The event is credited with providing a huge boost to the local economy at a time when the tourist season would traditionally be drawing to a close.

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The financial and business services are expecting a huge boost with 55% new jobs.

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Meanwhile, Sunderland's own hopes of avoiding the drop were handed a huge boost with last weekend's 3-1 defeat of Tottenham Hotspur at the Stadium of Light.

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Gibbs got a huge boost in 2013 with the addition of 2003 Sprint Cup champ Matt Kenseth, who replaced Joey Logano in the No. 20 car.

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But with the Games on its doorstep, that figure is getting a huge boost.

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The visitors had prop Paul James sin-binned for 10 minutes after infringing at a huge Munster scrum and soon after Munster received a further boost with the introduction of Ireland and Lions lock O'Connell.

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But having a partner like GE, with a global salesforce and a huge customer base, is likely to prove a huge boost for the smart grid companies backed by GE.

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Once signed, this will be a huge boost to Apple as China Mobile is by far the biggest mobile operator with around 650 million subscribers.

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And it has been warmly welcomed by aid agencies - with one saying Mr Brown has done a "huge and magnificent" job of highlighting the need to boost aid budgets.

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