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“Mr Wen made his remarks as workers at a Honda factory returned to work after a week-long strike over pay.”
“"We have sold in 40 days what took four months to sell in 2006," said Marcio Borges, marketing director at Panini Brazil, the company that manufactures the albums and stickers.”
“"There were shortages of stickers," said Mr Borges.”
“Revenue from newsagents selling stickers in Sao Paulo is up 40%, according to a local retailers' trade association.”
“"Sales of magazines and papers have been falling. The stickers help boost my business," said Ronaldo Faria, who has a news stand in the Pompeia district of Sao Paulo.”
“In Jacarei, a town 60km from Sao Paulo, newsagent Cesar Oliveira believes his sales have gone up 150% thanks to the sticker craze.”
“Where a packet of fives stickers sells for R$ 0.75 (roughly 40c/30p), a single rare figure can reach six times that amount.”
“"An elderly lady came here and spent R$150 in stickers one day," said Mr Faria - that is just under a third of the national monthly minimum wage.”
“"It has been much more intense in 2010. We were surprised with how well it has been going and couldn't meet demand at some stages. There were shortages of stickers," said Mr Borges.”
“begin in the next financial year with completion by the end of 2012”
“News Corporation's initial offer of 700 pence a share, which values BSkyB at around £12bn, was rejected.”
“BSkyB said it wants "in excess of 800p" per share.”
“News of the bid pushed shares in BSkyB up 16.6%.”
“The combination of Sky with his newspapers, such as the Sun and the SundayTimes, would generate annual revenues of around £8bn, compared with the £4.6bn income of the next largest player, the BBC.”
“British Sky Broadcasting was formed in 1990 by the merger of News Corporation's Sky Television and rival British Satellite Broadcasting.”
“Like-for-like sales, which pull out new store openings, rose 1.1% in the three months to 30 May, excluding petrol.”
“But when the return of VAT to 17.5% after its temporary cut was factored in, growth was just 0.1%.”
“The firm said higher fuel prices - up about 30% from a year ago - meant shoppers had less to spend on other things.”
“The trading update comes a week after Tesco's chief executive Sir Terry Leahy announced that he will be retiring in March of next year.”
“"Tesco is struggling to make the kind of headway to which the market has become accustomed," he said”
“Tesco said the long-term global economic recovery was "well underway" after it reported a 6.9% rise in total group-wide sales, excluding petrol.”
“The supermarket group's sales across Asia advanced 15.4%”
“while they added 7.3% in mainland Europe.”
“Lifted by new store openings, its sales growth for the three months to 30 May was strongest in the US, where it expanded by 37.8%.”
“"We're in good shape and well-positioned to deliver further growth as the economic environment continues to improve," said Sir Terry.”
“Tesco said its evidence of increased UK consumer spending came from a rise in sales of its more expensive "Finest" range of products.”
“In addition, it said sales of televisions were up "strongly as a result of our successful World Cup marketing campaign".”
“Our industries [have been] battered by shortage of power for a long time. This decision will cost millions of dollars in losses for the business," he said.”
“For the Guardian it is the total bill in dollars facing BP from the oil-spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The sum, it says, dwarfs many previous estimates of the cost of the clean-up operation as well as compensation.”
“We've sold off the fruits of the trees for three years in advance and got the money to pay for my daughter's wedding," Mr Singh told the BBC.”
“The trees are our fixed deposits," he said.”
“Mr Singh paid for the weddings of his three daughters after selling fruits of trees he had planted at the time of their birth.”
“One medium-size mango orchard is valued at around 200,000 rupees ($4,245; £2,900) every season.”
“The villagers say they save a part of the money earned through the sale of fruits every year in a bank account opened in their daughter's name.”
“There are 3,000 banana boxes at stake - a fifth of the farm's weekly production.”
“"Do you think that a big multinational company would spend up to $1 more per box to get their bananas from Ecuador? Commercially, it would make no sense.”
“Do you think that a big multinational company would spend up to $1 more per box to get their bananas from Ecuador? Commercially, it would make no sense.”
“Demand for oil could rise by more than a third by 2030 Exxon says”
“On average, every single person uses two litres of the stuff a day.”
“around a quarter of all the world's oil”
“China's demand for oil is expected to double”
“That figure is pushing seven million now and set to rise to twice as much again by 2030.”
“that extra demand alone will add 10% to the world's consumption.”
“the Chinese currently consume just one litre of oil a day per head, compared with 11 litres in the United States.”
“If the country's oil demand were to reach US proportions, total world consumption would double.”
“The latest estimate from the International Energy Agency forecasts worldwide oil use may rise in 2010 by 1.7 million barrels a day.”
“The oil giant ExxonMobil suggests total demand for oil products could be 35% higher by 2030”
“The US census bureau predicts the world population in 2030 will be almost double that of 1980.”
“More widely, the World Energy Council thinks total global energy demand growth could be as much as 50% higher by 2030”
“Oil, natural gas and coal will still provide the vast majority of the world's energy needs, meeting close to four-fifths of global demand through 2030.”
“By 2030, global demand for natural gas is expected to be half as much again as it is now.”
“Solar, wind, and other alternatives contribute little over 1% of America's energy needs.”
“Biomass could be adding another 4% by the end of the next decade.”
“Present estimates suggest production from all existing oilfields being exploited is waning by 3% per year.”
“So with demand rising by some 2%, that is a widening gap that the industry cannot bridge”
“doubling annual environmental inspections by Decc to drilling rigs.”
“BP's interest in the Deepwater Horizon project amounted to 65%”
“10 Transocean rigs operating in UK waters”
“The firm employing the stewards, Stallion Security, told AFP news agency that the workers had been 'misled' by jealous commercial rivals who failed to get the World Cup tender.”
“Quinn Insurance employs 600 people in County Fermanagh”
“More than 900 workers applied for voluntary redundancy after the company was put into administration by the High Court in Dublin in March.”
“The company is shedding 900 staff at locations on both sides of the border including Navan, Cavan and Dublin.”
“In Northern Ireland 200 jobs are to go at Enniskillen and Derrylin.”
“On Monday the company also confirmed that Macquarie Merchant Bank has been appointed to manage the sale of Quinn Insurance Limited.”
“The Quinn Group has agreed that Quinn-healthcare will also be sold as part of this process.”
“Quinn Insurance Ltd can confirm that following the suspension of the performance related bonus schemes in April all schemes across all employee levels are being reintroduced from 1st July 2010.”
“His dismissal in February last year was triggered by this and a 'failure to perform his duties', according to the company.”
“Mr Innes, who had almost a decade's service with the energy supplier, was awarded £38,068 in compensation.”
“In Scotland, electricity generation will reach a cliff-edge in the next 10 to 20 years, when all major power stations are set to close.”
“In Scotland, electricity generation will reach a cliff-edge in the next 10 to 20 years, when all major power stations are set to close”
“Economic growth has been the stated top priority of the last two devolved Scottish administrations”
“Stancombe Quarry, run by Tarmac, produces limestone which is used for concrete, building blocks and asphalt.”
“We currently know that women are employed in only 1 in 5 of the top jobs in sport.”
“Chair of the organising committee Lord Coe has said that 'extraordinary progress' has been made and preparations are within budget and ahead of schedule.”
“create 185 jobs over three years”
“has taken on 39 staff so far”
“there were an estimated 24m people in the UK without income protection insurance in the UK, despite one-in-six being at risk of long-term incapacity due to illness or injury”
“An insurance firm says it hopes to create 185 jobs over three years when it begins operating from its Cardiff base this week.”
“The firm, which has taken on 39 staff so far, is backed by the assembly government's Single Investment Fund.”
“It is particularly good news to hear the company has already taken on a significant number of staff and plans to create many more well-paid and highly-skilled jobs in the future.”
“Pure Options said there were an estimated 24m people in the UK without income protection insurance in the UK, despite one-in-six being at risk of long-term incapacity due to illness or injury.”
“Two Nottinghamshire pubs face temporary closure after serving a 15-year-old who later killed a man nearby.”
“The plans were to build 552 modernist flats on the 12.8-acre site, which the Qatari Diar CPC consortium bought for £959m.”
“Lord Grabiner QC, for Christian Candy, said the Qatari Diar would have had to pay £81m to Mr Candy's company CPC for breaching the contract if it was revealed that the application was withdrawn because of the Emir's meeting with Prince Cha…”
“Meanwhile, franchise systems in countries such as Germany and Sweden have reportedly led to cost reductions of between 20% and 40%, it found.”
“Waste management company Viridor wanted to build the £7m site in Portobello.”
“Viridor has committed to the challenge by announcing investment of up to £800m in Scotland over the next five years.”
“It includes a £500,000 upgrade of the town centre and the £130m Parkway development, involving 64 new shops, a department store and new homes.”
“The provisional liquidator is very happy to meet with the consortium to listen to its proposals.”
“He would not be drawn on speculation there would be cuts of at least 20% at Ofcom.”
“a national superfast network could add £18bn to the GDP and create at least 60,000 new jobs.”
“This comes after more than 100 jobs were lost when Alford based engineering firm Finnveden closed in March.”
“Dozens of jobs have also gone at Horncastle clothing manufacturer Tayberry and at Skegness ball-bearing factory Minebea in the past year.”
“It is very difficult to see industry of that type coming back into the area as they were there for historical reasons. There are some opportunities for engineering on which we can piggy-back but we need to be realistic that we are not goin…”
“What I am pleased about is so many of the people from Finnveden have bitten the bullet and gone off on their own as electricians, painters and so on.”
“A couple of the local shops are being redecorated, so somebody is going to have a go and reopen.”
“The business survey index (BSI) of sentiment at large producers rose to 10 in the April-to-June period, from 4.3 in the previous quarter, a joint survey by the Ministry of Finance and the Cabinet Office's Economic and Social Research Insti…”
“"Sentiment is gradually improving both for underlying conditions and the outlook," said Takeshi Minami, chief economist for the Norinchukin Research Institute.”
“Strong demand from Asia has meant that, so far at least, demand for Japanese exports has recovered despite weakness in other markets such as Europe and the US.”
“the amount of carbon dioxide saved by the same-day collections was the equivalent of planting 500 trees a year.”
