On the enforcement side, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") has continued to push the boundaries of its jurisdiction and intensified its focus on non-financial entities, as demonstrated by its largest ever settlement with Chinese Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation ("ZTE").
The shortfall, which affects 9,000 former staff, is expected to be plugged only in part by the government's Pension Protection Fund in what could rank as one of its largest ever cash injections.
News of the increase comes as Facebook fights its largest ever US court order to hand over data from 400 people.
On Thursday, A.I.G. announced a $7.8 billion first-quarter loss, its largest ever, as a result of a write-down to the value of securities linked to subprime mortgages.
In the last year, CAPABLE was implemented by Habitat for Humanity in six new areas across the U.S. and funded by the Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation as its largest grant ever given to a nurse-driven innovation.
In mid-January, the market showered Italy with confidence as its largest debt deal ever was enthusiastically met with demand that was 3.5 times oversubscribed.
The government on Thursday unveiled its new list of the companies failing to pay the minimum wage by trumpeting it as the "largest ever".
Just as many would-be dieters thought they had finally found the secret to quick, efficient weight loss, an NIH-funded study touted as the largest ever of its kind and published in the medical journal The Lancet Public Health, suggests low and high-carb diets could shorten life by up to four years, and diets including some carbs could actually promote a healthy lifespan.
In the end, Goldman decided to steer clear of a protracted and damaging trial by paying a $550 million penalty, which the S.E.C. went out of its way to describe as the largest ever against a Wall Street firm.
CBS dominated the ratings on Tuesday as "NCIS" delivered its largest audience ever, 21.9 million viewers, according to Nielsen's estimates.
