SoundExchange, which collects royalties from Internet and satellite radio, recently announced that it had crossed the $1 billion benchmark in payments to labels and artists.
They fear the Fed's expansive monetary policy risks overheating the U.S. and feeding a stock price bubble obvious to many since the Dow Jones industrial average crossed the psychological benchmark of 10,000 points.
The Dow rose 46 points and closer to crossing the psychological benchmark of 11,000 for the first time in 18 months.
In China, the benchmark Shanghai composite index crossed the 5,000 mark for the first time shortly after opening.
Its strongest competition on the Billboard chart this week is Adele's "21" (XL), which sold 121,000 copies in its 15th week in stores, bringing the album's total sales past two million, the first title this year to cross that benchmark.
New drugs are very welcome but we haven't been able to improve on the BCG vaccine developed in the 1920s – we really need to cross that benchmark.
Gestede's header from Joshua King's cross set the benchmark for a powerful performance, with King coming close to doubling the lead after Callum Harriott was caught in possession.
In the 10-fold cross validation, the benchmark is divided into ten non-overlapping subsets called fold.
For long-distance swimmers, crossing the English Channel is a benchmark, comparable to climbing Mount Everest or running the Boston Marathon.
It is all but certain to cross the $1-billion 1-billionx office benchmark this week.
