But, if it is even roughly right, it would mean that the PPI scandal will rival or surpass the Olympics in its short-term impact on UK national output.

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The good news for Hollywood: Even if Pirates doesn't surpass Spider-Man 3, it could secure what analysts expect will be a record-setting holiday weekend.

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If BHP can pull it off, that production rate would surpass that of the biggest U.S. independents Apache, Anadarko and Occidental.

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If we were to assume that FIFA 12 will surpass the records created by FIFA 11, which we believe it can, a 15% increase in sales alone would imply a 2% upside to our price estimate.

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