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“The committee proposed that 5bn euros (£4.3bn; $6.2bn) should be cut from the budget along with the loss of more than 17,000 public sector jobs.”
“It said social welfare payments should be cut by 5% and the child benefit budget slashed by 20%.”
“imposing an 18% pay cut for many workers.”
“house price falls of nearly 50%.”
“Public sector workers had their pay cut and pension benefits reduced, imposing an 18% pay cut for many workers.”
“And with pay cuts and job losses along with house price falls of nearly 50%, there would seem to be all the ingredients for a popular uprising.”
“The savings are intended to be part of public spending reductions of £6.25bn.”
“The euro fell two cents against the dollar at $1.2372, and was down nearly a cent against the pound, with a pound buying 1.1627 euros.”
“45 savings banks”
“445bn euros”
“550m euros (£474m; $686m)”
“At least 16 savings banks”
“15bn euro package”
“won $250,000 (£172,756) for his nominated charity, the American Diabetes Association.”
“The Welsh budget will be cut by £162.5m as a part of £6.2bn spending reductions to tackle the UK's deficit unveiled by Chancellor George Osborne.”
“The Wales Office said recycled £24.4m savings would reduce the impact from the original £187m.”
“The devolved administrations in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland have been told they will have to save £704m, with the option of deferral.”
“Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan told Carwyn Jones that the cuts amounted to 1.2% of the assembly budget.”
“Wales is already being underfunded by some £300m annually.”
“it is impossible to extract £187m from the budget this year without impacting on front line services.”
“the Department of Culture, Media and Sport confirmed that Welsh-language broadcaster S4C would suffer a £2m cut in its funding this year.”
“These cuts are being imposed despite the fact that - as the Holtham Commission has demonstrated - Wales is already being underfunded by some £300m annually.”
“In London, the chancellor said it was necessary to take "urgent action" to address the UK's budget deficit as he spelt out plans for £6.2bn worth of cuts.”
“The cuts are part of the overall package announced by the Treasury.”
“Chancellor George Osborne has given the devolved regions the option of making the cuts now in this current financial year - or deferring them until the year after.”
“The announcement is only the beginning of the government's three year programme to reduce the Uk's huge budget deficit.”
“The Department of Finance at Stormont has worked out that Northern Ireland's share of this round of cutbacks will be £128m. This is on top of the £393m, government departments in Northern Ireland have already been told they have to save t…”
“We knew it was coming down the line and when departments surrender money through the year as inevitably they do, we can maybe use some of that to offset these cuts that have been imposed on us.”
“The Scottish government will be expected to make savings of £332m, as part of wider UK cuts.”
“The move forms part of UK Chancellor George Osborne's plan to save £6bn in the first wave of public spending cuts.”
“The gross reduction for Scotland is £375m, although an extra £42m is being made available for spending.”
“He added: '...the latest reductions came on top of a £500m cut as a result of the 2009 UK Budget...'”
“...after having exceeded last year's £534m target by more than £300m.”
“Mr Swinney said ministers were 'under no illusions' about the scale of funding challenges in the coming years, and said the Scottish government was on track to deliver efficiency savings of 6% in 2010-11...”
“The devolved administrations face £704m of savings - the three first ministers pledged to co-operate in the face of central government cuts...”
“Former nuclear physicist Dr Walter Scott's donation to the museum Edinburgh's Chambers Street brings the total funds raised to more than £44m.”
“Another £2m is needed for the revamp, which will see the creation of 16 new galleries and education facilities.”
“His comments came as UK Chancellor George Osborne prepared to announce his first £6bn in savings.”
“Mr Salmond said the economic picture was less severe than forecast.”
“However, Mr Salmond said the Calman proposals had been overtaken by the UK government's plan to pay for a rise in the income tax allowance with personal increases in National Insurance, under which money would go straight to the Treasury.”
“The North depends on South Korea and China for up to 80% of its external trade and 35% of its GDP.”
“Some analysts argue that the yuan is currently undervalued by as much as 40%.”
“China pegged the value of the yuan to the US dollar in 2008”
“Some analysts argue that the yuan is currently undervalued by as much as 40%”
“benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 3.5% - its biggest daily gain in seven months”
“China pegged the value of the yuan to the US dollar in 2008 in order to keep its exporters competitive amid falling demand due in the global recession.”
“Investors appeared to react positively to his comments, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 3.5% - its biggest daily gain in seven months.”
“But investors appeared to react positively to his comments, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 3.5% - its biggest daily gain in seven months.”
“the $61m (£42m) needed to build the structure and the exhibit.”
“He pointed out that between 2007 and 2009, stipends and salaries increased by more than 10% - but the Parish Ministries Fund went up by just 1.8%.”
“Our calculations are that by 2018, our reserves will be exhausted.”
“In February, the government approved a $173m (£120m) cash bailout.”
“The auction house had estimated it would sell for 1.5 million to 2 million euros (£1.3m - £1.7m).”
“The stamp was last officially sold in Zurich in 1996 for 2.88 million Swiss francs (then about $2.3 million), a new world record for a single stamp.”
“At the height of the easy credit era you could defer payments for up to 12 months at 0% interest.”
“there are still a few offers around these days, but look closely at the small print and you'll see a 3% charge for any transferred balance, so the headline 0% isn't cost-free.”
“The deferral of water charges is costing the Executive about £200m a year.”
“It means Stormont will have blown £1bn paying for water out of its block budget by the time this Assembly winds up next year.”
“Meanwhile, the club is counting the cost of missing out on a £90m pot over four seasons for a Premiership place.”
“"It guarantees a minimum of £90m over four years - and I stress minimum, because that assumes to get to £90m you finish bottom of the Premiership in the first year."”
“"We've reduced the debt, steadied the finances, despite what has been written about this year, and we've got new investment coming in, starting next Thursday."”
“The airline lost £531m ($766m) in the 12 months to March - BA's biggest loss since it was privatised in 1987.”
“BA lost £531m ($766m) in the 12 months to March - BA's biggest loss since it was privatised in 1987.”
“The German parliament approved the law allowing Europe's largest economy to contribute the lion's share to the 750bn euro ($938bn, £651bn) emergency package to stabilise the troubled euro.”
“That is the last of a nine-point plan that Mr Schaeuble took to a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels on Friday.”
“the country last year introduced a debt brake bill setting a strict deficit limit.”
“Despite continuing costs for its own reunification and the highest borrowing figure since WWII”
“The gap, which Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is trying to close, is $18bn (£12.4bn) for two years, about 0.5% of state income, its GDP.”
“Then there is borrowing for investment which is also this year less than 1% of California's GDP.”
“For Greece, the total last year was 13.6%.”
“It is less than 1.5% of GDP.”
“Federal spending is about 15 times larger.”
“Between 2001 and 2008, according to OECD data, unit labour costs increased by more than 20% in Greece, Spain, Italy and Ireland.”
“In Germany they fell slightly and the average for the Euro as a whole was a more moderate increase of 12%.”
“limit deficits to 3% of GDP.”
“£31m cuts drive for 2010-11”
“receiving £69m less than it should, according to a new funding formula by the Scottish government”
“measures to cut £6bn from public spending this year”
“which is expected to include measures to cut £6bn from public spending this year.”
“The 360 Degree tour earned the band around $109m (£75.3m) in 2009, making it the world's most profitable of the year, according to figures from Billboard magazine.”
“Cardiff City fans are preparing for one of the biggest games in the club's history, which could net the club £90m.”
“Paul Rawnsley, director of the sports business group at accountancy firm Deloitte, explained: "The winners will benefit from at least £40m of additional revenue in 2010/11, the vast majority of this coming from television income and the re…”
“In addition, even if a club is relegated after one year in the Premier League, parachute payments may be received over the following four seasons of up to £48m.”
“The rewards for success are great, with a win on Saturday said to be worth in the region of £90m to the club, which has endured a number of years of well-documented financial difficulties.”
“The winners will benefit from at least £40m of additional revenue in 2010/11, the vast majority of this coming from television income and the rest from higher gate receipts and increased commercial income.”
“Serge borrowed $100,000 to start Masaka Farms.”
“"I have had to pay it back in three years," he says.”
“a year ago, the BBC reported the most up-to-date accounts showed his Sheridan Millennium company owed more than £70m to the nationalised Anglo-Irish Bank in Dublin.”
“Mr Curistan told the BBC it was worth £80m”
“At the time Mr Curistan told the BBC it was worth £80m”
“but others put the value at nearer £20m.”
“As part of negotiations, Sheridan transferred the lease to Odyssey Pavilion LLP last year”
“Mr Babiker spent £3.99 on the orange-handled Value range hammer which prosecutors allege he then used to smash his wife's skull.”
“The FSCS has so far paid out £42m to these people.”
“Of 4,400 processed claims from people who invested in Keydata Secure Income Bonds, some 90% qualified for compensation.”
“Under the rules, investors who lost money can lodge a claim with the FSCS, which could pay them up to 100% of the first £30,000 lost and 90% of the next £20,000.”
“The cases of another 600 investors in Keydata's Secure Income Bonds issues 1, 2 and 3 are subject to further investigation.”
“A second group of more than 14,000 people had investments in some of the other Keydata policies. They had not lost their investments, but have been told that their policies were falsely portrayed as Isas.”
“Of those, 13,500 claims have been returned to the FSCS and 11,950 claims have been resolved.”
“Some 80% of claims that have been resolved resulted in an offer of compensation.”
