P2P networks emerged suddenly and infamously a decade ago with the rise of the Napster song-swapping service.
He points out that the interest bite is only half the level of 20 years ago despite a rise in the absolute size of the debt.
But now big pharma is getting into the act, trying to produce generic versions, the very medicines (to treat multiple sclerosis, diabetes, anemia, deficiencies in growth hormone and the like) that started the biotech revolution 30 years ago and gave rise to Genentech, Amgen and Biogen Idec.
Three years ago, a sharp rise in American interest rates helped to precipitate the Mexican crash, since it prompted some investors to move their money north.
That compares with 41% who said in a similar survey a year ago that their bonuses would rise.
Several publicly-listed state-controlled banks unveiled impressive third-quarter profits: Bank of China's quarterly profits rose by 9% from a year ago, ABC saw a rise of 40% and China CITIC posted a 41% increase.
He has played for 18 months now solid and has had a meteoric rise to a month ago playing for England.
Leonard Lauder coined the idea of a Lipstick Index a decade ago to show how lipstick sales rise in a bad economy.
Real estate will be the sweet spot for investors in 2011, with 48% of those surveyed choosing it as their favorite sector, a 22% rise from a year ago.
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That might not sound too bad but only two months ago the IMF was forecasting a rise of 1.7% and at the start of the year the UN had projected a 4.8% increase.
Fortuyn's rise to fame three years ago was a sign of how widespread this view had become.
As a nation, our scores in the United States were steadily on the rise until about 20 years ago.
The current estimate reflects a 9.6% rise from the year-ago quarter, when the company reported earnings of 94 cents per share.
The current estimate reflects a 600% rise from the year-ago quarter, when the company reported earnings of 16 cents per share.
The current estimate reflects a 28.2% rise from the year-ago quarter, when the company reported earnings of 39 cents per share.
The current estimate reflects a 71.4% rise from the year-ago quarter, when the company reported earnings of 28 cents per share.
The current estimate reflects a 131.6% rise from the year-ago quarter, when the company reported earnings of 38 cents per share.
The current estimate reflects a 4.7% rise from the year-ago quarter, when the company reported earnings of 86 cents per share.
Best Buy said smartphone sales continued to rise compared with a year ago, as did portable computer totals, buoyed by the iPad.
He notes the similarities with the rise of Germany a century ago and the inevitable threat it posed to the British empire.
Jacob Vignor of Duke figured that cultural assimilation is lower than a century ago, but has been on the rise since the 1980s.
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Rokakis says officials first started seeing the rise in foreclosures six years ago and began running public service announcements like this one over a year ago.
That then threatens an even worse fiscal outlook which, accompanied by ratings downgrades, keeps investors reluctant to buy bonds even as yields rise to what not long ago would have been attractive levels.
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) saw a 2% rise in units from a year ago, while Dell (DELL) suffered a 29% decline in units.
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Lenovo saw a 31% rise in units from a year ago.
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We begin the week with ValuEngine showing 57.4% of all stocks undervalued versus 63.5% a week ago, which illustrates the sensitivity of the rise in the 30-Year bond yield.
He pointed to United Airlines ' failed "United Rising" campaign of a few years ago, where the company promised to "rise to the customer's level" of expectations by improving on-time performance treating flyers respectfully.
Certainly, Celera's fortunes have been on the rise since it was founded two years ago.
Diluted EPS came in at 68 cents, a 55% rise over the same period a year ago, and substantially stronger than the 56 cents expected by analysts.
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