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“They say they have evidence he made bank withdrawals amounting to £1.3m ($2m), far more than his declared income.”
“"Having seen around $7bn of taxpayers' money invested in military hardware and anti-drug operations in Colombia since 1999..."”
“"In 1998, we had expected to start with a lot of money and see it gradually reduce over time; and that has happened."”
“Having seen around $7bn of taxpayers' money invested in military hardware and anti-drug operations in Colombia since 1999,”
“The tax free savings plans are to be wound down by the beginning of next year, after a five year lifespan.”
“Any existing Child Trust Funds will continue, but newborn children will cease to qualify from January.”
“In the event, Labour provided a £250 initial payment to each child when the funds were launched in 2005, paid from general taxation.”
“Another £250 followed at the age of seven, while lower income families received more.”
“The government announced last week that it would save £520m a year by scrapping the funds.”
“He stated that 30% of poorer families were topping up their children's funds with extra savings.”
“One London mother, Siobhan Randles, plans to save £10 or £20 a month for her two-year old daughter, Marley.”
“Five million children have already qualified for the plans, so they will remain a significant feature of the investment world.”
“Stakeholders have outperformed cash savings plans in three out of the past five years, and they put on an impressive 40% in 2009-10.”
“including an offer of a $500m (£344m) loan from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China for the construction of the controversial Gibe Three hydroelectric dam.”
“Ethiopia receives aid worth around $2bn a year, mostly from the US and the UK.”
“The government has contributed £20,000 towards the project.”
“£5.1m renovation plans for the Forest Recreation Ground in Nottingham.”
“£2m is coming from the city council”
“£3.1m has been awarded by the Lottery.”
“The Bank of Canada has increased its key lending rate by one quarter of a percentage point to 0.5%.”
“Official figures showed that its economy grew at an annual rate of 6.1% in the first three months of the year.”
“This followed an annual growth rate of 5% during the last quarter of 2009.”
“Harbour commissioners in Newlyn have three months to raise £2.3m to ensure a new fish market can be built.”
“The European Fisheries Fund has agreed a £2.3m grant for Newlyn Fish Market together with a £970,000 grant from the European Regional Development Fund.”
“Newlyn will only receive the grants if the rest of the money for the £5m venture can be found by Newlyn Harbour Commissioners.”
“The commissioners must have proof that the money can be raised by 20 August.”
“A study into plans for a stadium in Cornwall is costing £78,000, Cornwall Council has confirmed.”
“The budget where this [study] is from is specifically designed to enable leverage from other funding sources to enable things to happen.”
“One of the funding opportunities that we're looking at with the stadium is with the European Convergence Programme, as well as private sector investment.”
“The work is part of an £8m water improvement project in the city, which has under way since 2007.”
“The firm said it would record a $1bn financial cost charge in the course of its 2013 financial year.”
“It said the shake-up would make it annual gross savings of about $1bn and net savings "after reinvestment in a range between $500m and $700m".”
“agreed to repay £40,000.”
“Oil services firms led the falls, with Anadarko Petroleum ending down almost 20%”
“Halliburton losing almost 15%.”
“The main Dow Jones index lost 1.1%”
“the Standard & Poor's 500 gave up 1.7%”
“the Nasdaq fell 1.5%.”
“BP shares had earlier finished trading in London down 13%”
“The UK's FTSE 100 was down 2.1% at one point”
“France's Cac was 2.1% lower”
“Germany's Dax down 2%.”
“the FTSE recovered to finish down just 0.5%”
“the Cac closed 0.1% lower”
“the Dax finished up 0.3%.”
“The euro fell to a four-year low against the dollar at one point, hitting $1.2111, before recovering back up to $1.2266.”
“We do not need to make any acquisitions and do not need to, or plan to, issue equity to help meet these dividend targets.”
“£200,000 payment to charities which help consumers”
“£100,000 to the Money Advice Trust”
“£100,000 to the Energy Best Deal campaign”
“Police strength statistics, 31 March 2010 ... Last month, Mr MacAskill was forced to address the issue of police funding at parliament, ... The justice secretary said specific funding was being provided to increase police numbers and, had …”
“It estimates that the Republic, where GDP has declined by 10% since 2008, faces a further 1% fall this year, before returning to 2.8% growth next year.”
“It estimates that the Northern Ireland economy will expand by 0.8% this year, and by 2.2% in 2011.”
“He said that he was predicting cuts in Northern Ireland's public sector of between £750m and £1bn.”
“It says that in the Republic, between the start of 2008 and the end of 2009, there was an increase of nearly 160,000 in the number out of work.”
“Of those, 56% are in the 'prime working age' category of 25-44.”
“For Northern Ireland, the increase in the numbers out of work was 28,000”
“of whom 48% were between the ages 25-44.”
“We believe that between now and 2020,”
“In Northern Ireland we believe that over the next 10 years, they will account for more than 60% of all net new jobs.”
“the number of mortgage deals on offer has risen again to more than 2,000”
“The financial information service Moneyfacts said there were 2,191 deals available at the start of June”
“requiring down payments of between 0% and 40% of the value of the home being purchased.”
“That was a 14% increase in the number of mortgages in past month”
“the proportion of them requiring at least a 25% deposit was steady at 56%.”
“The Land Registry said the cost of the average home in England and Wales now stood at £165,596.”
“France announced the creation of the African Agriculture Fund, an investors' fund, for food distribution and other projects, to initially raise $120 million (£82m) and potentially reach $300 million, according to a final statement.”
“a 28% fall in pre-tax profits to £34m ($49m) for the past year.”
“profit was broadly flat at £54.6m.”
“a 28% fall in pre-tax profits to £34m ($49m) for the past year”
“profit was broadly flat at £54.6m”
“Office of Fair Trading chief executive John Fingleton, whose annual package is up to £279,999, is the top earner”
“The team also gives a basic workshop on how to access micro-credit and other funds to finance their activities and basic legal and technical knowledge to set up a business.”
“Towards the end of last year North Korea introduced a currency reform which had the effect of raising some salaries by as much as 10,000%.”
“BP's share price has closed down 13% after falling at one stage to its lowest level in 15 months.”
“BP said that the total bill for the clean-up already stood at $990m (£684m).”
“The shares sell-off was BP's biggest one-day shares fall for 18 years, and wiped £12bn off its stock market value.”
“At its lowest point, the firm's share price was nearly 17% down on the day, but it recovered slightly by the close of trading.”
“The nearly $1bn clean-up cost to date includes $40m in economic injury claims, as well as grants to the authorities in the US states located in the Gulf area.”
“BP's share price closed on Friday at £4.95, but fell to £4.12 after the markets reopened on Tuesday - after a Monday bank holiday - before closing at £4.30.”
“more than £6bn of spending cuts this year”
“Budget later in June”
“This committed the Lib Dems to backing more than £6bn of spending cuts this year, something they had opposed before the general election.”
“I think Danny Alexander, George Osborne, in fact the whole government, should be judged by the Budget later in June and also, of course, by what happens to the state of the public finances in the years ahead.”
“Australia's central bank has held interest rates at 4.5%, halting a series of rises that have seen rates rise by 1.5 points since October.”
“At the moment it costs at least $70,000 to pay for the necessary Nepalese climbing permits, guides, equipment and travel to Mount Everest.”
“but last week asked for the price to be cut to nearer $30bn”
“Prudential will now likely have to pay AIG a termination fee of £150m”
“Prudential's shares closed Tuesday trading up 6.3% or 34 pence to 575.50p”
“Prudential had needed shareholder approval to buy AIA - not least because it had asked them to buy £14.5bn of new shares to fund the acquisition”
“A vote on this rights issue had been due to be held on 7 June”
“the group had said that at least 15% of shareholders intended to vote against the takeover”
“some £44m of taxpayers' money is being used each year "to maintain the drug habits of thousands or prisoners".”
“Latest data on the value of Scotland's manufactured exports have shown they amounted to £14.6bn over 10 years with Scottish engineering exports accounting for £8bn of that.”
“It cost him an extra £550 in plane tickets and accommodation bills, as well as the inconvenience of a prolonged period away from home.”
“after 30 June.”
“Banks, building societies and Post Offices will still accept them for a few months.”
“There are about 1.5 billion £20 notes in circulation, with a total value of £30bn.”
“Of these, only 125 million (£2.5bn) are those with the image of Elgar.”
“The Elgar £20 banknote, first issued in June 1999.”
