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“A new recording contract is estimated to have made $31m (£21m) so far”
“The Sony Music Entertainment deal will see 10 albums of the late singer's music released over the next seven years”
“The estate is guaranteed between $200m (£135m) and $250m (£169.5m) for the deal”
“Billboard believes approximately $31m (£21m) of this will have been paid in the last 12 months”
“revenue from tickets retained by fans as souvenirs and not refunded brought in about $6.5m (£4.4m)”
“merchandise raking in $5m (£3.4m)”
“Jackson's music publishing company, Mijac, currently has a value of around $150m (£102m)”
“Mijac could have generated as much as $50m (£33.9m) in the last year”
“Jackson's share of Sony/ATV's revenue is $80m (£54.3m) a year”
“Jackson's estate also owns half of music publishing company, Sony/ATV.”
“The Waste Recycling Group (WRG) had first applied to use the site 13 years ago.”
“Australian mining contractors are expected to start clearing a path through the jungle on Tuesday, Sundance Resources said in a statement”
“over the last two years they had been making economies in other areas, including a programme of voluntary redundancies under which up to 50 jobs have gone”
“including a programme of voluntary redundancies under which up to 50 jobs have gone”
“Iberia now has three months to reach a decision on the recovery plan.”
“The larger New Airways Pension Scheme (NAPS) also closed to new joiners in 2003 but still has about 30,000 staff in it.”
“The Airways Pension Scheme (APS) closed to new members in 1984 and is made up mainly of pensioners.”
“Nottingham City Homes, which manages the house, confirmed a new boiler was installed six weeks ago.”
“Nottingham City Homes, which manages about 29,000 properties in the city, said it had been carrying out renovations at the house.”
“Consumers loved them and they sold in millions all over the world - bringing competitors like Fuji into the market too.”
“Whitbread says business account sales at Premier Inn grew by 21%”
“Like-for-like sales at the budget hotel rose 10.5% in the 13 weeks to 3 June, compared with the same period a year earlier.”
“Sales across the Whitbread group were up 7.6% over the same period.”
“Sales at Costa rose 8.5%”
“while those at Whitbread's pub restaurants rose 3.6%.”
“It has opened four new Premier Inns in the past quarter”
“and has plans to open about 250 new Costa stores in the current financial year.”
“Space technology is worth about £6bn a year to the UK economy”
“It is worth about £6bn a year to the UK economy and it supports about 70,000 jobs.”
“With a 7% growth last year globally in the space sector”
“SNP ministers have repeatedly called for the release of cash from the levy, which comes from energy firms in Scotland and is held by industry regulator Ofgem.”
“The chancellor said there would be no new increases in duties on alcohol or fuel, which stands to benefit Scotland's vital whisky industry and rural businesses.”
“Bowmanville Zoo, in Ontario, has even offered $2,000 (£1,325) for a picture of the animals being given water.”
“A $20,000 reward offered since Saturday has failed to produce any leads on the whereabouts of Jonas, a Bengal tiger, and camels Todd and Shawn.”
“a new boiler was installed six weeks ago.”
“The explosion was heard up to half a mile away”
“Nottingham City Homes, which manages about 29,000 properties in the city”
“Garage franchise owner Amrik Kalsi saw business drop by 47%”
“where Sundance Resources is hoping to extract 35 million tonnes of iron ore a year.”
“loss of 67 jobs and a threat to another 87.”
“its nine shops have ceased trading.”
“annual turnover of £5m”
“The company, which employs 380 staff in Greater Manchester, Dorset and Dublin, went into administration last week.”
“Administrator KPMG has announced that 204 employees have been made redundant at the company's headquarters in Swinton, Salford.”
“Thirty seven workers at its quarry in Poole, Dorset, were made redundant on 16 June, the administrators said.”
“Unfortunately, on assessing the demand for the company's products, it has been necessary to make 204 staff redundant.”
“Negotiations with customers are ongoing and we are hopeful that we will be able to recommence production of terrazzo flooring and the ceramic products in the Swinton factory in Greater Manchester early next week.”
“We are hopeful that we will be able to recommence production of terrazzo flooring and the ceramic products in the Swinton factory in Greater Manchester early next week.”
“To date, a great deal of buyer interest has been shown in the terrazzo and ceramics production.”
“He was told he could travel on the next available flight from Gatwick but would have to pay for two seats.”
“Air Transat said he took up a third of the next seat.”
“In this case, the arm‑rest would not go down and separate Mr Russell from the lady beside him - and he was taking up more than a third of her seat.”
“Operator First Cymru said there would be new timetables on around 25 routes in the city from Sunday.”
“The number of services they are supporting has fallen, but by working together we have tried to minimise the impact of these changes on customers.”
“Local people will be aware that the council, while continuing to support a number of bus routes, has had to make some savings in light of the current economic conditions. The number of services they are supporting has fallen...”
“The society is a non-profit organisation, which makes something like this particularly sad and upsetting for the members.”
“An £8.5m centre being built to boost the construction industry in Northamptonshire has won an award.”
“The building will contain an innovation centre with 60 small office units for businesses in the emerging market of sustainable construction, a conference hall for up to 300 people, as well as a public piazza and a cafe/restaurant.”
“Work has now begun on the development and it is expected to be completed by December 2010, opening in 2011.”
“Equally importantly, it will bring new jobs and investment to the local area, and provide a home to some cutting edge companies in the field of sustainable construction.”
“About 160 jobs are under threat at a printing firm's two bases in Derby.”
“Staff were sent home from Bemrose Booth at Pride Park and Wyvern Business Park on Monday.”
“He said the firm had been losing money over the past few years because of the economic climate and competition within the printing sector.”
“Jerry Marsden, who has worked for the company for seven years, said...”
“Somerset owns 62 farms”
“to fill a £400m black hole in its budget”
“The third biggest bill this council faces is to pay off debt interest of £35m a year”
“The Tory-controlled authority believes it can raise up to £40m from its farms”
“Heli-Cusco recently got permission to fly six flights a day into the helipad at Aguas Calientes, around 1.3 miles (2 km) from Machu Picchu.”
“Up to 2,000 tourists a day visit the mountain city.”
“Before the ban came into force, as many as 90 people could be flown in to the area on six flights a day.”
“The 15 people travelling on each helicopter trip paid $316 (£213) per person for the trip.”
“Avalon demanded he should be paid £20m over two years.”
“new cemetery costing almost £1m”
“expected to provide enough space for the next 60 to 80 years”
“about 400 burials and interments each year”
“on average 25 years capacity across the seven cemeteries in the area”
“other 14 cemeteries”
“three sides of the garden”
“could cut up to 700 jobs by next March”
“shed 300 jobs last year”
“The creator of the popular Wii gaming console has a market value in excess of $85bn (£57.2bn) and is now Japan's third most valuable listed company.”
“Figures released by Gfk Chart-Track suggest that overall console sales in the UK fell by almost a third in the first six months of 2010, mostly due to declining interest among shoppers in Nintendo Wii and DS handheld devices.”
“Sony Computer Entertainment's chairman, Kaz Hirai, said it had seen increases in year-on-year sales for its PlayStation 3 console system, for the past 10 consecutive months.”
“The changes to the branches in Montgomery, Llanidloes and Llanfair Caereinion came into effect on Monday.”
“The new opening hours are 1000-1400 in Llanfair Caereinion on a Tuesday and Friday”
“1000-1400 in Llanidloes on a Monday and Thursday”
“1000-1400 in Montgomery on a Wednesday”
“we offer a full Welsh language telephone banking service between 9am and 5pm”
“and are looking to expand this service later in the year”
“Tesco bought the former Vaux site in 2001”
“More than 300 people lost their jobs when the family brewery closed in 1999”
“after 162 years”
“The 15-acre site”
“The 15-acre site has been empty since”
“Tesco remains committed to making a major investment into the city”
“Flybe achieved 98th place in the annual Sunday Times Deloitte league table.”
“the Exeter carrier recently reported an 8% rise in sales.”
“The company operates services to Newquay, Cornwall and the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey among its 180 domestic and European routes.”
“Flybe said it had carried 7.3m passengers during the past 12 months.”
