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“The plan is expected to raise at least 1bn euros (£837m; $1.2bn) a year.”
“Privatisation plans include selling 49% of its rail company OSE”
“Privatisation plans include selling 39% of the state postal service”
“Privatisation plans include selling stakes in regional water companies EYATH and EYDAP of 23% and 10% respectively”
“Mr Gray's family have recently accepted £40,000 compensation from sources which remain confidential as part of the pay-out agreement.”
“According to the government, some consumers are being persuaded to pay up to £2,400 when a simple will costing £150 would suffice.”
“The value of the whole collection of 3,000 books has been roughly estimated at between £8m-£15m.”
“full year pre-tax profits of £3.1m, following losses of £0.3m the previous year.”
“The group's bank, Lloyds, agreed £10m of funding”
“The Glasgow-based company announced full year pre-tax profits of £3.1m, following losses of £0.3m the previous year.”
“The group also reported a 55% increase in revenue”
“Baku-based Turkish businessman Yavuz Keles, director of Tusiab - a construction company based in Baku with $3bn (£2.1bn) of assets - says corruption is not unique to Azerbaijan.”
“Earlier this year the Council of Ministers agreed to £50m worth of public spending cuts as part of a Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR).”
“The cuts are part of a three year scheme to deal with projected deficits.”
“Cuts totalling £12m have been proposed for the first phase of the scheme, which starts next year.”
“ministers have also proposed £3m worth of investment in a number of areas - including funding to combat financial crime, to support Jersey Heritage Trust and for hospital services.”
“Restructuring of services proposed by the Council of Ministers would see savings of £3.7m within health and social services, £2.2m in education, sport and culture and a further £1.9m recouped from social security.”
“Restructuring of services proposed by the Council of Ministers would see savings of £3.7m within health and social services”
“£2.2m in education, sport and culture”
“a further £1.9m recouped from social security.”
“Credit card providers often charge for the purchases and cash transactions every time a card is used.”
“The same might be true of debit card usage, and some charge a fee to take money out of a cash machine - unlike in the UK.”
“Customers taking out cash need to be aware of minimum charges. If you withdraw lots of small amounts you will be hardest hit, so it may be worth planning a few days ahead for your financial requirements”
“at a cost of more than £2m per mile”
“More than £5.5m of criminal assets have been recovered in Scotland in the past year, figures have revealed.”
“The total amount secured from 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010 was £5,510,557.77.”
“hard to secure £80m from the government.”
“If I am being perfectly honest, with the way the nation's finances are right now, there is a pretty small chance of getting this money”
“The Rock's customers recently lost the 100% safety net on their savings as government ownership nears an end.”
“Now the guarantee has reverted to each saver's first £50,000 - as is the case with other banks not backed by the government.”
“Deposits will be accepted into customers' accounts, such as standing orders, until 2 July. Any payment received after that will be returned to the sender.”
“Customers are being asked to make arrangements for any automated payments to be cancelled before 2 July.”
“One of Scotland's leading investment houses has expanded its hedge fund activities by acquiring a business with £190m under management.”
“The new money under management is split between Sofaer Capital's European Hedge Fund and another two separate accounts.”
“It adds to Martin Currie's existing hedge fund of £820m.”
“In 2009, it made a pre-tax profit of £21m”
“by April this year, it had £11.64bn under management for clients including financial institutions, charities, foundations and pension funds.”
“He said they had tried to smuggle the cocaine, with a street value of $100m (£68m), from Colombia.”
“On Friday, banking giant Barclays said it would be the £25m sponsor of the Mayor of London's bicycle hire scheme.”
“The local authority plans to save up to £100,000 a year by dimming some lights as early as 2000 BST before switching them off completely at midnight.”
“The move was agreed as part of this year's council budget aimed at tackling a £17m shortfall.”
“This is not just about turning off some street lights. It's about improving some of the existing lighting so that we reduce the amount of energy needed to power them. The move was agreed as part of this year's council budget aimed at tackl…”
“The number of mortgages approved for house purchases increased to 49,871 in April from 49,008 in March, a rise of 2%, the Bank's figures showed.”
“Meanwhile, UK consumers paid back more than they borrowed in April, with the net level of unsecured credit falling by £136m. This was the first time that the level had fallen since November.”
“The number of mortgages approved for house purchases in April was only slightly higher than the 45,529 of the same month a year ago, and it was lower than the average of the past six months.”
“Mortgage approvals hit a recent high in November - at 59,531 - just before the end of the temporary stamp duty holiday.”
“It had suggested that gross lending would reach £150bn this year, with net lending at £15bn.”
“The net inflow of savers' money stood at £537m in April, compared with a net outflow of £318m the previous month.”
“The Bank of England figures show that total net lending to individuals rose by £0.4bn in April.”
“The damaged pipe has lead to a collapse in BP's shares”
“the firm has lost £42bn in value since April”
“The $2.1bn deal has largely been underwritten by the French export credit guarantee organisation, Coface.”
“The overall cost of the Iridium Next project is likely to be about $2.9bn, much of which the company expects to finance out of its own cash flow.”
“Shares in BP fell 3.5% in early trading”
“closing just a quarter of a penny down”
“The dividend paid to shareholders currently costs BP £7bn a year”
“accounts for about £1 in every £6 in dividends earned by institutional shareholders in London”
“Since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April 20, BP's share price has fallen over 34%, including a huge 13% fall on Tuesday”
“it currently comprise 6.1% of the value of basket of shares that make up the index”
“dragged the entire index down a further 2.1%, or 123 points”
“BP estimates that the disaster has so far cost the company approximately $990m (£674m) in clean-up costs”
“cost of tackling the spill could rise to as much as £5bn”
“expecting huge litigation costs of between £20bn and £50bn”
“paid out more than $40m to 15,000 individual claimants”
“fell by more than 35%, accounting for more than a quarter of the 11% fall”
“owns 10% of the affected oil well”
“saw its share price fall 8% on Wednesday”
“saw its share price plummet 20% on Tuesday, but recovered some 3% in early New York trading on Wednesday”
“costs related to the disaster to total around $2bn”
“The force needs to save £8.5m and has been working on the plans since autumn 2009.”
“The families who comprise 24 people, half of them children, are facing eviction to make space for the parking area next to the Athlone Stadium which has been upgraded to the tune of 406m rand ($53m, £36m) to bring it up to Fifa standards.”
“GDP in the three months to March was 0.5% higher than in the same period last year.”
“Growth for the last three months of 2009 was also revised up to 1.1%”
“giving Australia a growth figure of 2.7% for the year to the end of March.”
“Growth in GDP was driven by an 11.6% increase in public investment, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said.”
“On Tuesday, Australia's reserve bank opted to keep rates on hold at 4.5%”
“last week asked for the price to be cut to nearer $30bn after shareholder opposition”
“The Prudential said it faced £450m ($653m) in costs related to the deal, including a break fee of about £152m”
“The company's shares were 3.3% lower in early morning London trading and later closed 2.5% down at 561 pence”
“Prudential had sought to fund the takeover by raising £14.5bn from shareholders through a rights issue, the biggest in the UK's history”
“due to be held on 7 June”
“In March, Prudential agreed to buy AIA for $35.5bn (£24.6bn), but last week asked for the price to be cut to nearer $30bn after shareholder opposition.”
“The Prudential said it faced £450m ($653m) in costs related to the deal, including a break fee of about £152m.”
“The company's shares were 3.3% lower in early morning London trading and later closed 2.5% down at 561 pence.”
“Prudential had sought to fund the takeover by raising £14.5bn from shareholders through a rights issue, the biggest in the UK's history.”
“BP's shares fell sharply on Tuesday following the failure of its previous efforts to "top kill" the leak by pumping mud into the well. At one stage the share price hit its lowest level for 15 months...”
“is owed almost £2m”
“This included the costs of taxis between Manchester and the Chester hotel where they stayed. There was also £388 spent on drinks and food.”
“Mr Wylie repaid 'an amount' of expenses.”
“The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission has already held four hearings”
“the fifth of its hearings”
“with a 13% stake in Moody's according to the latest reports”
“worst recession in 75 years”
“This year, the organisation is expected to spend more than 3.5bn euros on European space activity.”
“Germany this year will fund almost 17% of Esa's budget; France will account for 18%.”
“The other leading nations financially are Italy (9.9%), the UK (6.8%), Spain (5.2%) and Belgium (4.3%).”
“but now Europe is demanding £60m back for payments made in error to farmers in Northern Ireland.”
“In total Europe provides 300m euros to farmers here annually while the individual subsidy claims are administered locally by the Department of Agriculture.”
“At that point the European inspectors had seen enough and imposed heavy fines amounting to £60m on the Department for three years starting in 2005.”
“While the Department of Finance is providing £4.8m to help the Department of Agriculture improve its processes.”
