Mail Online has regularly been topping 10 million daily uniques this month – hitting a new record of 12.5 million on Wednesday.
And most recently, a Chicago design firm set off a frenzy with its Nano-watch product proposal, hitting a new record on the site Kickstarter, where creative types can solicit donations to underwrite new projects.
Visitor numbers have grown rapidly at Machu Picchu in recent years, hitting a new record 1.4 million in 2016 – an average of 5,000 people a day during the summer months, double the 2,500 visitors recommended by Unesco.
Its GDP is expected to shrink by 3.8% in 2013, after a 6.5% contraction this year (see 14.54) Europe's unemployment crisis has worsened again, hitting a new record high.
Overall the FTSE 100 finished 37.18 points higher at 6851.75 despite worries about Ukraine following Sunday's controversial independence referendum, and helped by the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting a new record high.
Despite the disruption caused by works at two of the capital's biggest stations – London Bridge and Victoria – the total number of rail passengers in the year grew by 67.3 million, hitting a new record for modern times of 1.65 billion passengers a year.
