But Bitcoins dropped sharply in value as the MTGox exchange came under a sustained attack by hackers.
Shirt and kit sponsorship fees have also been rising sharply in value for the top soccer brands.
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The Australian dollar rose sharply in value last year, which helped push its two biggest cities up the chart.
Workers in certain fields hold human capital that has declined sharply in value.
The caps did achieve their direct aim: medical-malpractice claims fell sharply in number, and awards dropped just as sharply in value.
If a stockbroker keeps advising people to buy stocks that subsequently drop sharply in value, people eventually stop listening to the stockbroker.
The Dow Jones industrial average, the most closely watched index of US stocks, has fallen sharply in value since the election took place - dropping 231 points on Friday alone as legal battles over the US electoral began.
Without necessary currency reserves to fund imports, it is likely that the pound will fall in value sharply.
Owners of subpar clubs would have a pressing incentive to improve performance: Relegation would sharply reduce the value of their franchise.
Some funds' market value dropped sharply, making them more reliant on their wrap contracts to deliver book value to investors.
Soon after Marconi was listed on the Nasdaq exchange, its share value fell sharply.
This has already caused stock prices to fall sharply and bonds to lose value.
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The effort to "reflate" the economy has pushed share prices sharply higher, while the value of Japan's currency has fallen by 25 percent against the U.S. dollar since late last year.
However, due to higher silver prices, the dollar value of silver investment rose sharply to an all-time high.
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Tens of millions of homeowners and property owners in the U.S., Europe, the Gulf region and Asia have seen the value of their assets decrease sharply.
The value of subprime CDOs has dropped sharply this year because the mortgages are defaulting at ever-higher rates.
Although the Indian Rupee has dipped sharply in recent months, its decline in value appears to be relatively minor when compared with falls of up to 35% per cent in Thailand and Indonesia.
Berger thinks the value of questioning will continue to rise sharply in the business world.
On August 26th, the day after the attacks, the Mumbai stock exchange sharply rebounded, after losing 3% of its value on the day before.
One reason is that, although the dollar has fallen sharply against the euro, its broad trade-weighted value has fallen by only 8% over the past 12 months.
The value of mortgage-backed securities has dropped sharply this year.
Despite the fillip from the temporary reduction in value-added tax, consumer spending will fall sharply.
Value-added per person, a proxy for productivity, rose sharply in this sector, but the number of jobs actually declined between 2000 and 2008.
The value of Portugal's short-term debt fell much more sharply than the longer-term stuff - a classic sign that investors are expecting a "credit event" in the not-very-distant-future.
The value of the euro, which is used by 15 European nations, has sharply appreciated against both the dollar and sterling this year.
The value of rural land in Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand increased sharply when people were given title deeds, because owners were more willing to invest.
The Dow Jones industrial Average (DJIA) is poised to open sharply higher this morning, as Dow Mini futures are trading more than 90 points above fair value.
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The Bank of England points out that, in Denmark, which brought in an accounting system akin to fair value some years ago, one result has been that the volatility of banks' capital ratios has risen sharply.
Deflation pushes up the real burden of debt, while the value of assets linked to that debt, such as house prices, may have to fall even more sharply in nominal terms to return to a fair level.
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