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“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.”
“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.”
