Last year, VIX jumped up in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, but its largest single-day spike was 24%.
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This is the world's second-largest economy but its outward flow of FDI is just the fifth largest in the world.
Dow Chemical ( DOW) supplies plastic materials and chemicals to customers around the world, but North America is its largest geographic market, producing 36.4% of first quarter 2010 revenues.
But, Sprint is its largest and dominant shareholder.
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America is likely to retain its place as the world's largest food exporter, but its position is no longer unchallenged.
Shares in Verizon have had a good 2013 thus far, outperforming not only its largest rival but also the market and by a wide margin.
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The mix of economic rigour and reformist politics seemed a promising one for Brazil, the world's fourth-largest democracy but its third most unequal country and one with an unhappy tradition of political corruption (see article).
The strong growth has been driven primarily by what Cirrus refers to only as its largest customer, but which all the world knows is Apple.
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Not only is it the largest lobby group, but its members tend to vote more than youngsters.
But candidates from its political arm won the largest share of seats in Egypt's parliamentary elections in December.
China Mobile, for example, is the world's largest mobile operator, but its competition is limited, by ministerial decree, to just a few other domestic rivals.
United Technologies shares rallied this morning, after the manufacturer announced a deal to fund its largest-ever acquisition but blamed a poor global economy for lackluster results.
But on its own, Hoopnotica has become the largest distributor of fitness hula hoops in the world.
His Likud-Beitenu alliance lost a quarter of its seats in the Knesset but remains the largest grouping with 31.
The answer lies not in Frankfurt, where Dresdner is based, but in Munich, home to Allianz, its largest shareholder.
California, which isn't located in the "wind belt, " is America's second-largest wind-energy producer but also its costliest.
Mr Netanyahu's Likud-Beitenu alliance lost a quarter of its seats in the Knesset, but remains the largest grouping with 31.
It is the fifth-biggest paper in Britain, but considered the second-largest serious newspaper behind its archrival The Telegraph, which is owned by the reclusive billionaire Barclay brothers.
It is already the largest of its kind in the world but is controversial.
It is Japan's largest domestic carrier, but loses money on its international routes: the last thing it needs is any more of them.
Not only does he believe that the movement is experiencing its largest growth since the late 1970s, but he counts among the new converts an increasing number of greens and left-wingers.
Things were relatively quiet on the Chesapeake Energy front over the weekend, but the company was back in the spotlight Monday when its largest shareholder fired off a letter critical of management and the board.
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Not only that but the pending deal between Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext would be its largest deal to date.
Tampa, the state's largest media market, continues to grow but retains much of its essential political character.
Turkmenistan has the fifth-largest deposits of natural gas in the world but most of its population live in abject poverty.
Vendors are likely to have little choice but to play ball with Target because of its clout as the second-largest discount chain.
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The U.S. is the world's third-biggest oil producer, but its seemingly unquenchable appetite for oil also makes it the world's largest oil importer by far.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud-Beitenu alliance took the largest single share of parliamentary seats in the poll, but its tally of seats was down by a quarter.
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But because it received that grant, it chose the state of Michigan for its largest and most innovative plant yet.
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There have been reports that the third largest online brokerage firm is considering picking up its troubled peer but TD would not confirm those talks.
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