Sixfold

The current system has raised taxes more than sixfold over six decades, and still can't pay promised benefits. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Shipments from Hong Kong to mainland China, which analysts use as a proxy for all imports, totaled 102 tons, a 20% increase from October and a nearly sixfold increase from November 2010. ❋ Rhiannon Hoyle (2012)

During the free period, use of its network increased nearly sixfold, the airport says. ❋ Unknown (2010)

During the same period average UK wages have gone up threefold and pay for a senior policeman or schoolteacher has risen sixfold. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The number of terrorist incidents grew sixfold between 2000 and 2009, to 738 from 135, and Moscow remains the only European capital to be hit repeatedly by terrorists. ❋ David Satter (2011)

The company is aiming to hit 120 foot massage parlors across the country, the limit at which Zhu believes quality can still be retained, with sixfold financial growth by 2018. ❋ Kit Gillet (2010)

Since then it has increased its number of employees here sixfold. ❋ Yukari Iwatani Kane (2011)

Portuguese gold reserves went up sixfold, mostly because he forced the Germans to pay with the precious metal. ❋ Robert Wilson (2011)

At the same time, the number of attempted suicides or self-inflicted injuries in the Army has jumped sixfold since the Iraq war began. ❋ Unknown (2009)

White wood butterfly has seen a dramatic return in numbers, with a sixfold increase in sightings last year compared with 2009. ❋ Unknown (2011)

From 2000 to 2009, foreign direct investment to Africa increased sixfold to $58.56 billion, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. ❋ Peter Wonacott (2011)

BorgWarner's profit soared sixfold on a 37% sales gain. ❋ Jeff Bennett (2010)

Since then, the stock has jumped nearly sixfold, and Mulally's options have a value on paper of about $48 million. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The gap between the two nations has widened sixfold since 2006, according to the forum. ❋ Andrew Critchlow (2011)

Its first-quarter earnings soared more than sixfold as the maker of videoconferencing products reported broad demand in all its major regions. ❋ Donna Kardos Yesalavich (2011)

Still, PVR's total net profit rose sixfold from the previous year to 81.8 million rupees, boosted by its share from minority interests. ❋ R. Jai Krishna (2011)

During his time in power, the Ugandan economy has expanded sixfold, creating jobs and lifting living standards. ❋ Nicholas Bariyo (2011)

If I extrapolate from the Medicare experience to compute the effect of the overall spread of insurance -- both public and private -- between 1950 and 1990, it suggests that it is responsible for about half of the sixfold growth in real per capita health-care spending during this period. ❋ Unknown (2009)