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“Sales have increased by 15% year-on-year”
“20 per cent more new vacancies coming up for grabs compared to the previous month”
“the total retail value of the market now at £18.2m ($27.9m; 21m euros)”
“58 per cent fewer jobs available in June than the same month in 2008”
“Last year, consumers got through a bumper 7,500 tonnes”
“falling by nine per cent compared with the previous month and 26 per cent lower than the same month the year before”
“They began with just three acres but now have 80 acres”
“average of 55 days to do so in June, four days fewer than it took jobseekers to do so in the same month of 2008”
“The team of 16 stay on the farm during the two-month picking season”
“while equity partners at Allen & Overy will have £122,000 less in their pocket this year, making do with £1m each.”
“earn the minimum wage of £5.80 an hour”
“which last year reported a PEP of $2.48m (£1.47m).”
“When the AGA formed in 1979, it had only six members. Today, there are 114 members and rising and they're responsible for 90% of the total UK asparagus market”
“I’ll probably be working until I’m 85 anyway.”
“The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton saw its shares fall 3% on Monday”
“Earnings are paid out to individuals about a year after they are declared”
“while rival Rio Tinto was down 4.2%.”
“BHP is 60% Australian-owned”
“Rio Tinto is less than 30% Australian”
“saw its shares fall 3% on Monday”
“was down 4.2%”
“BHP is 60% Australian‑owned”
“BHP is 60% Australian-owned while Rio Tinto is less than 30% Australian.”
“deal, worth $3.2bn (£2.1bn), to deliver savings of more than $1bn a year”
“United's parent UAL Corporation saw its shares rise by 51 cents, or 2.37%, to close in New York at $22.11”
“Continental shares were up 51 cents, or 2.28%, to $22.86”
“Together United and Continental currently fly to 370 destinations worldwide, flying 144 million passengers a year.”
“The two companies currently employ a total of 86,000 people.”
“United Airlines' parent company UAL reported a loss of $82m for the first three months of the year, after reporting a $1.1bn loss for 2009.”
“Continental reported net losses of $282m last year.”
“Formula One's Eddie Irvine (£80m), Jody Scheckter (£60m) and David Coulthard (£50m) are in the top 10 of the Sunday Times sports rich list.”
“But the wealthiest figures came from football - Wigan chairman Dave Whelan (£190m) and David Beckham (£125m).”
“The report estimated that 57% of the wealth of the top 100 was held by those linked to football.”
“Former racing driver Johnny Dumfries was ranked third wealthiest by the paper.”
“He was part of the team that won the Le Mans race in 1988”
“Lennox Lewis, the former WBC Heavyweight champion boxer came in at fourth, valued at £95m.”
“Among football managers, the paper said England boss Fabio Capello's was the richest (£34m), followed by Roy Keane (£30m) and Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson (£24m).”
“The ABI estimated that 500,000 people a year would benefit from the quicker process.”
“The US economy grew at an annualised rate of 3.2% in the first three months of the year, official figures have shown.”
“The economy grew at a rate of 5.6% in the final quarter of 2009.”
“Personal consumption rose by 3.6% between January and March, compared with an increase of 1.4% in the previous quarter.”
“Exports grew by 5.8%, significantly less than the 22.8% growth rate in the final three months of 2009.”
“the music market in 13 countries, including the UK, grew during the past year, according to data released by recording industry body the IFPI.”
“Improvements in anti-piracy measures in countries such as Sweden and South Korea saw music sales rise by around 10% in the past year, it added.”
“The IFPI also reported that live music sales around the world grew by 3% during 2009”
“But the music market in 13 countries, including the UK, grew during the past year, according to data released by recording industry body the IFPI.”
“Sales of music slid by 7% around the world in 2009, new figures have revealed.”
“In a number of markets, digital sales rocketed by up to 40%.”
“The IFPI also reported that live music sales around the world grew by 3% during 2009, but this represented a slowdown in comparison with the previous three years.”
“the average property value dropped by 0.6% in March compared with February to £164,288”
“the number of completed house sales picked up at the start of 2010, up 30% on a year before”
“The year-on-year rise in house prices reached 7.5% on average in England and Wales in March, the fifth consecutive month of increases”
“The price of a typical home in London is now £336,409, following a 13% annual rise in prices”
“Wales saw a 1.1% rise in prices year-on-year, with the average home priced at £122,496”
“The biggest fall in prices between February and March was in the East Midlands, a drop of 2.1%, where the average home cost £126,106 in March”
“The price of detached homes has risen the most in the year to March - up 10.5% to an average of £258,928, the Land Registry figures show”
“Flats and maisonettes rose in price by 9.1%, to an average of £153,314”
“Semi-detached homes were up 8.1%, to an average of £155,738, and terraced homes were up 4.5% to an average of £125,074”
“He said it was now 'cumbersome' for developers who were forced to have 'two workflows'.”
“The new chief Financial Ombudsman, Natalie Ceeney, has been in the job for a month.”
“Total's net profit was 2.3bn euros ($3bn; £2bn), almost 10% higher than the 2.1bn euros made in the same period a year earlier.”
“The French firm said oil prices were 70% higher compared with the first three months of 2009.”
“Chevron's profit rose to $4.55bn ($3bn) from $1.84bn.”
“The US firm's revenue rose 34% to $46.7bn.”
“In the first quarter 2010, the Brent oil price increased by more than 70% compared with the first quarter of 2009 and by 3% compared to the fourth quarter 2009," said Total chief executive Christophe de Margerie.”
“Barclays chairman Marcus Agius conceded that banks had to "show contrition" and that the industry's reputation was at "dangerously low" levels.”
“The bank's deputy chairman Sir Richard Broadbent, who heads its remuneration committee said that Mr Diamond's package would "pay out nothing unless stretching performance targets are met".”
“Some 5,000 barrels of oil a day are now pouring into the Gulf of Mexico.”
“That is five times as much crude than was thought to be spilling from under the Deepwater Horizon rig when it exploded last week.”
“In 2007, the majority of lenders still offered 95% loan-to-value mortgages and about 15 lenders had 100% loan-to-value rates.”
“When a house came on the market, there were 10 people who wanted it and they started bidding,”
“Prices are now 5-10% below where they were at the peak of the market.”
“the machines, which currently sell for more than $200, despite intentions to sell them for less.”
“originally aimed to sell the low-cost laptops in lots of one million to governments in developing countries for $100 each.”
“are now offered in single units for around $200 each.”
“Both the UN agency and the EAC first need to raise cash for the laptops. The two groups aim to find donors to help pay for the machines, which currently sell for more than $200, despite intentions to sell them for less.”
“Both the UN agency and the EAC first need to raise cash for the laptops, which currently sell for more than $200, despite intentions to sell them for less.”
“Gazprom has reported a 3% rise in net profit for 2009, despite the company seeing gas sales decline.”
“Gazprom said the swap led to a one-off gain of 105.5bn roubles.”
“Gazprom also said its proven gas reserves increased by 2.2% to 18.6 trillion cubic meters.”
“It is only half our business; it's 99.9% of their business. They've got to find other things to do.”
“The company announced in March it was taking a $63m loss "for Anaran project in Iran, which was abandoned because of international sanctions".”
“"Technology supplies from Germany to Iran account for 80% of the volume of trade between the two countries," he says.”
“The developments did not come as a surprise, as the company has 2,000 petrol stations in the US, while US firm ConocoPhillips holds about 20% of Lukoil.”
“Officials have said the nuclear plant should be operating in 2010”
“Iran has to import up to 40% of the fuel it consumes, because it does not have enough refining capacity”
“the company has 2,000 petrol stations in the US”
“Iran has to import up to 40% of the fuel it consumes”
“The company announced in March it was taking a $63m loss "for Anaran project in Iran, which was abandoned because of international sanctions"”
“No US company is allowed to invest more than $20m in the Iranian economy, but Lukoil needed to invest hundreds of millions”
“Lukoil has 2,000 petrol stations in the US”
“ConocoPhillips holds about 20% of Lukoil”
“PGP calculated that data breaches cost companies, on average, £67 per piece of data lost.”
“JAL is to cut 15 international routes, and suspend operations on 30 domestic routes, as part of a reduction in its network.”
“This year JAL expects to reduce international and domestic passenger capacity by 40% and 30% respectively from 2008 levels.”
“It is also set to close 11 overseas bases and eight domestic offices. International routes to be closed flights from Tokyo to Amsterdam, Milan, Rome and Sao Paulo. "JAL has restructured its overall network with the clear objective of retur…”
“It is also set to close 11 overseas bases and eight domestic offices.”
“Combined with previously announced route cuts, it means the airline will stop operating 28 international routes, and 50 domestic routes will be shed.”
“JAL said it was now aiming to achieve in one year what it had originally planned to do in three.”
“The airline received 1,000 more requests for early retirement than the 2,700 that it had been looking for.”
