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“Watson was named Hollywood's highest paid female star of last year by Vanity Fair magazine.”
“Supermarket giant Asda has announced plans to buy the UK stores of Danish discount retailer Netto for £778m.”
“Asda plans to integrate the stores into its new supermarkets division for shops smaller than 25,000 square feet.”
“Netto has 193 stores in the UK which will continue to trade under the Netto name for the time being but will come under the Asda brand by mid-2011.”
“Netto, currently owned by Dansk Supermarked, has operated in the UK since 1990.”
“Asda has announced plans to buy the UK stores of Danish discount retailer Netto for £778m.”
“We have substantial opportunities for growth in Scandinavia and Northern Europe and believe that the time has come to focus our efforts on the development of our business in these countries.”
“JJB reported a pre-tax loss of £68.5m for the 53 weeks to 31 January 2010, compared with a loss of £21.8m for the 52 weeks to 25 January 2009.”
“in a survey by the consumer organisation Which?, JJB was ranked joint 95th in a list of the top 100 UK retailers.”
“Meanwhile, in a survey by the consumer organisation Which?, JJB was ranked joint 95th in a list of the top 100 UK retailers.”
“JJB was ranked joint 95th in a list of the top 100 UK retailers.”
“However, a successful £100m rights issue in October allowed the retailer to pay off its debts.”
“the World Cup would provide a 'particularly significant opportunity' in 2010.”
“The plant was partially mothballed with the loss of 1,600 jobs in February.”
“Sales of sugars accounting for less than a third of the that.”
“Martin Deboo, consumer goods analyst at Investec, said Tate's profits came largely from industrial ingredients like ethanol.”
“He added that it was a possibility that the company would sell its sugar business.”
“The Foxconn plant in Shenzhen employs more than 400,000 people.”
“Foxconn points out that despite the bad publicity, each day around 8,000 people still apply to work at the factory.”
“Any reports of poor working conditions in Dell's supply chain are investigated and, if warranted, appropriate action is taken. We expect our suppliers to employ the same high standards we do in our own facilities,”
“Hewlett Packard said it was "investigating the Foxconn practices that may be associated with these tragic events"”
“Apple, whose iPhones are made at the plant, said it was "deeply committed to ensuring that conditions throughout our supply chain are safe and workers are treated with respect and dignity". Apple has said it will evaluate what Foxconn is d…”
“Exports in April jumped 40.4% from a year earlier to 5.9 trillion yen ($65bn; $45bn), marking the fifth straight monthly year-on-year increase.”
“Exports to other parts of Asia, which account for more than half of Japan's total exports, rose 45.3% from a year earlier.”
“Shipments to the EU were up by 19.8% from a year earlier, slowing from a 26.7% gain in March but again marking a fifth straight month of year-on-year increases.”
“Shipments to the US were up 34.5%, helped by strong demand for Japanese cars.”
“Overall, car exports more than doubled from a year ago to 775.2bn yen, and semiconductor deliveries were up 35.5% at 366.7bn yen.”
“Last week, figures showed that Japan's economy had grown by 1.2% between January and March from the previous quarter, the Cabinet Office said.”
“On Thursday, Air India sacked 41 employees, taking the number of staffers whose services have been terminated to 58.”
“It has also suspended 24 others, including 15 engineers.”
“On Wednesday, the airline de-recognised two unions which led the strike.”
“Aviation analyst Kapil Kaul said it was the first time in 20 years he had seen union leaders being dismissed.”
“Analysts say the airline's 30,000-strong workforce needs to be cut by half to make it competitive.”
“it was the first time in 20 years he had seen union leaders being dismissed”
“Air India has a fleet of 136 aircraft flying to domestic and international destinations.”
“The ailing airline has about 30,000 employees”
“after a two-day strike”
“More than 100 flights were cancelled.”
“Normal operations are expected to resume in two to three days, reports say”
“For the second year running, graduate salary expectations have dropped, with final year job hunters expecting to earn an average of £22,000 for their first job - 3.1% less than in 2008.”
“Students with the highest salary expectations were law students who expected to earn an average starting salary of £24,800.”
“Next were computing and IT students, who anticipated an average starting salary of £24,300.”
“Engineering students expected to get £24,300 and business and finance students £23,200.”
“Finalists with the lowest salary expectations were arts or humanities students who, on average, expected to get a starting salary of £19,700 and those studying languages, who reckoned on salaries of £20,900.”
“A total of 241 flights in and out of Heathrow have been cancelled on Thursday out of a scheduled 678.”
“On Wednesday, 246 flights were cancelled, while more than 200 were cancelled on Tuesday.”
“BA maintains that it is meeting its target of flying 70% of passengers to their destinations.”
“BA said it was increasing its flight schedule for Unite's next threatened five-day strike, which - should no deal emerge from this latest set of negotiations - is due to start on Sunday.”
“The carrier said that throughout the current strike it would be operating more than 70% of long-haul flights from Heathrow and more than 55% of short-haul flights.”
“Discussions between the two sides lasted for over six hours and are expected to resume on Friday.”
“late 1989 to see the last time it was a bigger company than Microsoft.”
“site, which has more than 400 million active users”
“finally withdrawn altogether in September 2009, along with a near $10 million class‑action law suit settlement”
“more than 20,000 users have committed to quitting Facebook”
“Since then, Facebook's membership has grown by well over 350 million active users”
“It is estimated the six new turbines near Ulley Dam will generate enough power for 10,000 homes.”
“The smaller cockles are expected to fetch about £200 per tonne, compared to an average price of £450 per tonne.”
“at least seven”
“1300 local time (1800 GMT)”
“six hours after the work began”
“The collection of photographic negatives was nearly thrown out after Mr Nickels' death Some 600 photographs of charabancs, omnibuses and coaches carrying tourists to Rhyl and other Edwardian beauty spots in north Wales have been sold. Rhyl…”
“His collection of photographic negatives, amassed over his lifetime, had been estimated to sell for between £1,000 and £2,000.”
“Mr Nickels' collection of 200 model buses, many of which he had made himself, sold for an above estimate £400.”
“Manchester Airport says the disruption caused by the volcanic ash cloud has cost it at least £10m.”
“More than 3,000 flights at the airport have been affected by ash from the Icelandic volcano and bosses fear the losses could continue to rise.”
“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.”
