However, sentiment for the dollar was at a record extreme of bearishness, and short-selling of the dollar was at near record levels.
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Rapid-fire electronic trading made the former rule obsolete, but given the extreme volatility and record trading volumes of recent weeks, and the significant decline in shares of major financial companies, regulators are reconsidering it.
Last November Scott Owens of Gilbert, Ariz. set a world record (Extreme class) of 179.6 decibels inside his Ford F-250.
Through those years the economy has been fueled by extreme easy money policies, record low interest rates, and massive government fiscal and monetary stimulus.
Amid concerns from some investors that the Federal Reserve's loose-money policy may be artificially boosting stock prices, the Nasdaq's earlier record marks an extreme example of an overheated equity rally.
Climate change has arrived. 2012 is in the books as one of the warmest years on record, and extreme costly weather events are becoming the norm rather than the exception.
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"Ms. Halligan has a well-documented record of advocating extreme positions on constitutional issues, pushing legal arguments beyond what I think is reasonable, including in cases involving Second Amendment gun rights, abortion, the death penalty and others, " said Sen.
These companies fight to best each other in record-breaking "firsts, " involving extreme sizes and cutting-edge display technologies.
The Vix, a measure of stockmarket volatility traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange, hit a record of 59.1 on October 8th, a sign of extreme nervousness.
Now 2012 is officially in the books as the hottest year on record for the continental United States and the second-worst for "extreme" weather such as hurricanes, droughts or floods, the U.S. government announced Tuesday.
The world situation is more extreme: the USDA says global food prices rose 25% last year, and set a record in January as world grain inventories suffered an estimated 13% decline.
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It may be extreme to say the Gee-Bees are hurting the rest of their generation, but indie record labels, home to most of today's worthy music, do not aggressively market new sounds to boomers.
The OutRide, when paired with the free OUTRIDE app, leverages the existing technology of the iPhone and gives users the ability to record, edit and immediately share their point-of-view, no matter how extreme the conditions.
The champion extreme cacher is a German woman from Hamburg (a city with more than 3, 000 caches) with a record of 10, 000 caches.
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