Roberto Alomar, the Mets' second baseman, scored a run in the seventh, surpassing Roberto Clemente for most runs scored (1,417) by a Puerto Rican.
"This is a market that is presently the second largest in the world and could very soon be the first," surpassing the United States market, said Carl-Henric Svanberg, the chief executive and president of Ericsson.
Indeed the dollar first surpassed the pound as the leading currency in the mid-1920s, far earlier than previously thought.
It set a record for the fastest Disney-distributed film to reach the milestone (first surpassed by Marvel's The Avengers) and it is the fifth-fastest film overall to achieve this.
Thailand's GDP growth quickened to 4.4% in the year to the second quarter, surpassing expectations.
The Commerce Department said the deficit rose 4.6percentto to $106.14 billion, in the second quarter, surpassing the earlier record of $101.51 billion set in the previous quarter.
[C4.] Current Account Deficit Hits Record The United States current account deficit, the broadest measure of foreign trade, widened 4.6percentto to $106.14 billion, in the second quarter, surpassing the earlier record of $101.51 billion set in the previous quarter.
Amazon.com reported earnings of 45 cents a share and revenue of $6.57 billion for the second quarter, surpassing The Street's expectations for overall revenue but falling short of the 54-cents-a-share earnings estimate.
The U.S. standard of living first surpassed the rest of the world's in about 1740, and despite dozens of cycles of declinist foreboding, the country has resolutely refused to decay.
