Fight For This Love sold more copies on its first day than Alexandra Burke's single Bad Boys - the current UK number one - did on its first day last week.
Even though IPOs world-wide are rising by 43% on the first day of trading, first-day gains aren't as common in the U.S. Of the 53 U.S. deals priced in the last three months, the average price increase was 14% on the first day of trading.
On her first day on the job in 2007, Alemany set the timbre of her reign immediately.
You did a valued - good job during breaking news on your first day on the gig.
On his first day on the water he set a goal to stand up on the surfboard three times.
On his first day on the job, he inspected water pumping stations in parts of Bangkok most vulnerable to flooding.
On our first day on Maui, we took a ship-organised excursion to the steepling gorge of Iao Valley State Park, where misty wisps of cloud leant a volcanic air to the long-extinct peaks.
Unbeknownst to me at the time my dream girl arrived in the first batch on the first day.
Mr Babin had complained of cramps on the first day of filming on the southern Cambodian island on 22 March.
Zoetis, the world's largest animal-medicine company by revenue, rallied on its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
"That last session on the first day put us on the back foot, and we have ourselves to blame for that, " added Gayle.
Retail Properties of America gained 75 cents, or 9.4%, to 8.75, on its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
The iPad sold 300, 000 units on its first day of sales on April 3, 2010, with the iPad 2 racking up around 2.5 million sales for its first month of March 2011.
Fairway Group Holdings, which operates supermarkets in the New York area, surged 4.35, or 33%, to 17.35, on its first day of trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market, after pricing above its indicated price range.
"On our first day, we were welcomed by President Mbeki and on the last day, Nelson Mandela visited us, " the Belgian said at a news briefing.
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"I'll never forget going into a bookshop on the first day and seeing it on the shelves, " says Mr Jackson.
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It followed problems on the first day of the service on Wednesday, where a number of islanders complained on social media sites that they had missed buses or they were running late because drivers could not use the new ticket machines.
Introducing his amendment on the first day of report stage on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, crossbencher and QC Lord Pannick insisted the change would not cost anything because the duty would only apply "within the resources made available" by the bill.
Strauss, who has talked up Ponting as the one "great player" in Australia's ranks, will have vivid memories of how he took England's attack apart on the first day of the series on his way to 196 at Brisbane four years ago and the England skipper will have plenty of plans in place for his Aussie counterpart.
Brazilians joke that public-sector workers turn up on the first day, hang their jackets on the back of the chair, and are never seen again.
The new managing director's "town hall meeting" with staff on her first day in the job, on Tuesday, was full of people and by all accounts plenty of goodwill.
He briefly wiped a tear from his eye as he gave evidence on the first day and with the permission of the coroner, Dr Ciaran McLoughlin, absented himself on the day the inquest dealt with the post mortem detail of the 31-year-old Indian dentist's death.
Many stocks that have soared on their first day have plunged soon after, often on disappointing earnings.
On the first day of the meeting, different perspectives on RVA-NQF linkages will be explored, covering national and regional perspectives as well as different themes such as the implementation and impact of NQFs on skills development and the different approaches to the recognition of non-formal and informal learning outcomes.
IPOs bought on their first day of trading have been persistently lower than those on other shares.
The Taco Truck's bid to ace last year's race ended on the first day when the sculpture's drive train broke on a sand dune, says Weiss.
According to lawsuit, for at least 10 years between 2000 and 2009 the banks conspired to falsely increase the Libor on the first day of each month for the purpose of increasing the rates on homeowners mortgages.
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Apparently, Rep. King was absent on the first day of the new Congress when the Constitution was read out loud on the floor of the House of Representatives.
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On the first day of the conclave, one voting session will be held: on other days the cardinals will vote twice in the morning and twice in the afternoon.
But the tourists were further frustrated by a final-wicket partnership of 37 between Das, batting at nine after hitting 124 as an opener on the first day, and Shiv Sankar Paul, who took 5-61 on Saturday in England's first innings score of 225.
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