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“Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said the SPV would be fully operational within a month.”
“In addition to the SPV, the European Commission is making 60bn euros available "to cover urgent financial needs, were it to arise", while the International Monetary Fund will provide another 250bn euros.”
“The two-day meeting of EU finance ministers also approved Estonia's adoption of the euro from January of next year. This will make Estonia the 17th country to use the single currency.”
“A rescue scheme for debt-ridden eurozone states has also been agreed and will begin by the end of June.”
“Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said the SPV would be fully operational within a month. In addition to the SPV, the European Commission is making 60bn euros available "to cover urgent financial needs, were it to arise", whi…”
“The RSPCA has spent £2.3m in legal fees, veterinary bills and caring for the animals.”
“Costing a massive 24bn rand ($3bn; £2.1bn)”
“Close to 100,000 direct and indirect jobs have been created by the construction of the Gautrain, with more than 25% of those going to locals.”
“Initial estimates for the project were 7bn rand, before rocketing to more than 20bn.”
“Sir Terry, who earned £5.2m last year”
“Tesco shares slipped 2.3% in Tuesday trading.”
“In the year to the end of February, the company made a pre-tax profit of £3.2bn, 10% up on the previous year.”
“Following vandalism of GM crops at the site, £20,000 has been spent on a security fence and cameras.”
“A council which has raised £1m through selling some of its buildings has decided to dispose of two more.”
“Neighbouring Ceredigion council has raised nearly £850,000 by selling some unwanted offices in Aberystwyth, exceeding the estimated sale price by more than £300,000.”
“It has already raised some £1m by selling property in Crickhowell, Machynlleth and Welshpool.”
“The heritage industry in Wales is being boosted by £1.3m worth of work-based training grants.”
“Among the grants to be awarded, Glamorgan Archives based in Cardiff will receive £224,400 for 10 three-month placements covering skills for digitisation, research, conservation and working with the wider community.”
“National Museum Wales has been awarded a £498,100 grant to help fill the practical skills and excellence gap in the horticultural sector, particularly for Jacobean, Victorian and Edwardian gardening techniques.”
“Carmarthenshire council said it would use its £662,400 grant to provide 30 local people with opportunities to acquire traditional heritage building skills, such as lime plastering, stone masonry, slate and tile roofing, carpentry and joine…”
“Last month, £128m was cut from the Northern Ireland budget.”
“To deliver the new scheme at no extra cost the assembly government will cut the amount of free swimming it funds during school holidays.”
“Japan's main Nikkei index ended up 0.2% or 17 points.”
“On Monday, the Nikkei had plunged 4%, its biggest one-day fall for 14 months.”
“In Europe, the UK's FTSE 100 was up 0.2% in initial trading”
“while Germany's Dax had added 0.1%.”
“France's Cac extended losses, down 1.2%.”
“In Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index climbed 0.4%”
“while Australian shares advanced 0.9%.”
“His comments came after Wall Street's main Dow Jones index ended Monday down 1.2%.”
“Mr Osborne has been explaining how the coalition government will make decisions on reducing public spending over a four-year period from 2011.”
“The Budget on 22 June will set out overall spending plans but he outlined plans for further consultation on the best way to make savings over the summer, ahead of the autumn spending review which will set limits for every department. The n…”
“The Budget on 22 June will set out overall spending plans but he outlined plans for further consultation on the best way to make savings over the summer, ahead of the autumn spending review which will set limits for every department.”
“The Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government has already outlined plans for £6.2bn of cuts this financial year.”
“Mr Osborne said tackling the £156bn deficit was "the great national challenge of our generation".”
“He said: "...unemployment was half that of the 1980s and repossessions were half those of the 1990s recession."”
“On Monday Prime Minister David Cameron warned said in a speech the economic situation was "even worse than we thought" and dealing with the deficit would affect "our whole way of life".”
“Financial Secretary to the Treasury Mark Hoban said Lord Myners had "admitted what we have been arguing all along" and his comments represented a "shocking indictment of the previous government's record".”
“over 11%”
“15bn euro (£12bn; $18bn) package”
“86bn euros in cuts by 2014”
“With a budget deficit currently running over 11%”
“pensions will no longer be adjusted for inflation”
“The cuts are part of a 15bn euro (£12bn; $18bn) package of austerity measures”
“Germany on Monday announced 86bn euros in cuts by 2014”
“Premier League clubs spent 67% of their revenues, or £1.3bn, on player wages during season 2008/09, Deloitte said.”
“Chelsea again topped the wages bill, at £167m, while Manchester City's wage bill ...”
“Chelsea again topped the wages bill, at £167m, while Manchester City's wage bill ... from £54m to £83m.”
“For every £100 that comes into Premier League football clubs, £67 goes out on the wage bill - that's too high," said Deloitte's Dan Jones.”
“Premier League operating profits fell by more than half to £79m, their lowest level since 1999/2000, with Germany's Bundesliga overtaking it to become the world's most profitable league.”
“Mr Jones, the editor of Deloitte's Annual Review of Football Finance, said the wages ratio was above the 58% to 63% of the past decade.”
“The wage bills of Premier League clubs have recorded double-digit percentage growth for three years running. In 2008/09 they were up by £132m, or 11%, to £1.3bn.”
“Total wages have grown by 55%, or £474m, in that three-year period.”
“And he said that the wages ratio in the Football League was 86% as a whole and 90% in the Championship.”
“The challenging economic environment meant that revenue growth at Premier League clubs was restricted to 3% - leaving it just short of the the £2bn level, at £1.981m.”
“Only 10 of the 20 top league clubs made an operating profit in 2008/09, one less than a year before.”
“Premier League club's net debt at the end of the 2008/09 season had increased to £3.3bn from £3.2bn the year before.”
“Almost two-thirds, or more than £1.9bn, of the total net debt related to Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United.”
“Chelsea again topped the wages bill, at £167m,”
“while Manchester City's wage bill surged from £54m to £83m.”
“Premier League operating profits fell by more than half to £79m, their lowest level since 1999/2000,”
“the wages ratio was above the 58% to 63% of the past decade.”
“In 2008/09 they were up by £132m, or 11%, to £1.3bn.”
“the wages ratio in the Football League was 86% as a whole and 90% in the Championship.”
“revenue growth at Premier League clubs was restricted to 3% - leaving it just short of the the £2bn level, at £1.981m.”
“just under half of that was 'soft loans' from club owners.”
“getting closer to that £2bn revenue mark across the Premier League.”
“In 2008/09 combined Premier League debt rose to more than £3bn”
“but Mr Jones says it must be remembered that £1.5bn was owed to owners such as Mr Abramovich and Sheik Mansoor”
“they are not there yet their losses have slimmed considerably from where they were”
“there is unlikely to be much revenue growth in the Premier League or Football League over the next few years, except for the added cash from renewed TV deals.”
“Chelsea are moving gradually towards more of a break-even model, and although they are not there yet their losses have slimmed considerably from where they were”
“He adds: "There needs to be a big focus at clubs on those issues of cost control, because the revenue growth is not going to be there for the next three or four years."”
“BP accounts for about 8% of all the income going into the UK's pension funds.”
“Before the oil spill it accounted for around 9% of the FTSE 100's value.”
“Since the incident it had out-performed the FTSE by more than 2%”
“Currently £5.9bn is invested in ethical funds - an all-time record.”
“Gross sales figures from the IMA showed ethical funds accounted for 1.3% of gross sales in 2007.”
“BP's shares lost a third of their value after the spill”
“£1000 invested in an ethically filtered group of UK companies earned marginally less over the last one, three, five and 10 years than those in a generic basket.”
“SocGen announced in January 2008 that it had been forced to unwind 50bn euros of unauthorised deals it says were made by the young trader.”
“SocGen was fined 4m euros by the French regulator for weaknesses in its internal controls”
“and has since spent about 130m euros on tightening its systems.”
“There has been $2.5bn dollars of profit for this year.”
“After a loss of revenues of $80bn dollars last year”
“The stoppage - which cost them a collective $2bn”
“There has been $2.5bn dollars of profit for this year. After a loss of revenues of $80bn dollars last year, this is a good improvement.”
“the stoppage - which cost them a collective $2bn”
“The US price for the 32GB model is $299 (£206) and $199 (£137) for the 16GB model.”
“Households can earn an average of £135 worth of rewards per year, he said.”
“The council, which pays firm RecycleBank to administer the scheme, said that there had been no additional cost to residents.”
“The eurozone has set up a rescue package worth 750bn euros”
“the official go-ahead for the 750bn euro ($893bn; £618bn) fund”
“details of austerity measures worth 80bn euros”
“An emergency budget detailing the cuts is being held in two weeks”
“the single currency trading close to its lowest level against the dollar in four years”
“delayed or half-hearted' budget cuts in the 16-nation eurozone”
“the setting up of the 750bn euro rescue package”
“special purpose vehicle to borrow up to 440bn euros”
“Also available is 60b euros managed by the EU's executive commission while the International Monetary Fund will provide another 250bn euros”
