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“Instead, the average could come in as low as $60 a barrel, predicts Neil Shearing, senior emerging markets economist at Capital Economic.”
“few experts believe Russia will achieve its aim of a balanced budget by 2015.”
“the government expects its budget deficit to come in at 5% of GDP by year-end.”
“Ms Orlova estimates that even if the budget deficit stays at 5% of GDP for several years, Russia's government debt would climb to no more than 15% of GDP.”
“Mr Emery, a resident of Vancouver, British Columbia, said he had made $3m (£2.4m) a year before his arrest in 2005.”
“With the club insolvent by about £1.2m”
“The fans receive a 5% annual return on the money they have given the club, and the cash is returned to them after seven years”
“The aim was to raise between £1m to £1.5m, but, in what Mr Bransgrove calls 'an unbelievable success', it has raised £2.5m”
“As a means of raising funds, the club has issued a debenture scheme... The fans receive a 5% annual return on the money they have given the club, and the cash is returned to them after seven years. The aim was to raise between £1m to £1.5m…”
“The Spanish government has approved a 15bn-euro ($19bn; £13bn) austerity plan to rein in the public deficit and ease fears of a Greek-style debt crisis.”
“The programme is intended to reduce a deficit of 11% of GDP to 6% by 2011.”
“There was some economic cheer last week, when statistics showed Spain had moved out of recession in the first quarter of this year, with growth of 0.1%.”
“This month, the EU approved a 750bn-euro rescue package to prop up European economies struggling with large debts.”
“The City regulator has imposed a record £2.8m fine on a stockbroker”
“Mr Eagle has to pay back £1.5m in profit he made and a fine of £1.3m - the largest against an individual.”
“Mr Eagle had bought 85% of the company”
“the FEI's share price increased from 2.5 pence in May 2003 to 11.75p in July 2004.”
“Simon Eagle also received £1.2m in commission on the sale of FEI shares.”
“He involved others in his activities and exposed individual clients to serious financial debts of over £9m.”
“additional funding of up to £1.3m for pre-school places in Northern Ireland.”
“a fall in pre tax profits from £307m to £19m led to the decision to close the plant.”
“However, a fall in pre tax profits from £307m to £19m led to the decision to close the plant.”
“around $70bn (£50bn) was spent annually on adverts in the US alone”
“The deficit in the Royal Mail pension fund has hit £8bn, according to calculations in the company's latest annual accounts.”
“However a full three-yearly valuation of the scheme, due to be published in the next two months, is expected to reveal an even bigger deficit. Sources at Royal Mail suggest it could be as much as £10bn.”
“This could lead to even more money being drained from the business to support the scheme as the company has a legal obligation to make up any deficit, typically over a period of 10 to 20 years.”
“They reveal that in the last financial year the Royal Mail had to pay a further £867m into the scheme, by way of both regular and existing deficit payments.”
“This dwarfed both the cash outflow of the company of £517m, and the group's pre-tax loss of £262m.”
“An increase in the existing level of deficit payments, which in 2006 the company agreed it would pay for 17 years, could push the company's total funding bill for the scheme to more than £1bn a year.”
“Two years ago a report for the government on the future of the company highlighted the growing size of the pension deficit as the postal service's number one financial problem.”
“The report's author, businessman Richard Hooper, suggested the solution would be for the government to find a way of taking over responsibility for the fund and plug its financial black hole with taxpayer's money.”
“A letter has gone to all staff asking them for different ways of working as it looks to make savings of £28m.”
“All departments have been working towards identifying potential savings of 12.5% over the next three years, and this work is ongoing.”
“The Benchmark Dow Jones industrial average fell by 376 points - its largest one-day drop since February 2009.”
“All major US markets were down: the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both fell by around 4%.”
“Earlier, Germany's Dax index fell 2.02%, France's Cac 40 dropped 2.25%, and London's FTSE 100 closed 1.65% lower.”
“New figures showed unemployment benefits in the US rose to a three-month high of 471,000 last week.”
“Sales grew by 0.3% in April, the Office for National Statistics said”
“The sales growth for March was also revised upwards to 0.5% from the original estimate of 0.4%.”
“Stripping out fuel sales, retail sales were up by just 0.1% in April.”
“April's sales volumes were up 1.8% compared with a year ago, the same annual increase as in March.”
“An end to "unfair" bank and other financial transaction charges are among the new policies that have been set out by the coalition government. The government's plans also include powers to ban "excessive" interest rates on credit and store…”
“Among the other measures are a promise to give homeowners more protection against "aggressive" bailiffs. Courts will also be told that repossessions must always be a last resort. Under another proposal, people taking out a store card for t…”
“Now, the coalition government says it will ban court orders for the sale of properties where the unsecured debt is below £25,000.”
“Firstly, there will be a free national financial advice service. A similar policy was announced in March after three years of planning and pilots. The version being suggested by the coalition will be funded by a new levy on the financial s…”
“In February, the Ministry of Justice said it was looking at setting a minimum level of debt before a court order could be obtained.”
“It says it will look at giving people "flexibility" to get their hands on part of their personal pension pots early - in other words drawing lump sums to spend before retirement.”
“And in response to pressure from the pension industry, the government says it will "simplify" the rules and regulations that surround pensions to "reinvigorate" company pension schemes. This is usually taken to mean relaxing the current re…”
“There have been 800 changes to pension regulations since 1995 - flexibility will slow the exodus from defined benefit schemes in the private sector we are seeing at the moment”
“"The OFT has already looked into bank charges and in March this year reported that 'real progress' is being made by the industry in making current accounts work well for customers,"”
“Last year, the Office of Fair Trading suffered a high profile legal defeat in its attempts to regulate bank charges.”
“They had earlier been estimated to be worth some 500m euros (£431m; $618m).”
“even if it is one tenth of the value at auction”
“It costs about £60.”
“The burden of paying about £200 for searches from local authorities and search companies will now fall on house buyers.”
“The burden of paying about £200 for searches from local authorities and search companies will now fall on house buyers, which could add to costs for first-time buyers.”
“Estate agents claimed the packs, which typically cost between £299 and £350, were stunting the housing market recovery...”
“Royal Mail reported a pre-tax loss of £262m for the last financial year.”
“The operating profit was £404m, however, up 26% on the previous year.”
“the current £3.4bn valuation by the pension fund trustees.”
“Royal Mail estimates the pension deficit to now be in excess of £8bn.”
“The group has paid £867m into the fund so far this year in an attempt to close the gap.”
“Germany has also angered other EU nations by acting alone in banning a type of short-selling.”
“That move, meant to ease public anger at home, took Germany's European partners by surprise and sent global stock markets sharply lower on Wednesday.”
“Thursday afternoon saw it falling again, down 0.7% to $1.234.”
“London's FTSE 100 index fell 2.5%”
“the French Cac 40 shed 3.8%”
“Germany's Dax 30 index lost 2.9%”
“Meanwhile on Wall Street, the Dow Jones was 2.5% lower.”
“Earlier, concerns about the prospect of a crisis in Europe denting demand for imports pushed Japan's Nikkei index to a three-month low.”
“The euro has fallen to a four-year low against the dollar this week before strengthening.”
“Stricter regulation of international markets, which she said must be the "benchmark" within Europe”
“A co-ordinated approach to removing stimulus measures put in place to support economies”
“Dubai World, the state-owned investment vehicle, says it has reached an agreement "in principle" with most of its bank lenders to restructure debt worth $23.5bn (£16.4bn).”
“It added it would be left with debts of $14.4bn after the restructuring.”
“Dubai World stunned global markets in November last year when it asked for a six-month delay on debt repayments.”
“The terms of the restructuring include converting $8.9bn of government debt into equity.”
“The government of Dubai and Dubai World had tabled this offer to a committee representing its bank lenders in March after three months of negotiations.”
“"We are pleased that we have received unanimous support in principle... on the headline economic terms to our restructuring proposal," said Aidan Birkett, chief restructuring officer of Dubai World.”
“The Royal Bank of Scotland was the lead bank in a seven-strong co-ordinating committee negotiating Dubai World's debts.”
“There are a further 90 lenders exposed to the risk of default.”
“But since February, Dubai has issued bonds worth $20bn to raise finance to support struggling firms.”
“Its economy grew by 1.2% between January and March from the previous quarter”
“On an annualised basis, growth was 4.9% - less than analysts had predicted.”
“which at nearly 230% of GDP, is the highest of any industrialised nation. It has warned it could reach 250% by 2015.”
“Germany has been helping to stabilise the European single currency, the euro, which has fallen to a four-year low against the dollar this week.”
“an independent study estimates that the tournament will boost the Welsh economy by at least £73m, with much of that centred on Newport itself.”
“The Celtic Manor continues to put £14m into the local economy each year though direct employment and via suppliers, she adds, and that this will increase further this year thanks to the tournament.”
“an independent study estimates that the tournament will boost the Welsh economy by at least £73m”
“The Celtic Manor continues to put £14m into the local economy each year though direct employment and via suppliers”
“a financial regulation bill containing the most significant reforms since the 1930s”
“He said that in next month's Budget he wanted to set out a "five year road for a big reform of corporation tax".”
“He also said the personal income tax allowance would rise in the Budget.”
“And for would-be entrepreneurs, he wanted the UK to be the easiest place in the world to start a business. He added: "And I want to help new businesses by abolishing employers national insurance contributions on the first ten jobs they cre…”
“Our aim is to create the most competitive corporate tax regime in the G20, while protecting manufacturing industries".”
“And I want to help new businesses by abolishing employers national insurance contributions on the first ten jobs they create.”
“EU governments must double their annual spending on research and development to 11bn euros (£9.4bn) by 2020, she said.”
“which at nearly 230% of GDP, is the highest of any industrialised nation”
“the IMF predicts further GDP growth of 2% for this year and next”
“the IMF thinks inflation will start to creep back late next year”
