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MCLEAN, Va., May 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ®), showing that after plateauing in recent weeks, mortgage rates reversed course and reached a new high last seen seven years ago.Sam Khater, Freddi... More

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According to new data from the Pentagon, incidences of rape and sexual assault within the U.S. military are up 10 % over the last fiscal year, reaching the highest number of reported assaults since at least 2006.

What's more, the news - reading public has grown accustomed to announcements of multi-million-dollar investments over the last 15 years, a period of extremely active venture capital funding, which reached new highs in 2015.

Margin debt, the money that investors borrow to buy stocks, had reached new highs (the last two times that happened were just ahead of the dot - com crash and the 2008 financial crisis).

Ultra-low sulfur diesel futures, used as a proxy for the jet and kerosene markets, reached $ 2.1431 a gallon on Jan. 26 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the highest since Feb. 27, 2015; it last settled at $ 2.0927.

The DAX has been the leader of last week's bounce, and it reached new highs before way ahead of the other global indices.

Agreements on the highest - priority issues are frequently reached on or after the last scheduled meeting, so lawmakers dedicate their gatherings to passing one - house bills that stand little chance of becoming law in the immediate future and plowing through hundreds of completely uncontroversial pieces of legislation that rename bridges or create new license plate designs.

The controversy in Britain over genetically modified food reached a new high today, after 21 European and American scientists released a memorandum supporting a scientist who was suspended last year for sounding a premature alarm about the health threat of genetically altered potatoes.

The global average carbon dioxide level reached a new record high of 397.2 parts per million last year, a nearly 2 ppm rise from 2013 and a 40 percent increase from preindustrial levels.

The new tests for pupils in their last year of primary school will cover maths, reading, grammar, punctuation and spelling, and children will be expected to reach a higher level than currently.

The intention to give these schools a waiver from having to hire off the must - place list was announced by Interim Superintendent Vivian Ekchian at a school board committee meeting last month that presented a new «Student Equity Need Index,» which the board then adopted as a primary funding model for the district to ensure dollars designated for the highest - needs students actually reach them.

Last week, the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) released the four - year graduation rates for the class of 2017, which reached a new statewide high of 82.7 percent overall.

I had high hopes when Microsoft invested in them a while back, thinking they would potentially clue in and do more to make themselves a platform for Amazon to worry about, but no such luck thus far (similar conclusions were reached by Geekwire last month when Nook announced a new deal with Google Play — say what?).

Back in March, the Toronto Star reported that Canadian consumer debt had reached a new record high in the last quarter of 2016.

The national median home price reached a new record high last year, breaking the old record set at the peak of the real estate bubble in July 2006.

Last month, the American Pet Products Association (APPA) released its newest National Pet Owners Survey, which shows pet ownership reached its highest level ever, reaching 68 percent of U.S. households in 2012 — up from 62 percent in 2010.

I went into last - gen with high hopes that gaming would reach new heights but it didn't turn out that way.

Last year, Oiticica also reached a new record when a geometrical work sold for $ 362,500, tripling its high estimate.

Global investment in renewable power and fuels reached $ 270.2 billion last year, nearly 17 % higher than in 2013, according to a new study on renewable energy investment from the United Nations Environment Programme.

In the 12 - month period immediately prior to the expiration dates (which, after 1999, were always pegged to the last day of the calendar year), new installations reached high levels as developers rushed to beat the legislative deadline, followed by a substantial retrenchment in the following year as the status of the tax credit was sorted out.

Yesterday it was announced by the World Meteorological Organization (an arm of the United Nations), with front page coverage by the global media, that the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) last year reached a new high value (396 parts per million, ppm) and got there in record time (2.9 ppm / yr).

The last time an announcement of atmospheric CO2 levels reaching some new high (an announcement that could be made virtually every day), we wrote:

Mayer Brown saw revenue inch up 0.2 % last year to reach a new high of $ 1.26 bn (# 1.03 bn), while profit per equity partner (PEP) fell 7.1 % to $ 1.45 m (# 1.19 m)

After reaching a record high of 675 new cases filed in April 2014, filings over the last five months have tailed off significantly (see Figure 1).

South African Bitcoin trading circuit experienced an all - time high last week in terms of trading volume and new price goals reached.

The price of bitcoin continued its recent bullish surge last night, reaching a new all - time high of $ 4,483.

Ethereum, another cryptocurrency that has also rapidly risen in the last couple of days, reached a new all - time high price of $ 522 and a total valuation of over $ 45 billion on Wednesday.

During the last couple of years the digital currency market has rapidly evolved, with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies constantly reaching new all - time highs.

Bitcoin's price reached historic new highs at $ 3230 late last night, while Bitcoin Cash settled below $ 300.

Bitcoin core markets have reached a considerable low after surpassing many new all - time highs over the last two weeks.

Investors currently prefer Ethereum, which reached a new high today, and Ripple, which has experienced extraordinary growth in the last month.

Mills shares dropped to a new 52 - week low of $ 12.27 — an 80 percent drop from its high of $ 59.98 reached last September, before Mills first revealed accounting troubles and an SEC investigation.

«With the S&P CoreLogic Case - Shiller National Home Price Index rising at about 5.5 percent annual rate over the last two - and - a-half years and having reached a new all - time high recently, one can argue that housing has recovered from the boom - bust cycle that began a dozen years ago,» said Blitzer in a statement.

The average rent among single - family lease homes reached a new all - time high of $ 1,669 in July, up from $ 1,642 last month

Last week, the Census Bureau reported that new housing permits were up by more than 11 percent from April, reaching a post-crisis high of 1,275,000.

In addition, general employment growth, which in turn creates the need for new residential formation, reached a six - year high of 3 % last year.

Builders broke ground on more new homes than expected last month, reaching a six - month high in housing starts and also seeing a rebound in permits for future construction, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday in its new - home report.