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  • With the yen near a record-high against the dollar, Japan has unrealized losses of tens of trillions of yen in its foreign-reserve account.

    Japan Considers Buying Chinese Bonds Takashi Nakamichi 2011

  • So far this year, just two CDOs have been issued, compared with the record-high of 528 in 2006, according to Asset Backed Alert, an industry publication.

    Rating Firms' Asset Game Jeannette Neumann 2011

  • Now, with record-high cotton prices pressuring profit margins, Gildan-Prewett, the town's largest remaining sock manufacturer, plans to close four mills here by April and shift production to Honduras.

    Alabama Sock Town Suffers as Cotton Soars Timothy W. Martin 2011

  • The decline in the stock market has resulted in diminished retirement funds, so there is a decrease in personal savings rate coupled with record-high debt.

    Withler We Go From Here: The Future of Pension Reform : Law is Cool 2009

  • Demand for subdivided flats has surged in the last few years as record-high home prices have squeezed low-income families into smaller quarters.

    Hong Kong Faces Renewed Pressure Over Its Housing Polly Hui 2011

  • Terry Locklear, owner of one of the remaining mills, Emi-G Knitting Inc., is modernizing his sock business amid record-high cotton prices.

    Mills Struggle in 'Sock Capital' 2011

  • While there have been no deaths and no mandatory evacuations, record-high lake levels have caused flooding in Burlington — the state's biggest city — and numerous towns.

    In Vermont, overflowing Lake Champlain floods 2011

  • The steep fall came as non-commercial investors, like funds, held a record-high net long position in Nymex crude futures and options, meaning they were anticipating further gains in prices.

    Crude Settles Below $100 For Second Day David Bird 2011

  • Oil prices had reached levels not seen since the summer of 2008, when months of record-high energy prices helped drag the U.S. economy into recession.

    Oil Prices Plunge In Record Sell-Off (UPDATE) 2011

  • The record-high cost of protection on U.S. debt was €100,000 annually for five-year protection, reached in March 2009 as market participants hesitated to lend to one another in the wake of the financial crisis.

    Cost of Protecting U.S. Debt Rises on Moody's Action Katy Burne 2011

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