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Investment from Taiwan in computer and other high-technology projects in China surged fourfold to $320 million in the first quarter.

She said the number in her association surged fourfold between 2000 and 2004, to 500; it now stood at 363. "The Brits aren't coming anymore, and there are no people to replace them," said Paul Climance, 64, vice president of the association.

But she said Green membership in Wales had "surged" fourfold in 12 months.

In contrast however, most probably because of the growing size of the older population, the US influenza death toll surged fourfold from 1976 to 1999.

Even with costs surging fourfold in the last 20 years, total UN spending this year is still only about half of New York City's $75bn budget.

Helped by prescient bets on the direction of currency exchange rates before Brazil's devaluation early last year, earnings at Citigroup's Brazilian unit surged more than fourfold in 1999, to $430 million.

That led to a race by short-sellers to buy from a shrinking pool of stock, causing Volkswagen shares to surge more than fourfold in two days.

The New York-based company saw its stock surge almost fourfold last week when it announced that it would start offering free Internet access to its subscribers.

Baidu.com, owner of China's most-used Internet search engine, said second-quarter profit rose more than fourfold as sales of online advertising surged.

(Spending on food stamps rose fourfold between 2000 and 2012, as the number of recipients surged and payouts became more generous).

Asian shares on Tuesday echoed the gain overnight in New York, where the Dow surged 1.5%, or 187 points, to 12,549, driven by JPMorgan Chase 's agreement to sweeten its bid for Bear Stearns nearly fourfold, as well as the forecast-beating existing home sales figure for February in the United States.