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Across the wider mortgage market, the CML said recent falls in interest rates had contributed to a record take-up of fixed rate deals in June.

A separate report from the Labor Department showed that a three-month decline in oil costs drove down the import price index for December and contributed to a record decrease in 2001 from 2000.

The shareholder, Colette Neuville, wanted the expert to determine whether the chief executive, Jean-Marie Messier, properly informed the board about his $100 billion of acquisitions that contributed to a record loss in 2001.

This comes as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) claims it has narrowed the criteria it used under a started in 2008 called Secure Communities that contributed to a record number of deportations under Barack Obama.

That housing slump has contributed to a record surge in mortgage defaults, leading to billions of dollars in losses by financial firms and spawning a severe credit crisis that is threatening to send the country into a steep recession.

But his stubbornness, critics in the legal community said, has contributed to a record of reversals that exceeds that compiled by several of his colleagues on the Leon County Circuit bench.

As much as Ramirez contributed to a record-setting 2003 lineup with a.325 average, 37 homers and 104 runs batted in, the Red Sox feel their offense will be formidable without him and are weary of Ramirez's often selfish behavior.

Britain's Olympic success has helped contribute to a record boost in the number of people playing sport, according to figures released by Sport England.

The Shilpa Shetty row prompted 45,159 calls and emails in 2007 – the highest number since Ofcom was created five years ago – contributing to a record 64,996 complaints that year.

Fewer properties have been put up for sale this year than last, contributing to a record average asking price in April of £286,133, according to Rightmove.

But in the Lindh case prosecutorial zeal appears to have weakened, rather than strengthened, the government's hand, contributing to a record of error that hastened the eventual settlement of the case on diminished charges.