1.   Shares are near to their record high for the year and could go further.

2.   While toy sales here have hit a record high they face a desperate shortage of clean water.

3.   HOMELESSNESS in Middlesbrough has hit a record high.

4.   Analysts sometimes view insider sales when shares are near a record high as a sign that a stock is overvalued.

5.   And college enrollment rates for males are at a record high.

6.   Argentine automotive production rose to a record high last year, even as a consumer slump in Brazil caused carmakers to put the brakes on production.

7.   As a result, profit at its printing paper mills is likely to fall a record high last year.

8.   As the Clinton Administration steps up its war on terrorism, U.S. government snooping has reached a record high.

9.   AUSTRALIAN stocks closed at a record high for the sixth trading day in a row as building material companies such as CSR Ltd. gained.

10.   Banque Bruxelles Lambert SA shares hit a record high amid speculation it will be at the center of a Belgian banking merger.