Indeed, in the last three years Hanover has nearly doubled its staff, to 2,800.

Would they have been able to double their staff?

The firm has taken on so much business in the last year that it has nearly doubled its staff, from 10 to 19 employees.

The bureau has doubled its staff to handle additional calls.

Covance, one of the largest contract research organizations, doubled its staff and revenues from 1994 to 1998.

Amid all this growth, Ms. Stewart has almost doubled her staff, to 230.

It's an account that can make a medium-size agency very big, enabling it to open regional offices, even double its staff.

Mr. Caperton has more than doubled the board's staff and increased its assets.

If Mastercard doubled its staff to 900, the boon was estimated at $176 million.

In the last year alone, KaBloom has more than doubled its corporate staff, to 50 from 20.