Moreover, the VIX experienced its first close below the 15 level since July 6, 2007.
In 1980, the U.S. spacecraft Voyager I sent back the first close-up pictures of the planet Saturn.
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An early milestone of this bull run happened on April 17, 1991: The Dow reached 3, 004.46, passing its July 1990 high and posting its first close above 3, 000.
But the science team on Curiosity needed a target to try out the first close-contact work using the rover's arm-held X-ray-spectrometer, APXS. So the dark pyramid was chosen and informally given the name Jake Matijevic in honour of a recently deceased rover engineer.
The races attracted attention because they were close ones in states whose polls were first to close, at 6 p.m.
Essien tapped home the first from close range after a fine run and pull-back from Shevchenko.
In December 2005 Rentokil Initial, a business-services firm, became the first to close its scheme to existing staff.
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The closely watched IPO was a resounding success and the stock is now trading more than twice its first day close.
The Dow gave up -2.1%, finishing with its first weekly close below 13, 000 since late July, and the Nasdaq Comp brought up the rear, down -2.6%.
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But Huddersfield hit back with two tries in quick succession, with Brown finishing off the first from close range after starting a fine breakaway moments earlier.
The first polls close in Kentucky and Indiana at 2300 GMT (1800 EST), and the last polls close in Alaska by 0600 GMT (0100 EST) on Wednesday.
Nasa scientists will be hugely disappointed by this latest failure as a successful mission would have given them the first ever close-up images of the mysterious lunar surface.
So firms are reluctant to be the first to close a factory lest it should lead to lower market share, or to forgo investment in a growing market.
The players and owners verbally agreed to terms of a new CBA. However, as I recently explained on Forbes, they have to execute a settlement agreement first to close out the court case.
The recovery in the Dow Industrial Average resulted in the second weekly close above 14, 000 in February with the first such weekly close occurring on February 2.
Ospreys went close to scoring as the first half drew to a close, but full-back Gareth Owen lacked support following a promising opening.
The result is a 192% average gain from first-day close over the past three years.
Its stock is up 14% from first-day close after an initial offering in May.
Her first demo tape led to a contract and a first album, Close Your Eyes.
After a close first round, Mr Plaskitt led Mr Ball by just 898 votes.
They were the first raids so close to the Iraqi capital for more than two years.
The winner is the first person to close all the categories and finish with the most points.
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Shortly after the Olympics, it opened its first overseas office close to Nike's headquarters in Portland, Oregon.
Benchmark, Amerindo and New Enterprise Associates all backed e-mail manager Kana Communications, whose Sept. 22 offering is up 400% from first-day close.
"If the council agrees on closure we would expect Greenwood to close first, probably by late November, " Mr Rich said.
Accel Partners backed 4 of the top 25 offerings this year, all 4 of which advanced an average of 384% from first-day close through mid-December.
And Kazakhstan 20 years ago was the first country to close its nuclear test site -- in Semipalatinsk we voluntarily renounced our nuclear arsenal.
The president started his day with a tour of New Orleans, his first up-close visit to the Louisiana city whose damage is largely from floodwaters.
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