The Russell 2000 index, a benchmark for small stocks, surpassed its record high of 855.77 reached in July 2007.
Here, statistics are used to encourage, or even politically embarrass, protagonists into striving to reach or surpass a benchmark.
On a typical cold winter day, she said, the agency receives about 1,600 calls, a benchmark it seemed likely to surpass yesterday.
In the 2008 above-reported study from China by Sun et al. [ 94], these risk benchmarks were surpassed at SF levels measured in the third quartiles among both male and female populations.
According to LCH, once the spread between, say, a Spanish or Italian government bond and a benchmark AAA bond index surpasses 4.5 percent, the issuer is liable for a trimming.
Will Mr Bush's $37m prove, like the four-minute mile, to be a benchmark that every contender will have to surpass?
If a company has just surpassed an important benchmark in the industry or in its own recent history, it's well positioned to tackle a stretch goal.
Attendance at National Collegiate Athletic Association football games this season surpassed 37 million for the first time, a benchmark buoyed by expansion of stadiums at Notre Dame, Tennessee and Michigan.
A 1% return on assets is a benchmark of superior banking performance, but only one major Valley bank surpassed that mark in 1986: Santa Clarita National Bank.
The compelling story, huge environment and vast array of activities set a benchmark for the gangster adventure genre that took many years to surpass.
