The Women on Boards half yearly update today revealed that women make up 22.8 per cent of FTSE 100 boards in the UK - up from 20.7 per cent in March and 17.4 per cent across the mid cap index - up from 15.6 per cent six months earlier.
Banks themselves have been giving quarterly or half-yearly updates on their ownership of Greek bonds.
Ruth Sealy, a visiting fellow at Cranfield, which published the half-yearly update on women in boardrooms on Wednesday, said: "What is most encouraging is that finally we are seeing the percentage of female executive directors starting to rise, after having stagnated at 5%-65%-6% manyearsrs".
Cameron and Osborne were also given a boost ahead of his half-yearly update on the state of the economy when the ratings agency Standard & Poor's said it was considering lifting the threat to Britain's AAA credit rating as a result of the economy's recent strong growth.
Its financial stability report, a half-yearly update on risks to the financial system, listed domestic risks which include the uncertainty created by the Brexit vote, the commercial property sector, high level of debts in UK households and the potential vulnerability of the economy to a reduction in foreign investors buying UK debt.
In its half-yearly update on the health of the world economy, the Washington-based fund predicted expansion of 3.1% in 2015, 0.2 points lower than it was expecting three months ago and the weakest performance since the trough of the downturn in 2009.
The Autumn Statement is a half-yearly update on the Budget, allowing the chancellor to give MPs a guide to his tax and spending plans.
The term 'Call of Duty fatigue' refers to the sense of ennui that can set in with yearly updates to a series.
And Cover Feed and Chat Heads are just a beginning; Facebook promises monthly updates to Home, rather than the yearly updates that are more typical in the mobile industry.
Among the most cautionary of tales is that of Aimee L. Sword, who was convicted of having sex with her biological son, who was 14 at the time, and whom she found on Facebook when yearly updates from his adoptive family stopped coming.
