Perhaps someday his royalty check would rise to reach the previous level, but that assumes five-fold growth in listener hours at Pandora or similar services.

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Its private gold demand has risen so much faster that imports through Hong Kong alone leapt above that level last year, rising three-fold from 2010 to total 428 tonnes.

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They show for all the banks a combined net profit of JPY 1.76 trillion, a 2.2 fold increase over the previous year, the highest level in four years.

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