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“The single currency dropped by more than 2% against the yen.”
“The German government's ban will apply to the country's 10 most important financial institutions, and aims to stop the short-selling of euro government bonds.”
“The decline came after Germany announced plans to ban naked short-selling of shares from midnight local time (2200 GMT).”
“The student essentially stole $45,000 from Harvard, prosecutors said.”
“The new Conservative-Lib Dem coalition has announced that it will be looking to cut £6bn from the public deficit in its first year in office.”
“More details of where the axe will fall will be announced in an 'emergency budget' on 23 June and in a Comprehensive Spending Review in the autumn.”
“Only health and international aid will be ring-fenced.”
“We cannot sustain for very long the position where for every four pounds the British government spends, one pound is borrowed.”
“Asda posted its first sales fall in four years”
“In the three months to 31 March sales, excluding fuel and VAT, were down 0.3%.”
“17-month high in April”
“50p a month”
“To stop it going bust, RBS had to be nationalised in two stages, with the taxpayer taking stakes in the bank first in October 2008 and then in January 2009 at a cost of £46bn.”
“The former deputy chief executive David Baker was fined £504,000 for misreporting mortgage arrears data.”
“The former credit director Richard Barclay was fined £140,000 for also failing to ensure the accuracy of the bank's financial information.”
“The amount of money paid into personal and stakeholder pension plans fell by £1.1bn, or 5%, during the recession, according to figures from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).”
“Employees, employers and the self-employed paid in £19.7bn between them in 2008-09, down from £20.8bn the year before.”
“This was the first drop since the mid-1990s and was mainly due to lower employee contributions.”
“The amount of money paid in by the self-employed also fell, by £200m to £3.7bn.”
“while employer contributions rose, from £7.4bn to £7.7bn.”
“UK inflation accelerated again in April to hit its highest rate in 17 months, official figures show. On the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure, inflation hit 3.7% - well above the target of 2% and the highest rate since November 2008. On …”
“The cost of food rose by 2.6%, the ONS said, thanks largely to rising transport costs over the last 12 months. Fuel costs have increased by more than 25% in that time, the ONS said.”
“the official CPI measure remains more than one percentage point above the 2% target.”
“he expected inflation to be higher in the coming months than previously forecast, but insisted that it would slow to below the 2% target before the end of the year.”
“a small number of savings accounts offering interest rates of up to 5% were still available.”
“inflation hit 3.7% - well above the target of 2% and the highest rate since November 2008.”
“inflation was up to 5.3% - its highest rate in 19 years.”
“The cost of food rose by 2.6%, the ONS said, thanks largely to rising transport costs over the last 12 months.”
“Fuel costs have increased by more than 25% in that time, the ONS said.”
“The Bank of England's key interest rate remains at a record low of 0.5%”
“"April's consumer price inflation rate of 3.7% should mark the peak," he said.”
“On the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure, inflation hit 3.7% - well above the target of 2% and the highest rate since November 2008.”
“On the Retail Prices Index (RPI) measure, inflation was up to 5.3% - its highest rate in 19 years.”
“The Bank of England's key interest rate remains at a record low of 0.5%, and this rate is unlikely to rise soon according to economists.”
“On the Retail Prices Index (RPI) measure, which includes housing costs, inflation was up to 5.3% - its highest rate in 19 years.”
“In his letter, the governor said inflation had accelerated significantly since September last year.”
“Earlier this month, Mr King said he expected inflation to be higher in the coming months than previously forecast, but insisted that it would slow to below the 2% target before the end of the year.”
“Bank of England governor Mervyn King has written a letter of explanation to the new Chancellor, George Osborne, as the official CPI measure remains more than one percentage point above the 2% target.”
“In his letter to Mr King, Mr Osborne said he noted that the Bank's view was that the "current elevated rate of inflation is expected to be temporary".”
“We do not expect the Bank of England to increase interest rates this year in response to what is a short-term pick up in inflation," said Hetal Mehta, senior economic adviser to the Ernst & Young Item Club.”
“April's consumer price inflation rate of 3.7% should mark the peak," he said.”
“But he added that a small number of savings accounts offering interest rates of up to 5% were still available.”
“Pre-tax profits for the year to March totalled £8.7bn, the UK-based company said”
“That is more than double the £4.2bn profit reported last year”
“But it also said the introduction of new six new national licences in India, one year after Vodafone's entry into the market, had led to increased competition, resulting in an impairment charge this year of £2.3bn.”
“The company also reported falls in revenues in some of its more established European markets, with the UK seeing a 4.7% decline.”
“Pre-tax profits for the year to March totalled £8.7bn”
“Pre-tax profits for the year to March totalled £8.7bn, the UK-based company said, with revenues up in Asia and Africa. That is more than double the £4.2bn profit reported last year, though one-off charges hit those figures.”
“80% of European funds are based”
“which is due to come into force from 2012”
“27-nation bloc”
“Talks will begin on 31 May before a final vote in July”
“took delivery of a special $1,600 gift - the family dog Bo”
“earned him at least $1m each”
“was valued at $1,600”
“the award's $1.4m prize money”
“between $155,029 and $675,000 in assets”
“$2.3m to $7.7m in assets”
“In April, the White House disclosed the president's tax filings showing he and Mrs Obama had earned $5.5m”
“earns a salary of $400,000 per year”
“"Shops and department stores in the red zone have now lost about 1bn baht ($31m; £21m) a day," Thanapol Tangkananan, president of the Thai Retailers' Association said after April's clashes.”
“Thai Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij has forecast economic growth of between 4.5% and 5% this year”
“After meeting with business associations, Mr Chatikavanij has said the protests could cut 0.3% off his forecast.”
“Thai Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij has forecast economic growth of between 4.5% and 5% this year, but the civil unrest is threatening to reduce that figure.”
“Thai Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij has forecast economic growth of between 4.5% and 5% this year, but the civil unrest is threatening to reduce that figure. After meeting with business associations, Mr Chatikavanij has said the protes…”
“Foreign investors have already shown some signs of withdrawing from Thailand - since violence broke out last month, foreign investors have sold $584m in Thai shares, leaving Thai stocks among the cheapest in Asia.”
“80% of European hedge funds based in London.”
“A Baroque masterpiece valued at £9.2m”
“The move, which values GLG at $1.6bn (£1.1bn) will create a business with assets worth $63bn.”
“Man Group said the move would allow it to streamline business costs and save it $50m a year.”
“Man shares were down 8.8% at 202p amid some concerns over the price being paid, which is 55% higher than GLG's price at Friday's close.”
“But the company's shares fell sharply on news of the deal. Man shares were down 8.8% at 202p amid some concerns over the price being paid, which is 55% higher than GLG's price at Friday's close.”
“Man Group uses 'quantitative' investment strategy, meaning it uses highly technical mathematical techniques to analyse investments.”
“GLG uses what is known as a 'discretionary' style. Man Group says that essentially means that GLG has share-based investments, which are not currently part of Man's own offer.”
“But both forms of approach fall under the category of Alternative Investment Managers, which include hedge funds, and both may soon face tighter regulation of their activities.”
“The pair will be invited to accept the award - worth 1 million kronor (£88,800) - in Stockholm in August.”
“The Shanghai Composite index dropped by 5.07% to close at 2,559.93 points”
“The number of loans made to home buyers rose by 25% between February and March, to 45,000.”
“Lending to all house buyers in the first quarter of the year was still 35% less than in the last three months of last year.”
“The CML argued that year on year, lending to house buyers had now risen for the ninth month in a row.”
“For the second month in a row, the average deposit they had to put down stood at 24% of the purchase price, slightly less than the average 25% they have had to put down since the start of 2009.”
“Between February and March, the number of loans made to first-timers rose by 27%, compared with a 24% increase for existing home owners.”
“Earlier this month, the financial information service Moneyfacts reported that the number of mortgage deals available was 36% higher at the start of May than it had been at the start of the year.”
“Although there were still very few deals with 0% or 5% deposits, the number asking for a 10% or 15% down-payment had gone up from 461 to 520.”
“Banks and some larger building societies have to work out how to repay more than £300bn in emergency funding given to them by the government during the banking crisis in 2008.”
“industry forecasts that it would take $40m (£27.7m)”
“The euro fell to $1.2237 in early trade on Monday, but then recovered to trade at $1.2307.”
“Elsewhere on the currency markets, the pound was trading at 1.1698 euros and at $1.4477.”
“Earlier this month, the European Union and International Monetary Fund agreed a package worth 750bn euros to try to prevent the Greek crisis from spreading to other weak eurozone economies.”
“Concerns that severe fiscal austerity in the eurozone will crush growth in the region continues to weigh (on the euro).”
“European share markets - which suffered sharp falls on Friday - were mildly positive on Monday, with most major indexes slightly higher.”
“Prudential has announced plans to raise £14.5bn ($21bn) from shareholders in the UK's biggest rights issue to date.”
“Details of the rights issue were due two weeks ago, but were delayed after concerns from regulators.”
“The Financial Services Authority (FSA) complained that the AIA deal could leave the new merged company with insufficient capital, but those worries now appear to have been resolved.”
“Prudential's chief executive Tidjane Thiam has set ambitious growth targets for the proposed merged company, with a pre-tax operating profit of at least £3.26bn planned by 2013.”
“According to the Financial Services Authority (FSA) rules, insurers are required to treat customers fairly.”
“It is estimated that 80% of Europe's hedge funds are based in London, and about a quarter of the world's such businesses.”
“Household wealth in the UK has risen five-fold over the past 50 years, according to the Halifax.”
“The total worth of households' property, savings and investments, was £6.3 trillion ($9 trillion) at the end of last year.”
“It gives an average value per household of £237,000, three times the £73,000 in 1959 (at today's prices).”
