This may also have contributed to a recent spike in the number of Afghan security forces turning their guns on their own Afghan colleagues.
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It was a spike in the number of phone calls we received at our offices from panicked investors, and in some cases their financial advisors.
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Investors Intelligence reported a spike in the number of buying climaxes over the past several weeks, with 530 occurring two weeks ago and 71 last week.
We launched a housing plan that has already contributed to a spike in the number of homeowners who are refinancing their mortgages, which is the equivalent of another tax cut for them.
Yet, within one year after this disastrous decision, reports have surfaced that nearly 6, 000 properties nationwide were threatened or taken as a result of this decision, representing a dramatic upward spike in the number of takings.
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Hurricane Sandy is being blamed for a 78, 000-claim spike in the weekly jobless claims number.
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In a blog post, it said a "rapid and substantial temperature spike" had caused a large number of servers to stop working.
Short-term particle pollution measures the number of times in a year when levels spike above healthy standards for several days to several weeks.
That decline was accompanied by a 7% drop in the number of searches per searcher and an 8% spike in vertical searches.
The outbreak has sparked concern about a possible spike in food prices, but authorities said Monday that the number of slaughtered chickens is a small fraction of the country's overall population and there is no reason for egg or chicken prices to increase.
Thanks to high demand from both the startup community and, Pearson notes, a growing number of larger businesses, freelancer earnings are beginning to spike.
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At the turn of the year, a spike in housebreaking in the city was experienced, caused by a small number of people who have since been "taken off the streets", according to police.
The spike in first rounds in 2007 (119 companies) led to the spike in later rounds in 2010 (126 companies): in fact, 2010 tallied the largest number of later rounds of the prior decade.
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Globally, the total number of displaced people has risen, with the conflict in Syria blamed for much of the spike.
Though they help some people pay for important procedures, the cards come with a number of drawbacks that may not be apparent at sign-up, including rates that can quickly spike.
An FBI spokesman said the agency noted a spike in threats against members of Congress after the health-care overhaul passed, adding that there had been a number of arrests as a result.
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