GEMS managed to take out $80 million in cash (because of lock-up requirements, it couldn't sell its full stake immediately) and has another $12 million left in stock in the company–an eightfold increase of its investment.
MySpace grew from 1,000,000 members to 24 million by October 2005, when Rosenblatt sold Intermix to Fox for $650 million–an eightfold increase from the company's value on day he arrived.
Last year Orientalist works grossed $70 million at auction worldwide, an eightfold increase from 2004, according to Forbes.com.
A spokesman, Brian Roehrkasse, said the department planned an eightfold increase in the number of terrorist suspects it provides to local law enforcement within two months.
Today, after an eightfold increase in the past 10 years, everybody knows what a zero-hours contract is and what it represents.
British Airways reported an eightfold increase in second-quarter net income today and said it expected to earn a profit for the entire fiscal year.
Since HB2 passed, he said, his center has seen an eightfold increase in calls compared to the same month a year ago.
In addition, 43 young people died in 2010 as a result of taking now outlawed methcathinones – an eightfold increase on the previous year.
Net new client money amounted to $61.4 million, and the private banking unit had an eightfold increase in new money over the prior year.
The study reported an eightfold increase in carbon dioxide production when temperatures were increased by 20 degrees Celsius (36 degrees Fahrenheit).
Air samples taken from the plant's ventilator shafts indicate an eightfold increase in particles capable of emitting alpha and gamma radiation.
