The revenue kept growing after 1588, rising threefold in the period till 1630.

Over the last four years, Boeing's stock has risen more than threefold.

The most recent figures show that the number of people using the website each month has risen threefold in a year to 3.5 million.

Dynegy, the energy company that nearly went bankrupt, rose more than threefold to $4.28.

Revenues rose nearly threefold, to $59.3 million, from $19.1 million.

Moreover, the company's operating cash flow before taxes, interest and other items rose threefold, to $30 million, the company said in a statement last month.

Within the camps, infant mortality had risen threefold in the few months leading up to July 2011.

In the past 10 years, the arrest rate for 14- to 17-year-olds for homicides has risen threefold.

Last month, the company said its 1989 net profits rose threefold, to 42.4 million guilders, or about $23 million.

The most spectacular growth, however, was in photovoltaic power generation, which rose threefold to 3GW, the administration noted.