When the game ended, the value of the pool was doubled, and the new, doubled value was divided into four equal parts and given to the players, along with the value of any tokens they had held on to.
Now, with a championship win, the Miami Heat franchise value has nearly doubled.
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In fact, DPZ has more than doubled in value over the past 52 weeks.
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The yen doubled in value against the dollar in just two and a half years.
The Dow was up 26% last year -- and doubled in value since 1995.
Kinder Morgan's publicly traded partnership units have more than doubled in value in the past 18 months.
Smith Micro Software is the latest example, which has doubled in value since Oberweis' buy Aug. 29.
It was initially judged a flop when the stock slumped on its debut but has since doubled in value.
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Next best have been financial stocks, which have more than doubled in value.
Since Natrecor, a treatment for heart failure, was approved a year ago, Scios' shares have more than doubled in value.
Last year the Sri Lankan stockmarket more than doubled in value, making it one of the best-performing in the world.
He figures Walton has nearly doubled the value of its investors' capital.
Oracle has more than doubled in value with an aggressive acquisition strategy.
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Wall Street, most spectacular of all, has more than doubled in value.
Investors who have bought in cheap--one Philly source says the stock exchange has doubled in value since last year--could be hoping to sell.
That will put more upward pressure on a currency that more than doubled in value against the dollar during Lula's eight years as president.
The seat nearly doubled in value between the time of the filing of the divorce complaint and the time of the divorce trial.
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In just over a decade, FORBES estimates, he has nearly doubled the value of the Redskins, turning them into the league's second-most-valuable team, behind only the Dallas Cowboys.
The iShares FTSE NAREIT Residential Plus Capped Index Fund (REZ) has doubled in value since the spring of 2009, despite historically high rates of foreclosures and short sales.
The third-party owner sees the value of his investment doubled.
Some of our picks, such as BCE Inc. (BCE) and Toronto Dominion Bank (TD) have doubled in value (including dividends) since they were recommended and many more have scored impressive double-digit gains.
Another option suggested by a poster on Bogleheads.org was to start investing in the EE Bonds at age 60 and then start redeeming them at age 80, immediately after they had doubled in value.
Monthly inflation was zero in October and November, while prices of basic necessities have come down significantly, interest rates have been cut in half, and the value of the rupiah has doubled against the dollar since late July.
The value of the Baltimore Ravens has nearly doubled since Steve Bisciotti bought the team.
The real Fed Funds rate averaged 3%-plus, leaving gold to drop three-quarters of its real dollar value inside 20 years, as the real value of cash-on-deposit doubled.
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According to Hedge Fund Research, a research company, the value of assets in funds of hedge funds doubled last year.
Copper has more than doubled as a share of total import value during this time as well.
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