Gold also is a good deal higher than it was at the start of 2011.
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There are now more than 100, 000 apps available for Windows Phone, up from about 7, 000 at the start of 2011.
However, construction - one of the worst hit areas in the last quarter of 2010 - was down by 4.7% at the start of 2011.
The forecast rise in world's population, from just under 7 billion at the start of 2011 to just over 9 billion in 2050, is the equivalent of two extra Indias.
At the start of 2011, Allen converted 2.2 million shares of super-voting stock to ordinary shares, meaning he no longer retained a 35% voting interest associated with his super-voting shares.
With weather delays, poor deposit grades, worker strikes and mill problems, Macquarie forecasted at the start of 2011 that roughly 700, 000 tons of copper mine production could be lost to disruptions.
Portugal had five divorces of same-sex couples in 2011, for example, while Ireland has had one application for dissolution of a same-sex civil partnership since such unions became available at the start of 2011.
But Nokia was always going to have to accept the role as a junior partner when they paired up with Microsoft at the start of 2011, a position that Nokia is historically not used to.
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Portugal, who are at the start of their long process for 2011 World Cup qualification, were blitzed at the start going behind to three quick-fire unconverted tries by centre Cave, Nagusa and McCrea.
What is really galling is that, in order to make the deficit shrink, the Treasury assumes that the economy will start growing again at the end of this year and expand by 3.5% in 2011.
The report went so far as to suggest that base rates should be back at 3.5% by the end of 2011, with tightening to start "no later than" the last three months of 2010.
At the start of the year, Freeport was still dealing with labor issues after a strike in 2011.
At the beginning of 2011, stock funds attracted cash four months in a row, the strongest start to a year since 2006.
Steven Levy at Wired has a long piece on the background of the new product which got its start in the spring of 2011.
At the end of the day on March 14, 2011, the Real Dow stood at 8.43, down almost 10% since the start of the decade of the 2010s.
They figure that at least three home builder companies will post profits by 2012, as start they ramping up sales starting in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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