13,379 source-backed finance facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 119 of 134.
“There were 3,900 loans to first-time buyers in the first quarter, worth £326m.”
“First-time buyers accounted for 40% of all house purchases in Scotland during this time.”
“Spain's programme is intended to reduce a deficit of 11% of GDP to 6% by 2011.”
“The country moved out of recession in the first quarter of this year, with growth of 0.1%.”
“Early findings by the London Development Agency - the mayor's business wing - show the low carbon marketplace could attract between £40bn to £140bn of investment into the capital.”
“attract up to £140bn of investment”
“between £40bn to £140bn of investment”
“The project hopes to use undeveloped industrial land to attract up to £140bn of investment.”
“But Rostselmash itself received help from the Russian state at the height of the crisis in 2009, when the government gave 25bn roubles ($808m, £558m) to Rosagroleasing”
“At present, there is a flat rate of 18%, but this has only been the case for the past couple of years.”
“The latest figures show that capital gains tax brought in £7.6bn for the government in 2007 to 2008.”
“However, there is a tax-free allowance on the first £10,100 of any gains.”
“People paid 40% if they were a higher rate taxpayers and, for example, sold a rental property within three years of buying it.”
“Then, in 2008, a flat rate of 18% was introduced.”
“And some assets are exempt, such as your car, personal possessions disposed of for £6,000 or less and, usually, your main home.”
“a successful £100m rights issue in October allowed the retailer to pay off its debts.”
“'siphoned off' billions of dollars of assets in the days leading up to its bankruptcy”
“On the brink of LBHI's bankruptcy, JP Morgan leveraged its life and death power as the brokerage firm's primary clearing bank to force LBHI into a series of one-sided agreements and to siphon billions of dollars in critically needed assets…”
“Those billions of dollars in collateral rightfully belong to the Lehman estate and its creditors.”
“$8.6bn of collateral”
“four business days ahead of Lehman's collapse”
“September 2008 collapse”
“The group reported pre-tax profits of £229m for the year to March, down from the £247m it made a year earlier.”
“Sales fell slightly from £3.55bn to £3.51bn, with sales of sugars accounting for less than a third of the that.”
“Norway, which has agreed to contribute up to $1bn (£694m) to help preserve Indonesia's forests”
“Norway says that developed nations have already promised about $500m to fight deforestation in addition to $3.5bn agreed at last December's climate change summit in Copenhagen”
“The new site will complement the £13m Ty Gwyn Special School and Respite Care Centre, also based in the capital, which will open in September.”
“So far, £9m has been spent preparing for the changes.”
“the £100m cost was a problem in itself at a time of cutbacks.”
“emphasising that the £100m cost was a problem in itself at a time of cutbacks”
“Mr Poots said that "amalgmation, in and of itself" would not save as much money as collaboration, the sharing of facilities between different council areas.”
“Earlier, Mr Poots told the BBC that councils sharing their resources would save more money than the amalgamation process.”
“I couldn't afford £2,000, let alone £150,000.”
“The government had given a $168m (£117m) bailout to the ailing state-run airline and promised $252m (£175m) more.”
“It is said to have cost £5bn, although the London School of Economics has said the true bill would be between £10bn and £20bn.”
“The Home Office estimates the cost of introducing an entitlement card would be between £1.3bn and £3bn - the higher estimate would be for a card incorporating state-of-the-art iris or fingerprint recognition.”
“Mr Blunkett suggests the card would cost £35, and says they will aid counter-terrorism, stop illegal working, cut benefit fraud and abuse of public services, and prevent identity theft.”
“The Home Office says people will pay £85 for a passport and ID card together or an undecided fee for a separate ID card.”
“The survey found graduates in 2010 expected to owe an average of £17,900, up from £15,700 in 2009 and £11,600 in 2008.”
“"These changes will make it easier for colleges to decide their own priorities and ensure they can benefit from our decision this week to refocus a further £150m spending to boost much needed apprenticeship places by 50,000," he added.”
“left the total value of Apple at $222bn (£154bn).”
“Microsoft is now valued by investors at $219bn.”
“Its most recent annual net profit was $14.6bn (£10bn), compared with $5.7bn for Apple.”
“Microsoft also reported bigger full-year revenues of $58.4bn, with Apple on $36.5bn.”
“Apple's shares closed Wednesday trading down 0.4% at $244.11, while Microsoft fell by 4% to $25.01.”
“It said China was worried about the risk posed to euro-based investments by the weaker countries in the 16-member bloc.”
“New York's benchmark Dow Jones closed down 0.69% at 9974.45 - a four month low.”
“The euro was trading at $1.218, a fall of 2 cents on the day.”
“The UK's FTSE 100 index finished up 1.97%, Germany's Dax index was 1.55% higher, while France's Cac 40 index ended with a rise of 3.22%.”
“a significant proportion - estimated at $630bn (£438bn) - are thought to be held in euros.”
“The UK's FTSE 100 index finished up 1.97%”
“Germany's Dax index was 1.55% higher”
“France's Cac 40 index ended with a rise of 3.22%”
“estimated at $630bn (£438bn)”
“France's Cac 40 index ended with a rise of 3.22%.”
“it has cost almost £7m to run”
“A Preston City Council spokesman said plans were under way to book polling stations and rota staff for a by-election in two months time at a cost of £5,000.”
“purchased for 23,000 euro”
“another 5,000 or 6,000 euro would be spent to make it habitable”
“contained 18,000 Euro”
“donated sums of up to £7,000”
“the coalition government is reviewing a £170m funding package, agreed in March, to extend Metrolink to Ashton-under-Lyne and Didsbury.”
“It was put back on the agenda as part of the £3bn of public transport improvements promised if Greater Manchester accepted a congestion charge.”
“Returning drivers would be told the tow truck had already been called and would have to not only pay £125 for their cars to be released, but also £325 for the two truck, even if they had not been towed.”
“She ended up paying £365 to get her car back, even though the man had told her it would be £295.”
“They had got £445 out of me when I had done absolutely nothing wrong.”
“Last month, the force said it had transferred £1.6m to frontline policing services from "back office" departments so it could increase officer numbers.”
“a budget cut of as much as 6.2%, according to finance experts.”
“Economists expect about £1bn of cuts in the Holyrood budget from the next spending round.”
“The high end of its projected range of cuts next year is £1.18bn, and the low end is £885m, according to the analysis of the implications of Monday's Treasury announcement on public spending.”
“could mean a budget cut of as much as 6.2%”
“the Scottish budget could shrink by between £1.1bn and £1.5bn”
“That equates to between 5.2% and 6.2% of Holyrood's budget”
“Economists expect about £1bn of cuts in the Holyrood budget from the next spending round”
“The high end of its projected range of cuts next year is £1.18bn, and the low end is £885m”
“which will take a further £374m out of the budget”
“That is providing £303m in the current year, but will no longer be available”
“budget cut of as much as 6.2%”
“Scottish budget could shrink by between £1.1bn and £1.5bn”
“between 5.2% and 6.2% of Holyrood's budget”
“about £1bn of cuts”
“high end of its projected range of cuts next year is £1.18bn, and the low end is £885m”
“will take a further £374m out of the budget”
“providing £303m in the current year”
“Scottish public spending faces a triple squeeze next year which could mean a budget cut of as much as 6.2%”
“The Glasgow-based Centre for Public Policy for Regions (CPPR) said the Scottish budget could shrink by between £1.1bn and £1.5bn.”
“That will be added to the impact of delaying the emergency cuts announced this week, which will take a further £374m out of the budget.”
“There will also be the end of a fund built up from previous years' underspend, known as end year flexibility. That is providing £303m in the current year, but will no longer be available.”
“While 2010-11 will be the worst year for cuts, they will continue, in cash terms and for even longer in real terms for a number of years to come.”
“Burberry reported pre-tax profits of £166m for the year to March. A year ago it made a loss of £16.1m, hit by charges at its Spanish operations.”
“Sales rose 7% to £1.28bn”
“Adjusted profit rose 23% to £215m, taking into account one-off items and a favourable exchange rate.”
“Burberry shares were up 7.6% at 659 pence in afternoon trading.”
“to implement a pay freeze from 1 April along with a change to 'plain time' for all overtime worked.”
“It aims to make £3.4m in cuts this financial year”
“Basic account customers will not be allowed to take out amounts of less than £300 from the counter at Alliance & Leicester from 1 July.”
“And, from August, HSBC customers may be required to make a telephone call to confirm internet transfers to people to whom they rarely send money.”
“From 1 August, payments to somebody who has not previously received a transfer from the account for 13 months may be blocked until the call is made.”
“From 7 June, Nationwide Building Society customers with cash cards who want to withdraw amounts of less than £100 will have to use a cash machine.”
“Now Alliance & Leicester has announced that, from 1 July, the counter withdrawal minimum for customers with the basic bank account will rise from £250 to £300.”
