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“India's auction of third generation (3G) bandwidth for mobile phone services has ended with the government reaping $15bn, twice the sum expected.”
“a BP executive said this week that the company had paid out $15m (£10.4m) in claims, much of it to shrimpers and commercial fishermen who have little or no income because of the spill”
“It says it needs to implement new austerity measures to qualify for the next instalment of the 20bn-euro ($25bn; £17bn) IMF loan.”
“Romania's economy shrunk more than 7% last year and it needed an IMF bail-out in order to meet its wage bill.”
“Romania's economy shrunk more than 7% last year”
“to qualify for the next instalment of the 20bn-euro ($25bn; £17bn) IMF loan.”
“cuts to Romania's huge public sector - which accounts for a third of all jobs”
“An auction of government debt earlier this month failed to attract enough interest.”
“US prices fell for the first time in 13 months in April, driven by lower petrol costs, official data has shown.”
“Consumer price index inflation fell 0.1% last month from March, said the Labor Department”
“On an annual basis, inflation in April rose by 0.9%, the lowest growth rate since 1966.”
“Fed officials said they thought the US economy could grow between 3.2% and 3.7% this year, up from a previous estimate of a growth range of 2.8% to 3.5%.”
“The inflation figures released on Wednesday showed that core inflation - which strips out the impact of volatile energy and food bills - showed prices remained unchanged in April for the second consecutive month.”
“Petrol prices declined by 2.4%, clothing costs fell 0.7% and food costs rose 0.2%.”
“US interest rates are currently at between 0% and 0.25%, where they have been since December 2008”
“The most recent official figures showed that the US economy grew at an annualised rate of 3.2% in the first three months of 2010”
“The jobless rate increased to 9.9% in April, up from 9.7% in March, and the total number of people unemployed in April was 15.3 million.”
“He added that his opinion was that the Fed would not start raising interest rates until next year, and that it was possible the first increase would not come until 2012.”
“Fed officials said they thought the US economy could grow between 3.2% and 3.7% this year, up from a previous estimate of a growth range of 2.8% to 3.5%”
“Consumer price index inflation fell 0.1% last month from March, said the Labor Department, surprising analysts who had expected a 0.1% increase.”
“US interest rates are currently at between 0% and 0.25%, where they have been since December 2008 to aid the US economic recovery.”
“The most recent official figures showed that the US economy grew at an annualised rate of 3.2% in the first three months of 2010, but at the same time unemployment remains stubbornly high.”
“Meanwhile, Fed officials said they thought the US economy could grow between 3.2% and 3.7% this year, up from a previous estimate of a growth range of 2.8% to 3.5%.”
“Industrial output in Russia surged 10.4% last month compared with April 2009, when the country was in recession, the Federal statistics service has said.”
“The growth, up from 5.7% in March, was Russia's fastest in four years.”
“Last week, the statistics agency said that the Russian economy had grown by a revised 2.9% in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2009.”
“The Russian economy contracted by 7.9% in 2009 after several years of robust growth fuelled by oil and gas exports.”
“For the first four months of 2010, the country's industrial output rose by 6.9% compared with the same period last year.”
“There will be less money to spend on social goods”
“we can anticipate significant funding reductions”
“The new EU initiatives include a 125m-euro (£107m; $154m) Latin American Investment Facility”
“could leverage investments well in excess of 3bn euros”
“the 1% that the International Monetary Fund forecasts for the 27-nation EU”
“EU farmers' income is now "below pre-2000 levels" in many areas, the statement said”
“the 1% that the International Monetary Fund forecasts for the 27-nation EU.”
“The new EU initiatives include a 125m-euro (£107m; $154m) Latin American Investment Facility, which EU Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said "could leverage investments well in excess of 3bn euros".”
“Economic growth in Latin America this year is expected to reach 4% - far above the 1% that the International Monetary Fund forecasts for the 27-nation EU.”
“Economic growth in Latin America this year is expected to reach 4%”
“The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but media reports indicate the price tag for Associated Content was around $100m (£70m).”
“The CBI estimates that selected public sector pay and recruitment freezes could save £18bn over the next two years.”
“The Conservative-Liberal Democrat government plans to reduce public spending by £6bn in the current financial year, and Chancellor George Osborne is due to present an emergency Budget on 22 June.”
“Chancellor George Osborne is due to present an emergency Budget on 22 June.”
“Confidence fell 7% in May - its biggest monthly drop since autumn 2008 - according to study by Westpac bank and the Melbourne Institute.”
“However, confidence levels are still nearly 22% higher than a year ago”
“Australia's central bank raised its main interest rate to 4.5% earlier this month.”
“In October, rates were 3%.”
“The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) was unanimous in its decision to keep interest rates on hold at 0.5% in May, minutes have shown.”
“The MPC's nine members all voted to keep interest rates on hold at 0.5%, where they have been since March 2009.”
“The MPC made its latest rates decision on 10 May.”
“The most recent official figures - released on 18 May - showed that UK inflation hit a 17-month high in April. On the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure, inflation hit 3.7% - well above the target of 2% and the highest rate since November…”
“The most recent official figures - released on 18 May - showed that UK inflation hit a 17-month high in April.”
“"There are lots of different issues, but the most important is inflation and spare capacity," said analyst George Buckley of Deutsche Bank.”
“Some members of the MPC are concerned that spare capacity is not going to be as big a drag on inflation as they thought.”
“pre-tax profits for the six months to 10 April were £73m, up from £47m a year earlier”
“total like-for-like sales up 1.8%”
“food sales 4.3% higher”
“drinks, which only rose 0.3%”
“target savings of £25m this year”
“earmarked £25m towards its expansion plans”
“Key share indexes in London, Paris, Frankfurt lost close to 3%.”
“On Wall Street the Dow Jones fell by 0.63%.”
“Earlier, the euro hit another a four-year low against the dollar. It fell to $1.214 before recovering to $1.239.”
“In London the FTSE was down by 2.8% at 5158.08 points”
“At the close in Paris the Cac 40 was 2.9% lower at 3,511.67”
“in Germany the Dax closed behind by 2.7%, at 5,988.67”
“The German ban will run from 19 May to 31 March 2011.”
“The German financial regulator has banned traders in the country from "naked" short-selling of euro-denominated government bonds and of shares in the country's 10 most important financial institutions.”
“These would halt trading in a stock for five minutes if it fell more than 10% in five minutes. The new rules would apply to all stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 index.”
“On 6 May, the market fall quickly spread out of control”
“She said Europe needed a "stability culture" to ensure the survival of the Euro. Currency expert Jeremy Stretch of Rabobank said that while Mrs Merkel needed to portray a bleak picture of the state European economy to MPs in Germany, the n…”
“Some 30% of new cases during 2009-10 were about PPI, the service's annual report shows.”
“In total, the ombudsman resolved 46% more finance cases than a year before.”
“It handled 925,095 enquiries from consumers in the last financial year.”
“It resolved 166,321 disputes - a record number.”
“In half of these cases, consumers were given compensation.”
“Some 49,196 new complaints were about PPI”
“Another 15.5% of new cases were about current accounts, 11% were about credit cards, 4.5% were about mortgages, and 4% were about unsecured loans.”
“There was a 27% drop in disputes involving pensions, while motor insurance complaints were down 13%.”
“Some 49,196 new complaints were about PPI, which consumer groups have complained about as often being mis-sold.”
“Mr Gill told the BBC he had lost £40,000 which he thought was going into genuine shares.”
“"The first transaction was for only £5,000, a dry run, then the big one was for £35,000."”
“The first transaction was for only £5,000, a dry run, then the big one was for £35,000.”
“The FSA believes UK investors lose hundreds of millions of pounds a year to boiler rooms, with the average loss per investor being put at £20,000.”
“more than 38,000 people”
“lost £40,000”
“first transaction was for only £5,000, a dry run, then the big one was for £35,000.”
“average loss per investor being put at £20,000.”
“Operation Domingo”
“These would halt trading in a stock for five minutes, if it fell more than 10% in five minutes.”
“The new rules apply to all stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 index.”
“It comes after the unexpected crash on 6 May that drove the Dow Jones down some 700 points within minutes.”
“The circuit breakers "would also increase market transparency, bolster investor protection and bring uniformity to decisions regarding trading halts in individual securities".”
“David Cumming, head of UK equities at Standard Life Investments, which owns about 7% of BA's shares, told the BBC's Today programme on Monday that the union was "clearly a malevolent force".”
“David Cumming, head of UK equities at Standard Life Investments, which owns about 7% of BA's shares, told the BBC's Today programme on Monday that the union was 'clearly a malevolent force'.”
“Germany is to ban so-called "naked short-selling" at its 10 most important financial institutions.”
“The German ban will run from 19 May to 31 March 2011, also applying to naked credit default swaps.”
“After the German announcement the euro extended losses against the dollar to hit a fresh four-year low below $1.22.”
“"It tends to suggest desperation on the part of the German officials who want to discourage what they consider speculative attacks on euro zone financial markets."”
“The euro has plummeted against the US dollar, falling below $1.22 for the first time since April 2006.”
“The eurozone's single currency fell more than 1.7% in afternoon trading in New York, to $1.216, before rallying.”
