When it came to raising the profile of sport, bringing countries together, world firsts to be witnessed, skeptics silenced and the sale of flags to reach an all time high, the London 2012 games delivered all of this and more.

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The Absolute Radio Network saw digital listening reach an all time high, with an audience of 2.28 million listeners - the largest digital audience of any commercial station over the past three months, and an increase of 1% on last year's figures.

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FamilyMart fell 8.1% on profit-taking after announcing that it expects consolidated pretax profit to reach an all-time high for the 2014 fiscal year.

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Government forecasts suggest the final 2010 visitor number will reach an all-time high of 1.3 million, up from a record 1.01 million in 2009.

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It would take another 4% rally to reach this level, with the all-time high from 2007 at 10, 413.

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Whether it's the Dow hitting a new all-time high or a baseball player poised to reach the top of the home run list, we love to focus on the new big number.

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