1.   A furious buying spree has caused a jump in real estate prices throughout nearby Multimedia Gulch.

2.   Costs from the planned split of the company into separate casino and lodging companies also caused a jump in expenses, Grossman said.

3.   Even if the Fed changes course after cutting rates three times since last July, few analysts envision a slump that would cause a jump in joblessness.

4.   FAA officials are unsure what caused the jump in training fatalities.

5.   Pena said the low prices are likely to cause a jump in demand for gasoline and a surge in highway travel.

6.   That could cause a jump in inflation and force the Federal Reserve to push interest rates up to painfully high levels that would almost certainly bring on a recession.

7.   Fires in northwestern Canada caused a jump in air pollution as far away as Nashville, Tenn., a team of researchers has discovered.