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“Instead of her normal monthly charge of about £20 she was told her bill for that month would be almost £1500.”
“even the lower credit limit was £550”
“a typical credit limit on one of its contracts is £100”
“with a flotation it hopes will raise up to $800m (£554m).”
“For the 12 to have taken place in 2010, shares have fallen by an average of 5% according to figures by Renaissance Capital.”
“In the year to the end of January, its profits rose to $312m from $218m a year earlier, despite its sales falling slightly.”
“£325m in savings the department will make as part of an overall £6bn in cuts.”
“The move is part of the £325m in savings the department will make as part of an overall £6bn in cuts.”
“CNPA said the recession and banking crisis had led to changes in borrowing that made it harder for crofters to get a mortgage.”
“Mortgages are much less available, lenders are more risk averse and there is a much greater onus on the borrower to ensure funds are secure before embarking on a project.”
“We have suggested to lenders the implementation of a 'cascade' mechanism which would allow the property to be sold to steadily widening categories of people until it could be sold on the open market at 20 weeks if no purchaser had been fou…”
“Cort's clients' accounts were missing £650,000, the court heard”
“who needed the £1.5m business protection pay-out to pay off debts run up to fund his 'extravagant lifestyle'”
“John Oates, from Leicester, had £150,000 taken by Cort after the sale of his mother's house”
“The MHRA's investigation found Green made £13,200 from the sale of the pills.”
“More time has been given for 55,000 people to complain about being mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI).”
“They now have five months more to complain, until 27 October 2010.”
“The temporary rule benefits those whose complaints were first rejected between 28 November 2009 and 28 April 2010.”
“The FOS reported recently that they accounted for 30% of all the new complaints it dealt with in 2009-10.”
“In September 2009, the FSA decided to get tough, ordering banks and other sellers of PPI to reopen previously rejected complaints about mis-selling of the insurance, which it now thinks could number about 500,000.”
“The regulator still hopes to have a new set of industry rules in place by the end of this summer.”
“I am very shocked that Brazil and China spend their reserves - $245bn and $500bn respectively - financing the US deficit.”
“As a teenager in the late 1990s and early 2000s, I remember prospects were bleak as unemployment soared to record levels...”
“During the trial, the court heard that debt-ridden Cort "lived a life he simply could not afford" and had spiralled into £171,000 of debt.”
“Cort's clients' accounts were missing £650,000”
“An investigator said there were £1.4m of "questionable" transactions, including the £650,000.”
“Barclays has announced it will be the £25m sponsor of the Mayor of London's bicycle hire scheme.”
“The project, renamed Barclays Cycle Hire, will install 6,000 bikes at about 400 docking stations across zone one from 30 July.”
“The new deal will also introduce 12 new cycle "superhighways".”
“Two pilot cycle lanes, from Merton to the City and from Barking to Tower Gateway, launch on 19 July with the remaining promised for the end of 2015.”
“People will be able to access the bikes 24 hours a day from docking stations in nine boroughs and several Royal Parks in central London.”
“The mayor also announced 45 roadshows across the the capital to show Londoners how to register and pay for the system.”
“Fifty of the Barclays-branded bicycles were also delivered to the nine boroughs that the scheme will operate in, following the announcement.”
“has forced Close Premium Finance to repay him £502, including interest and costs.”
“Close had charged him an extra £30, on eight occasions, when he failed to make his regular repayments to the firm.”
“Between 2002 and 2008 Mr Parry borrowed between £2,000 and £3,000 a year from Close to pay his annual vehicle insurance premiums.”
“In 2007 Close offered to repay half the £240 fees as a gesture of goodwill, but he turned this down.”
“A court in Liverpool has forced Close Premium Finance to repay him £502, including interest and costs.”
“The £5m building will be the new home of the Little Plumstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School.”
“Funding for the school came from the former Department for Children, Schools and Families and Norfolk County Council.”
“Meanwhile Ed Miliband has backed demands for a "living wage" of more than £7 an hour.”
“Meanwhile Ed Miliband has backed demands for a 'living wage' of more than £7 an hour.”
“A £1.9m building providing respite care for adults with learning disabilities has officially opened in Suffolk.”
“cut in debt from £543.3m a year ago to £520.9m for the January to March period.”
“net assets of £794.9m and a cash balance of £95.9m.”
“year‑on‑year revenues were up 13.5% from £193.3m to £219.3m.”
“losses for the quarter were up from £5.87m to £65.94m, mostly relating to various financing charges and costs.”
“debts at the club's parent company Red Football Joint Venture increased to £716.5m.”
“launched a seven year £538m bond”
“In a joint statement, the firms said they were in "advanced discussions" after Travis Perkins made an indicative offer that valued BSS at £553m.”
“Shares in BSS Group soared 34.5% to 437p while Travis Perkins shares were also up 6/1% to 790.5p in Friday trading.”
“If Travis Perkins succeeds at this level, we would view it as a very positive move for them.”
“The £1m reduction for Cumbria Police represents 1% of its budget.”
“Forces in England and Wales have been told by the Home Office to make reductions totalling £125m to help tackle the national deficit.”
“One million pounds sounds like an awful lot of money. But to put it into context it is 1% of our budget, and there are many businesses and families around the county and the country having to make similar savings.”
“One million pounds sounds like an awful lot of money. But to put it into context it is 1% of our budget...”
“Wales' four police authorities have been told they will have their budgets cut by a total of £6.4m this year.”
“The move was signalled by Policing and Criminal Justice Minister Nick Herbert as part of a UK-wide cut of £125m in funding for forces.”
“South Wales Police face cuts of £2.8m, North Wales Police £1.4m, Gwent Police £1.3m and Dyfed-Powys Police £900,000.”
“Pre-tax profits came in at £32m for the year, after two years of losses during the downturn.”
“Tata Motors bought Jaguar and Land Rover from US group Ford for £1.15bn in 2008.”
“Pre-tax profits came in at £32m for the year”
“The States agreed to set aside £10m over a total of five years, but so far only £2.2m has been paid into it.”
“The Belfast Telegraph says just £50,000 has been saved by the controversial decision to shut down 10 Belfast libraries.”
“He sued his parents over mismanagement, which won him a $1.3m (£900,000) settlement in 1993, only to file for bankruptcy six years later.”
“It said it was lowering the amount of cash which individuals can send to North Korea without declaring it from 10m yen ($110,000; £76,000) to 3m yen.”
“foreign exchange movements had cost it $5m so far this year.”
“Shares in 888 closed down 20.8% at 53.25p on Friday.”
“A new £1.4m arts facility is to be built in Lincolnshire.”
“Martin Connor, head teacher of North Kesteven School, said a lot of the development's funding came from money already allocated to the school through Devolved Formula Capital.”
“Durham Police has described its £1.3m cut as 'a blow' and said it would be hard to make further reductions.”
“We've been very austere for several years and have probably saved about £10m to address needs. But now, all of a sudden, and not too long into the new financial year we've been requested to find another £1.3m which is going to be very diff…”
“The cost of merging the councils is believed to be around £118m”
“with another £20m for the expense of convergencing rates bills.”
“There would appear to be an offer of 50-50 - the cost being borne by central government and local government.”
“Since November, the euro has lost a fifth of its value against the dollar”
“Prudential announced its plans to take over AIA for £24.6bn ($35.5bn) earlier this year”
“It is now believed to be seeking a lower price for the deal, in order to appease investors who think it is paying too much.”
“There is speculation that Prudential is looking to cut the price of the deal by about £3.5bn.”
“In this case, there's one desperate buyer paying an extraordinarily high price for AIA”
“Those who have some sympathy [for the deal] say it's a one-off opportunity for Asian growth - that is completely wrong.”
“The management team still have a lot to do before the shareholders vote on the deal on 7 June”
“[Cutting the price] will go a long way towards [winning it]. This is an attractive deal - it could be made even more so.”
“Strichen Community Park Company has been awarded a grant of £135,000 to save the lodge where Moon and her family had lived.”
“a £6.9m-package put together by Big Lottery Fund Scotland.”
“has been awarded £54,657.”
“has a grant for £742,462.”
“has secured £1m”
“£835,000.”
“has a grant for £420,000.”
“has been awarded £419,398.”
“Russia's economy shrank by almost 8% in 2009”
“and while it is forecast to grow by 4% this year”
“sugar futures peaked at 30.4 cents a pound”
“After that, prices kept on climbing until 1 February, when sugar futures peaked at 30.4 cents a pound, the dearest they had been since January 1981.”
“Last month, state-owned Petrobras spent $920m on a 46% share of the country's fourth-largest ethanol group, Acucar Guarani.”
“Earlier this year, Royal Dutch Shell announced a $12bn tie-up with Brazilian firm Cosan, the world's biggest ethanol and sugar processor, that will see them merge their ethanol and fuel distribution units.”
“Almost £30m has been left unused on Oyster pay-as-you-go (PAYG) for at least a year”
“A total of 16.5m PAYG cards sat idle during the year from April 2009 to April 2010”
“The average amount on each card was £1.80”
