.
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