Since the 1970s there has been a large move away from manufacturing and an increasing emphasis on the service industry.

US Navy officials said it was the largest such move since 2003.

Whenever bodies are moving with their proper motion, the larger moves quicker.

In addition, the large moves up and down are no doubt unsettling to many investors.

"If in fact we were going to see a large move up in the dollar today, Kodak would still be hurt," he said.

It would be the largest Japanese move into American banking.

Two of Microsoft's largest moves have come in building its business software division, which had sales of nearly $700 million last year.

In 2005, it moved 2,300 of its employees back to lower Manhattan, at that time the largest such move.

No further large moves are anticipated in the 90's, he said.

"The size of the average move seems to be larger and the frequency of large moves is also higher."