While the results were ahead of expectations, and the firm said the number of Mac computers shipped marked a record, the warning of lower sales concerned investors.

BBC: Apple sees profits beat forecast

The Dow Jones industrials marked another fresh record meanwhile, putting a cherry on top of three strong months to start the year.

FORBES: HP Paces Dow's Big Quarter, Leaves Caterpillar In The Dust

Ohio State's .500 record marked the most losses at Ohio State since John Cooper's 1999 team also went 6-6 overall and 3-5 in the Big Ten.

WSJ: College Football: Urban Meyer Will Coach Ohio State Buckeyes

According to the report issued Monday, June was also the fourth-warmest June globally since record-keeping began in 1880, and marked the 328th consecutive month that global temperatures have remained above the 20th century average.

CNN: U.S. drought biggest since 1956, climate agency says

Mark Makepeace, FTSE chief executive said the number of changes announced on Wednesday were in marked contrast to the review held a year ago when a record nine changes were made to the FTSE-100.

BBC: Autonomy to drop out of FTSE 100

As the Glorious Twelfth marked the start of the traditional shooting season on Tuesday, many expected record numbers of birds due to warm weather.

BBC: Shooters hunt for thirsty grouse

It took him almost eight weeks to recover, a period of time the athlete has described as "fairly difficult" as it marked the first season in four or five years in which he didn't record a personal best.

CNN: February 14, 2013 -- Updated 1700 GMT (0100 HKT)

The latter album benefited from the fact that it was released the week of Record Store Day, an annual worldwide celebration of independently owned music stores marked by concerts, cookouts, parades and special releases like the Foo Fighters' vinyl-only covers album, Medium Rare.

FORBES: Magazine Article

They can record video clips for 29 minutes and 59 seconds at a time, a marked improvement from the 12-minute limitations on many Canon SLRs, including the 5D Mark II and video-capable Rebel cameras.

FORBES: Canon Unleashes the 5D Mark III