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“In total the Manchester Airports Group - which also runs East Midlands, Bournemouth and Humberside airports - says it has lost upwards of £15m.”
“In its last set of accounts the group recorded operating profits of £78.4m.”
“We've still got about four months of summer left, we can still have a strong summer.”
“However, he conceded that senior managers expected the level of losses to rise above £15m if the ash cloud returned.”
“My Dad put £10 at 500/1 that I'd get the job so it just made sense.”
“The Caspian drilling is done on fixed platforms, unlike the less stable, floating platforms used in the Gulf of Mexico, and in much shallower water - down to about 200m (660ft).”
“The deep-sea drilling of relief wells to cut off the Gulf of Mexico leak is likely to continue until mid-August, whereas in the Caspian that could be done much faster, Prof Stevens said.”
“Oil giant BP has been heavily involved in energy projects in Azerbaijan since 1997 and operates the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan export pipeline...”
“Reacting to the Gulf of Mexico spill, the Azerbaijan State Oil Company (Socar) ordered extra safety checks at offshore platforms operated by foreign oil and gas companies in Azerbaijan's waters.”
“A showcase event bringing together technology companies has attracted more than 1,000 delegates.”
“A total of 140 companies were exhibiting at the showcase.”
“Bitwise employs more than 80 people worldwide and develops software for a number of products including home health testing equipment and chip and pin machines.”
“we're at the tail-end of a recession and things can look bleak but the areas we've picked for this event, like the health and digital industries, are all showing signs of growth”
“Buckfast only represents 0.5% of Scottish alcohol sales, she said.”
“The closure of the Somerdale factory will result in the loss of 400 jobs, with production moving to Poland.”
“When it announced it was considering a bid for Cadbury in September last year, Kraft said the UK would be 'a net beneficiary' of jobs as a result of any takeover.”
“the club was wound up last month over an outstanding tax bill”
“Contracts for construction of the lines were signed almost two months ago.”
“Councillor Keith Whitmore, chair of Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority (GMITA), said the project was approved in March.”
“The original 'big bang' extension - with new lines to Ashton, Oldham, Rochdale and Manchester Airport - was first announced in 2000 but cancelled when costs spiralled.”
“He said LU's purchase of contractor Tube Lines should done on 30 June.”
“In the past year it has opened 21 new stores and closed nine.”
“It plans to open 20-30 stores this year worldwide.”
“with the company recording double-digit sales growth in Europe and Asia Pacific.”
“Some 85 million mobile phones have been discarded rather than traded in for cash, according to a UK consumer group.”
“A small poll of 853 people found 68% said they had kept one or more old phones that they did not use.”
“We discard millions of phones every year with one in 10 admitting they simply put their old handsets in the bin.”
“The 278 branches of the Alliance & Leicester will be renamed as Santander later this year.”
“More than a thousand former branches of the Abbey and Bradford & Bingley banks are already undergoing the name change.”
“Natalie Nield-Siddall from St Asaph started selling at Llanberis farmers' market in Gwynedd in April 2008.”
“But last year she moved into a unit near Denbigh, and her seven staff produce 20,000 rarebits a week.”
“She began selling at Llanberis Farmers' Market, where her first 30 pots sold in less than two hours.”
“A processing and marketing grant from the Welsh Assembly Government funded 40% of the investment cost.”
“The supermarket's Mark Grant said they were looking forward to launching the product in stores across 45 outlets in Wales.”
“More than 900 workers at Quinn Insurance have applied for voluntary redundancy.”
“Quinn Insurance is shedding 900 staff at locations on both sides of the border including Navan, Cavan and Dublin.”
“Two hundred of the jobs will go in Northern Ireland at Enniskillen and Derrylin.”
“At the end of April the company's administrators announced the need to cut the posts.”
“Under the terms of the redundancy programme, a member of staff who has been with Quinn Insurance for five years would receive 31 weeks pay.”
“could open in 2012”
“approximately 450 jobs created or safeguarded during the construction phase, and an additional 450 once the building is opened in 2012”
“The construction of moorings for a multi-million-pound marina in Northampton is taking place this week.”
“Once the 46 circular piles are in place, the mooring pontoons will be installed and the lake refilled with water.”
“The marina will offer 80 moorings, six of which will be for residential use.”
“The marina is scheduled for completion in March 2011.”
“Ronaldsway Airport saw a massive drop in passenger figures in April, with almost 13,000 less travelling than in the same month in 2009.”
“The airport saw a23.5% fall in passengers last month, but an expected surge of air travellers has not been seen.”
“I cannot recall such a challenging series of traumas as those experienced over the past two years," she said.”
“A lot of very detailed preparations have been made for this operation over the last few days.”
“The plant in Shenzhen, owned by Taiwanese company Foxconn, employs over 400,000 people and manufactures mobile phones for Apple Inc and many other top brands.”
“But the company points out that despite the bad publicity, each day around 8,000 people still apply to work at the factory.”
“DeGeneres is expected to reveal plans for her new label, called eleveneleven, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Wednesday evening.”
“Greyson... inspired me to start a record label called eleveneleven. He is my first artist and we are making a record together.”
“Guy Oseary, Madonna's manager, and Troy Carter, Lady Gaga's manager, have signed on to co-manage Chance.”
“Foster's wine business is the world's second largest after Constellation Brands.”
“However, earnings from wine, which accounted for two-fifths of the group's total by 2007, have fallen heavily.”
“Foster's, which hopes the move will make it A$100m in annual savings from 2011, saw its shares rise by close to 9% after the announcement, before falling back slightly to close up 6%.”
“The demerger and separate stock market listings for the wine and beer units is planned to be completed in the first half of 2011.”
“The firm expanded into wine in 1996 when it bought the Mildara Blass brand.”
“The business now includes Southcorp with its Penfolds and Lindemans brands.”
“We are increasingly seeing the benefits of operationally separating the beer and wine businesses,”
“For the beer business, this is the first step on its way to being taken over.”
“The American tycoon revealed the total cost of the project was likely to be nearer £750m”
“It has bought an acre of land in what it calls the heartland of the planned Trump golf resort”
“£1.8m campaign”
“through May and June”
“over the period of a year”
“We've identified... at least seven.”
“60-70% chance of success.”
“about 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons, 795,000 litres) a day”
“five spots on the well's crippled five-story blowout preventer”
“five-story blowout preventer”
“a day or two”
“about a mile (1.5km) underwater”
“Reports say about 100 domestic and international Air India flights have been cancelled after 20,000 ground staff walked out.”
“Analysts say the airline's 30,000 workforce needs to be cut by half to make it competitive.”
“Any employee violating these norms will render himself liable for disciplinary action," the office order, issued in July 2009, states.”
“Pulse has started a year-long environmental study ahead of an application to Marine Scotland, which is part of the Scottish government, for a licence to start producing electricity commercially in 2012.”
“Iraq and Kuwait are locked in a dispute over billions of dollars in reparations from Baghdad, including about $1.2bn (£0.8bn) related to aircraft and parts seized during Saddam Hussein's 1990-91 invasion.”
“The historic Iraqi Airways flight to London on 25 April was delayed nine days by Europe's volcanic ash cloud crisis, but it was already nearly a year behind schedule.”
“Mr Hassan confirmed on Tuesday that the London and Sweden routes would be cancelled.”
“The airline's first jet to fly to London in more than 20 years arrived last month.”
“MSPs voted for the £2bn crossing when the plans - which represent Scotland's biggest transport infrastructure project in a generation - came before the full parliament.”
“The new crossing would be built by 2016, if approved by parliament, with construction beginning next year.”
“the existing 45-year-old road bridge.”
“The case for this project could not be more compelling and the Scottish government is committed to seeing the Forth Replacement Crossing delivered on time and on budget by 2016.”
“"We've grown 400% over the last 10 years because we have diversified our production and added value to it," says Marco Bomm, projects manager of Castrolanda, a rural co-operative created by families of Dutch immigrants in Parana.”
“"Four kilos of crisps fetch the same price as a bag of 50kg of potatoes. I think adding value to our production is the way to go," says Mr Bomm.”
“"We've grown 400% over the last 10 years because we have diversified our production and added value to it," says Marco Bomm, projects manager of Castrolanda.”
“"Four kilos of crisps fetch the same price as a bag of 50kg of potatoes."”
“According to industry data, sales of farm machines in Brazil increased 52% in the first four months this year compared with the same period of 2009.”
“We've grown 400% over the last 10 years because we have diversified our production and added value to it”
“Four kilos of crisps fetch the same price as a bag of 50kg of potatoes.”
“Some 246 flights in and out of Heathrow were cancelled on Wednesday out of 674 scheduled.”
“On Tuesday, more than 200 flights were cancelled, though BA maintained that it was meeting its target of flying 70% of passengers to their destinations.”
“The carrier said it would be operating more than 70% of long-haul flights from Heathrow and more than 55% of short-haul flights.”
“BA said it was increasing its flight schedule for Unite's next threatened five-day strike, which is due to start on Sunday.”
“The latest BA cabin crew strike is now in its third day”
“BT confirmed that chief executive Ian Livingston would be paid a £1.2m bonus for his work last year.”
“The CWU, which represents 55,000 BT staff”
