11. Stocks initially fell, after a report showing the biggest jump in economic growth in a decade heightened expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next month. 12. That is the biggest jump in a decade. 13. That was the biggest initial jump in the history of stock offerings in the United States. 14. That was the biggest jump since December and more than twice the increase most economists had predicted. 15. Temporary help firms saw the biggest jump in headcounts since August. 16. The biggest jump has been in ads designed to boost brand name recognition of mutual firms and help them break away from the pack. 17. The catalyst for the gains was the biggest jump in U.S. Treasuries in seven weeks. 18. The biggest jump in costs came from jet fuel. 19. The device showing the biggest jump in popularity was the wireless phone. 20. The revelation that consumer prices took their biggest monthly jump in nearly nine years put Wall Street in retreat, as stock prices tumbled and bond rates surged. |