In the rhetorically "rich" Capitol, where real capital booms louder than any microphone, the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America's political action committee, InsurPac, raised a total of $1,006,970.50 during the 2009 calendar year setting a new record for receipts in a calendar year and breaking the one million
dollar mark for the first time in one year since its inception.
Sterling broke through the 1.50
dollar mark several times - its highest level since January.
Last week, the column's staff was able to correct an erroneous $1,000 charge in the flexible health care spending account of Reymediana Gallevo -- putting the total savings by readers over the half-million
dollar mark, $500,947 to be exact.
He predicted that oil, now 125 dollars a barrel, would hit the 200
dollar mark by 2010.
Franchitti, right, has enjoyed a top-10 finish and his earnings have broken through the half million
dollar mark but he needs to make it into the top 35 to guarantee a regular race.
With the 2008 edition now on sale nationally, the institute hopes to reach the $4 million
dollar mark.
This mixed-use mega-project is now approaching the billion
dollar mark with groundbreaking due within the year.
The multi-million
dollar mark would represent a threefold increase over the $1 million that Congress approved for the program last year.
The euro has teased the 1.35
dollar mark in the past week, maintaining the fears of many officials that Europe's fledgling economic recovery will be hurt.
But experts question whether the ECB will remain aloof if the Euro breaks the 1.30
dollar mark after the US elections.
The cost of a barrel of US light crude stood just above 47 US dollars today after pushing through the 48
dollar mark last night.
If sterling does hit the two
dollar mark it will be the first time since Black Wednesday, 1992, when Britain left the ERM.
The exchange rate briefly moved over the psychological important 10 peso per
dollar mark in mid-January, before dipping below soon afterward.
It was the first time Vietnamese export revenues have topped the 10 billion
dollar mark.
Crossing the billion
dollar mark is a first for the giant trade show.
