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“before the weekend, the same BP bond was trading at a yield of 3.5%, meaning its borrowing cost has jumped by 2% as a result of the failure to plug the oil leak.”
“BP owes £14bn in total debts, whereas stock markets currently value the company at £84bn.”
“BP's current dividend is due to be paid on 22 June, and its next dividend to be announced on 27 July.”
“total clean-up costs may exceed Fitch's worst-case expectations of $5bn a year.”
“the UK government's plan to raise the income tax threshold to £10,000”
“the UK government's plan to raise the income tax threshold to £10,000.”
“With the huge demand for on-street space in Westminster, we think it's only reasonable that motorcyclists should pay a modest sum of £1 a day to park.”
“it is bidding for a share of £30m of government cash to fund the project.”
“It costs about £1 to "fill the tank" by charging the batteries”
“Ceredigion council moved into a new £15m building in the town last September, which meant many of its old offices were no longer required. [...] The council estimated the empty buildings would bring in £510,000. [...] He added that £847,00…”
“Hungerford was taken aback when donations of more than £1m were made in the aftermath”
“Money raised by stores through the charge will be donated to environmental charities on a voluntary basis.”
“French studio EuropaCorp claims Consolidated Pictures owes $3m (£2m).”
“EuropaCorp said it is yet to receive any cash.”
“However, in the early 1970s we decided that we wanted to celebrate some of the renowned people Scotland has given the world.”
“This is the first time in almost 20 years that Clydesdale has launched a completely new family of banknotes.”
“The front of each new note honours a prominent and innovative Scot while the reverse of each note features one of Scotland's five World Heritage sites.”
“Clydesdale Bank is the largest note issuer in Scotland, with over £1.1bn in circulation in any given week.”
“The new notes entered circulation in late autumn 2009.”
“Images of famous Scots started appearing on notes in 1971.”
“£5 - Front: Sir Alexander Fleming, who discovered penicillin. Reverse: St Kilda £10 - Front: Robert Burns. Reverse: The Old & New Towns of Edinburgh £20 - Front: Robert the Bruce. Reverse: New Lanark £50 - Front: Suffragette and surgeon …”
“Last month the Welsh Assembly Government announced about £3m in capital grants to help modernise 12 public libraries and develop library services during 2010/11.”
“Altogether the delays cost the Smiths an extra £4,000.”
“Mr Smith is hoping that his insurance policy will pay him about £700 for the delays he and his wife suffered.”
“But he is asking BA to reimburse him £1,600 for the cost of the extra hotel and food bills which he says it encouraged him to pay, with a promise of repaying him when he returned.”
“They quoted me on the phone, when I rang one of their helplines, a reimbursement rate of £100 per person per day for accommodation, and between £25 and £30 per person per day for food.”
“News of Syed Salim Raza's resignation comes two days before the announcement of the 2010-11 federal budget.”
“The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined JP Morgan Securities a record £33.32m ($48.2m).”
“For that, it received a 30% discount on the original £47.6m fine.”
“The penalty from the city regulator is for failing to protect its clients' money by lumping it in with its own over a period of almost seven years.”
“During the period, the client money balance held varied between $1.9bn (£1.31bn) and $23bn.”
“The UK's FTSE 100 index ended up 1.2% or 60 points to 5,211”
“France's Cac added 1.6%”
“Germany's Dax 1.2%”
“Wall Street's Dow Jones later finished flat after ending Wednesday trading 2.3% higher”
“the pound continued to recover against the dollar, rising over 1% to $1.47”
“the Japanese yen, which has become a haven currency since the financial crisis, weakened against the dollar to 92.7 yen”
“BP - which is battling to cap a damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico - says the project will cost about $360m (£244m).”
“Meanwhile, a leading international credit-rating agency, Fitch, downgraded BP from an AA+ rating to AA.”
“BP estimates that the disaster has so far cost the company approximately $990m in clean-up costs.”
“The sand barrier project will push BP's bill to about $1.4bn.”
“Meanwhile, two Democratic senators have written to Mr Hayward urging him to suspend payments to shareholders worth $10bn until all costs of the clean-up and compensation are paid out.”
“Money for the building work will be derived from donations and private investors, Mr Clay added.”
“Network Rail, which operates the UK's rail infrastructure, made pre-tax profits of £395m ($572m), down from more than £1.52bn last year.”
“Last year, payments to its top executives totalled £1.2m despite shortcomings identified by the ORR and provoked strong criticism”
“Network Rail's current government funding runs from 2009 to 2014”
“Prices went up by another 0.5% in May, pushing the price of the average UK home up to £169,162 which was £15,000 more than a year ago.”
“Annual house price inflation fell slightly last month though, from 10.5% to 9.8%.”
“Prices have now gone up in 12 of the last 13 months, acccording to the Nationwide, a consistent level of price increase which has taken many observers by surprise.”
“Since reaching a trough in February 2009 - following a drop of 19.3% from their October 2007 peak - house prices have risen by 12.2% and are now just 9.5% below the October 2007 peak, Mr Gahbauer said.”
“Its rival the Halifax has recently put annual house price inflation at nearly 7%”
“the Communities & Local Government Department calculated it at 9.7%”
“while the Land Registry has put it at 8.5% for England and Wales.”
“It warned of "prolonged mortgage rationing and higher borrowing costs" because banks and building societies have to find a way to repay the government the £300bn of emergency funds that it has provided to them since the onset of the credit…”
“A scroll ripped from an historic statue outside a building undergoing a £4.5m restoration has been returned.”
“Mr Davies confirmed that the gold leaf to the scroll had been damaged, and this has been repaired at an estimated cost of more than £300.”
“tens of thousands of pounds”
“In fact, New Lanark appears on the reverse of our new £20 note, as part of our World Heritage Sites series.”
“NHS spending this year had increased by £264m”
“a £500m "cut" by the last UK government”
“despite a £500m cut in the overall Scottish budget, the NHS received a real terms funding increase”
“repayments for privately financed hospitals commissioned when Labour was last in government at Holyrood will exceed £1bn in the next five years”
“Over a billion of repayments in the next five years is a devastating hit to the NHS budget”
“This was despite, the Scottish government said, a £500m 'cut' by the last UK government.”
“Meanwhile, the SNP has published Treasury figures which suggest repayments for privately financed hospitals commissioned when Labour was last in government at Holyrood will exceed £1bn in the next five years, more than many of the projects…”
“He went on to say the banks were wrong to say there was no demand. "If the bar is set too high, of course no one is willing to jump," said Mr Cable. "The current risk aversion by banks in the SME sector will stifle recovery and, if it does…”
“Mr Cable had earlier faced questions from MPs seeking assurances about £730m worth of help for business which is now under review. The review of the previous government's pledges is part of efforts to cut public spending this year.”
“The Department for Business confirmed that it had given the Treasury details of loans and grants made this year, as part of a review of all Whitehall spending decisions made since January that are above the level needing Treasury approval.”
“Ernst & Young estimates the UK needs more than £200bn worth of initial investment by 2025”
“The energy regulator, Ofgem, has previously estimated bills could rise by between 14 and 23%.”
“Prof Helm suggests the increased cost to business could be as much as 25%.”
“So who will pay and who will profit from the changes designed to invest more than £100bn into clean energy alone over the next decade?”
“Ernst & Young estimates the UK needs more than £200bn worth of initial investment by 2025 - countries are increasingly competing to convince firms to invest in their projects.”
“Pending home sales - deals agreed but not yet completed - rose 6% in April, said the main estate agent group, the National Association of Realtors.”
“Wall Street's main Dow Jones index ended Wednesday trading up 2.3%. It finished ahead by 226 points at 10,250.”
“The index had closed on Tuesday down 1.1% after the announcement of a criminal investigation into UK oil firm BP hit the shares of US oil companies.”
“Although the level of April's pending home sales was helped by buyers wishing to conclude deals ahead of a tax change, the 6% increase was higher than the 4.3% rise expected by analysts.”
“A positive housing report and better-than-expected auto sales are giving the stock market a lift”
“The cost of the works has been estimated to be about £30,000.”
“It says the reform is vital to bring down Spain's 20% unemployment rate.”
“Last week, the Spanish parliament backed the government's 15bn-euro ($18.4bn; £13bn) public sector austerity package by just one vote, as a number of government backbenchers either abstained or voted against the plan.”
“The austerity measures include wage cuts of 5% or more for civil servants”
“as the government aims to reduce its public sector deficit from 11% of GDP to 6% by 2011.”
“The children's home was built next to the main building for just £7,180.”
“The Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, saw his total pay package increase by 3% in the 2009/10 financial year.”
“His salary and health insurance benefits totalled £305,764 in the year to February 2010.”
“Current public sector pay deals are running at average rises of 1% per annum.”
“The Governor has said he will take a pay freeze over the next two years.”
“In 1999, the then Governor Eddie George decided - with the Court's approval - to accept a pay rise of no more than 2.5% annually.”
“Mervyn King's salary was increased by 2.5% last year. Including the health benefits, the rise was 3%.”
“The chief executive of the Office of Fair Trading John Fingleton topped that list with an annual package of £279,999.”
“China significantly increased its interests in energy-rich Kazakhstan in 2009, in return for providing nearly $13bn in credits and loans.”
“Funding of £12m for a Magna Carta exhibition in Lincoln Castle will be lost if the crown court remains there”
“The Heritage Lottery Fund is to provide £8m and a further £4m is to come from the East Midlands Development Agency.”
“The council has said it will spend £6m on improving the castle.”
“From 2008-2009 the total government expenditure on legal aid, legal advice and assistance was £42.6m.”
“approximately $990m (£674m)”
“BP estimates that the disaster has so far cost the company approximately $990m (£674m) in clean-up costs, but has refused to speculate on future expenses.”
“BP shares have fallen by more than a third since the spill.”
“Currently Buckinghamshire County Council spends £11m a year providing services for around 1,300 vulnerable and older adults.”
