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“overall contribution limit of £45,000.”
“up to 25% of their fund prior to retirement.”
“at least £50,000 worth of assets in their pension at 75.”
“annual limit of £1,200.”
“limit, which it said should be £50,000,”
“During the last three years the national debt has grown to unmanageable proportions.”
“The country's ratio of debt to gross domestic product is behind only Greece and Italy in the eurozone, analysts say.”
“has supported the idea that it suspend its quarterly dividend for shareholders”
“As the National Government prepared an emergency budget that slashed public sector wages, put up income tax and cut unemployment benefits by 10%.”
“Since 2001, however, it has been a key US ally, receiving billions of dollars in aid in return for helping fight al-Qaeda.”
“Taxis are twice as expensive as six months ago.”
“My father, with 25 years experience of civil engineering, has been unemployed for the last nine months.”
“Financially, our parents help us out otherwise we might starve! Inflation is unbelievable.”
“Risk-free "safe haven" accounts guaranteed by the government should be set up as part of a "profound reform of the banking system", a report says.”
“If we don't do something, next time [a crisis] happens it will break the country - it will go bankrupt,”
“The commission, which was set up last December, gathered evidence from regulators, consumer groups and business leaders including Bank of England governor Mervyn King, the Financial Services Authority chairman Lord Turner and the current B…”
“Under the current Financial Services Compensation Scheme, only the first £50,000 is protected.”
“The commission wants this limit to apply to each brand rather than to each licensed institution, which would give savers greater protection.”
“I think if we've ever got the opportunity to sort out the banking system, it's now.”
“the industry had made many significant changes to the way it operated and could not "by any means be described as a return to 'business as usual'"”
“These recommendations are a promising start in building a banking system fit for the needs of the economy and society.”
“"The main challenge for Slovakia is to stop the increase of the debt, to start economic development - Slovakia was once called the European tiger and we need to recover that," said SDKU leader Iveta Radicova, who could now become the count…”
“Anne Heather Welsh, from the Diamond Road, Crumlin, is charged with stealing £39,032 from Noel Savage Construction Ltd on dates between October 2006 and December 2007.”
“116 groups”
“December”
“£24m porfolio are 97 Welsh arts organisations”
“£10m of funding”
“29 June”
“March 2011”
“£60,000”
“£5.1m”
“21 months ago”
“1978”
“The charge for checking references or renewing a contract can range from £10 to more than £200.”
“It is looking more likely BP will cease paying the £1.8bn of dividends per quarter it's been delivering to shareholders”
“Even if those costs exceed £20bn, as analysts expect, BP feels it has the resources to cope.”
“The company's shares finished up 7.2% on the London Stock Exchange on Friday”
“Its share price has almost halved since the oil spill began.”
“On Monday, Melinda Gates announced at the conference that the foundation set up by her and her computer tycoon husband Bill Gates would be devoting $1.5bn (or more than £1bn) to boosting women and children's health over the next five years.”
“There is already a Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, which channels billions of pounds of taxpayers' money given by governments, including the UK.”
“One in four credit card companies still cannot receive faster payments.”
“80% of one-off phone and internet transfers do clear on the same day.”
“Only half of all standing orders can be sent as fast payments.”
“Alliance and Leicester put a limit of £250 on faster payments.”
“Nationwide £1,000 can be transferred on the same day.”
“Barclays as much as £10,000 can be sent.”
“limits range from £25 with Clydesdale to £100,000 with Northern Rock.”
“Faster Payments scheme began two years ago.”
“many customers are still having to wait three to four working days for money to clear.”
“Alliance and Leicester put a limit of £250 on faster payments, with Nationwide £1,000 can be transferred on the same day, but with Barclays as much as £10,000 can be sent.”
“To put things into perspective, in recent years the cost of running a mid-grid team in Formula 1 has been more than $200m.”
“For a budget like that," says Dr Ullrich, "I could do touring cars, Le Mans and the American Le Mans Series for several years."”
“"For a budget like that," says Dr Wolfgang Ullrich, "I could do touring cars, Le Mans and the American Le Mans Series for several years."”
“As a customer service officer for Royal Bank of Scotland at Kirkwall in Orkney for more than 20 years”
“He has raised more than £1.3m, earning him the BBC Sports Personality of the Year's Helen Rollason Award.”
“It has given grants worth £50m to help rehabilitate wounded service personnel since its creation in October 2007.”
“The consortium, who were not involved in the ground redevelopment plans, challenged the council's decision to spend £32m of public money on the project.”
“The plans are part of a £48m revamp of the West End venue which will make it the UK's second largest Test ground.”
“estimates is worth £15m to the local economy every year”
“Leading figures from the world of finance have spent the last three days in Vienna wrestling with some contentious and complex problems. The bankers aim to ensure their voice is heard at the G20 summit in two weeks time.”
“The occasion is a conference of the Institute of International Finance, the IIF, a kind of trade association for global finance.”
“Regulation is one of the big themes here, and will be again at G20 summit in Canada.”
“An official forum called the Basel Committee is negotiating new requirements on capital and liquidity - the financial shock absorbers that protect banks from disaster.”
“The challenge according to Peter Sands, the Chief Executive of Standard Chartered Bank is to get the right mix "so you get the maximum benefits in increased stability in the financial system and he minimum negative impact on the economy".”
“Peter Sands says "credit is the oxygen of the economy and if it is less available and more costly, it won't stop the economic recovery, but it will act as a headwind."”
“The timescale will be an important factor - the longer banks have to raise capital, the less the likely effect on the economy.”
“The International Monetary Fund has recommended taxes to cover the cost of future crises.”
“It now seems unlikely that the G20 countries will go ahead in unison, but some individual countries might well take their own measures.”
“He believes that the real reason for the tax proposals is to raise money for government spending and to make banks pay for the damage they have done.”
“Charles Dallara, the IIF's chief executive, says of the organisation's members, "we embrace regulatory reform and in some cases more intrusive supervision". But he says the balance needs to be right.”
“BP's shares finished up 7.2% on the London Stock Exchange on Friday, recovering losses suffered on Thursday as the company came under pressure from the US administration to halt dividend payments and cover the full cost of the clean-up.”
“BP's shares finished up 7.2% on the London Stock Exchange on Friday”
“The coalition government recently announced plans for £6.2bn of public spending cuts for 2010-2011, meaning many schemes across the county, including the ferry, could be delayed or even cancelled.”
“48bn rupees ($1bn; £700m) to take a 95% stake in Infotel Broadband”
“383bn rupees”
“700bn rupees”
“128bn rupees”
“The auction has raised about 383bn rupees for the Indian government.”
“Last month, India's 3G mobile auction raised about 700bn rupees.”
“The new UK government has announced £6bn of public sector cuts for this year and is planning more to follow.”
“Two years ago spending watchdog Audit Scotland said it had an annual funding shortfall of £63m.”
“The SNP Government has agreed to increase funding to councils by £40m after financial concerns were raised in a review by Lord Sutherland.”
“Sales were down 1.2% compared with April - the first drop in eight months.”
“Economists had expected a 0.4% rise.”
“But a consumer confidence index rose to 75.5 in June versus an expected 74.5.”
“The Dow Jones Index had opened 0.8% down”
“total sales in May were still 6.9% higher than the recession lows of a year ago.”
“Car and gasoline sales led the monthly falls, down 1.7% and 3.3% respectively”
“The officers followed Kissane into a card shop and discovered he had no ID and had collected more than £300.”
“Jurors heard that more than £10,000 pounds of taxpayers' cash had been spent on investigations and improving security at Ramjanally's home.”
“contributing £3,000 towards its foundation in the 1960s.”
“run up a £1m legal bill”
“Saurashtra sold for £2.4m ($3.5m) in London on Thursday.”
“Sir Sandy, who retired from Standard Life in 2009, will be paid £250 per day for up to 10 days each month.”
“Output fell by 0.4% compared with March, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said”
“whereas a rise of 0.4% had been forecast”
“It was the first fall in monthly production since January.”
“Experts said the drop should be seen as a correction after a particularly strong jump in output in March of 2%.”
“Over the year, output is still rising, as levels were 2.1% higher than in April 2009.”
“Manufacturing output also fell by 0.4% on the month”
