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“reported a deficit of £1.3bn in March this year”
“M&S will make payments of £35m a year for three years, followed by £60m a year until 2018”
“A further £300m will be provided through giving the pension scheme a bigger share in a current property-backed investment partnership”
“£124m will be made available by freeing up money currently invested in US dollar hedging contracts”
“Figures from the Commerce Department showed the gap between imports and exports rose 2.5% to $40.4bn.”
“Imports of goods and services were up 3.1% to $188.3bn in March”
“while exports rose 3.2% to $147.87bn.”
“The deficit with the 27-nation European Union rose to $7.1bn in March, a 32.7% jump.”
“So far this year, the US deficit is running at an annual rate of $467.2bn, 23.4% higher than last year's imbalance of $378.6bn.”
“The increase in imports was led by a 25.5% rise in crude shipments, which rose to $22.3bn in March.”
“An enhanced compensation scheme for over one million Equitable Life members has been announced by the two parties forming the UK's coalition government.”
“After the Equitable closed to new business in 2000 more than a million policyholders suffered large cuts...”
“After the Equitable closed to new business in 2000 more than a million policyholders suffered large cuts to the value of either their prospective or current pensions...”
“In July 2008 the Parliamentary Ombudsman, Ann Abraham, published a report which pinpointed 'a decade of regulatory failure' as being one of the main reasons for the collapse of the pension company.”
“She called on the government to set up a scheme to compensate the savers for the maladministration and their losses.”
“"The aim of such a scheme should be to put those people who have suffered a relative loss back into the position that they would have been in had maladministration not occurred," she said at the time.”
“Last October, the High Court approved the government's plan for only limited payments to those who had lost money 'disproportionately'.”
“A former High Court judge, Sir John Chadwick, has been trying to design a payment scheme to meet the government's aims, and his work has been ongoing until now.”
“Restoration of the earnings link for the basic state pension from April 2011 with a 'triple guarantee' that pensions are raised by the higher of earnings, prices or 2.5%, as proposed by the Liberal Democrats”
“An increase in the personal allowance for Income Tax from April 2011”
“A review to set the date at which the state pension age starts to rise to 66, although it will not be sooner than 2016 for men and 2020 for women.”
“An early peer review of fiscal policies would help shape a fiscal stance for the EU and the euro area as a whole.”
“Coordination of fiscal policy has to be conducted in advance, in order to ensure that national budgets are consistent with the European dimension, that they don't put at risk the stability of the other member states.”
“For [the] euro-area it means deeper and broader surveillance, in particular with regard to macroeconomic imbalances.”
“However, he did agree to pay back £7,000 he claimed for furniture costs at his London home.”
“Virtually all lenders require mortgages over 75% loan to value (LTV) to be on a repayment-only basis - that's why the Post Office rates would be so different,”
“The average deposit on a UK house purchase still stands at 25%, a level it has been at since the credit crunch and banking crisis of 2007 and 2008 forced lenders to start rationing their loans.”
“That level of downpayment is still required for 57% of all current mortgage deals on offer.”
“However, the gentle easing of rationing in the mortgage market since the start of the year means there are now more than 160 deals available that ask for just a 10% deposit.”
“The interest charged by the Post Office on its two-year fixed rate, at 90% LTV, is 5.45%.”
“However, its base-rate tracker at 5.49% is set at a margin of 4.99% over the Bank of England's base rate, with no cap or ceiling.”
“Meanwhile the Lloyds banking group, which includes the Halifax, has stopped offering interest-only home loans worth more than half a million pounds.”
“The new 90% loan is part of a revamped range of mortgages from the Post Office.”
“Virtually all lenders require mortgages over 75% loan to value (LTV) to be on a repayment-only basis - that's why the Post Office rates would be so different," he added.”
“there are now more than 160 deals available that ask for just a 10% deposit.”
“its base-rate tracker at 5.49% is set at a margin of 4.99% over the Bank of England's base rate, with no cap or ceiling.”
“has stopped offering interest-only home loans worth more than half a million pounds.”
“We are looking to be one of the top 10 lenders in the UK," said a spokeswoman.”
“Authorised overdraft rates have reached their highest level for a decade, according to financial information service Moneyfacts.”
“The average interest rate on agreed overdrafts has reached 14.22%, the highest since May 2000.”
“Over the last 10 years, authorised overdraft rates dropped to 11.81% at their lowest point in May 2004, the Moneyfacts research shows.”
“If someone with an agreed overdraft was charged at a market average of 14% and they were £500 overdrawn for 15 days each month, they would pay interest charges of £2.87 per month”
“If their interest rate was increased by 2%, it would mean having to pay an extra 41p every month.”
“The area that really needs more focus is unauthorised charging, where a £50 unauthorised overdraft for just three days can cost a customer up to £60 for what is a short-term and fairly minor financial indiscretion.”
“If someone with an agreed overdraft was charged at a market average of 14% and they were £500 overdrawn for 15 days each month, they would pay interest charges of £2.87 per month, he said.”
“a £50 unauthorised overdraft for just three days can cost a customer up to £60 for what is a short-term and fairly minor financial indiscretion.”
“The high comes despite the Bank rate remaining at a record low of 0.5%,”
“'The area that really needs more focus is unauthorised charging, where a £50 unauthorised overdraft for just three days can cost a customer up to £60 for what is a short-term and fairly minor financial indiscretion.'”
“Growth to between January and March was 0.2%, after being flat in the previous three months.”
“Compared with the same quarter in 2009, the combined economies of the 16 countries that use the euro grew 0.5%.”
“Throughout the 27-nation EU as a whole, which includes the UK, the first quarter also showed 0.2% growth.”
“The figures, from the European Union's statistics office, Eurostat, showed that Greece's economy shrank by 0.8% in first quarter of 2010.”
“Italy reported the fastest growth, of 0.5%, making up for a 0.1% drop over the previous quarter.”
“Germany was in line with the average, with 0.2% growth, although this was higher than some analysts forecast.”
“Spain crawled out of recession with 0.1% growth.”
“France also grew by 0.1%, slowing from 0.5% growth in the previous three months.”
“The figures for the eurozone and whole EU compared unfavourably to first quarter growth of 0.8% for the US.”
“Japan has yet to release its data, but it had already recorded growth of 0.9% in the last three months of 2009.”
“He said: "The eurozone's upturn is expected to gradually become more firmly established in 2011, when GDP growth is forecast at 1.5%, helped by a stabilisation and then gradual improvement in labour markets as well as by stronger global gr…”
“In its Inflation Report, the Bank predicted that inflation - which stood at 3.4% in March - would remain above the 2% target for the rest of the year.”
“However, it is then expected to fall below 2% for the following two years.”
“Analysts said the Bank's forecast suggested that UK interest rates - currently at a record low of 0.5% - were set to remain low for some time.”
“There are still no indications that the [Monetary Policy] Committee is anywhere close to tightening policy,”
“Despite edging back into growth at the end of 2009, the UK economy remains in need of the boost to spending that can be delivered by the World Cup, ideally underpinned by a successful tournament for the England team," said Richard Cope of …”
“Despite edging back into growth at the end of 2009, the UK economy remains in need of the boost to spending that can be delivered by the World Cup, ideally underpinned by a successful tournament for the England team,”
“Mr Prokhorov, whose fortune, according to Forbes magazine, stands at $13.4bn (£8.9bn)”
“All in all, I think we must have spent somewhere in the region of $200,000 on this car, and so have most of the teams here.”
“The reel-to-reel recording is estimated to fetch up to $25,000 (£16,800) at a Los Angeles sale on 13 June.”
“The tapes form part of a sale which includes a rare watercolour from 1940 Walt Disney film Pinocchio, estimated to fetch up to $40,000 (£26,800).”
“One of Michael Jackson's white rhinestone gloves - predicted to sell for between $14,000 and $16,000 (£9,400 and £10,700) - is also up for auction.”
“Mr King said plans for spending cuts worth £6bn in 2010 were 'sensible'.”
“A plan for deficit reduction will be set out in an emergency budget within 50 days, with £6bn in cuts to 'non-front line services' to be made in the 2010-11 financial year.”
“A 'substantial increase' in personal allowance for income tax from April 2011, with a longer-term objective of increasing the personal allowance to £10,000”
“the FTSE 100 index fell in early trading, but then recovered to close up 0.9% at 5383.5 points.”
“The pound also reversed earlier gains against the euro, with one pound worth 1.175 euros.”
“He added that the gap between the yield on equivalent German and UK government bonds had narrowed, 'which shows that investors believe the risk of lending to the British government has reduced'”
“The FSA has previously been criticised for its supervision of banks in the lead up to the financial crisis.”
“The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it still needed more time to investigate, but warned that new safeguards would be introduced.”
“The markets failed many investors on May 6, and I am committed to finding effective solutions in the very near term”
“On 6 May, the Dow Jones fell a lightning-fast 700 points, sending shivers through the investor community.”
“More than 100 SEC staff are probing last week's events, and sifting through more than 17 million share trades.”
“Mrs Shapiro said nothing unusual was found.”
“On Monday, the heads of major exchanges and the SEC agreed to strengthen existing circuit breakers that are designed to stop HFT exacerbating share price falls.”
“It is possible that the additional safeguards will include circuit breakers that would trigger a pause in trading if a share price fell more than 10% in a five minute period.”
“He said the plan would save about 15bn euros ($19bn; £12.5bn) over two years. [...] "We aim to cut civil service wages by an average of 5% in 2010 and freeze them in 2011," he added. He said his own salary and those of senior cabinet membe…”
“At the weekend Spain said it wanted to drastically reduce its budget deficit, which currently stands at 11% of GDP. The aim of the new package is to trim this deficit to 6% of GDP in 2011.”
“Mr Zapatero was speaking as government statistics showed Spain had moved out of recession in the first quarter of this year, with growth of 0.1%.”
“On Sunday it approved a 750bn-euro rescue package to prop up European economies struggling with large debts.”
“He said the plan would save about 15bn euros ($19bn; £12.5bn) over two years. ... "We aim to cut civil service wages by an average of 5% in 2010 and freeze them in 2011," he added. He said his own salary and those of senior cabinet members…”
“After the 2006 World Cup, the German football association (DFB) paid 101 million Euros (£87.8m at current exchange rates) in various taxes on its activities during the tournament.”
“Germany also taxed the non-resident players and trainers as normal, charging them 21.1% on their football fees and bonuses, and other commercial earnings; for instance from appearing in adverts. That raised just over seven million Euros (£…”
“World Cup preparations have cost South Africa an estimated R33bn - nearly £3bn”
“A standard 15% tax on the earnings of foreign sportsmen and entertainers will be applied as normal and ticket sales will have 14% VAT applied.”
“Nearly 900 million Swiss Francs (£552m at current exchange rates) were spent by Fifa on organising the tournament”
“Fifa accrued more than 2.8 billion Swiss Francs (£1.72bn) in the four years up to and including the competition”
“How much income tax did Fifa pay in 2006 locally? Just one million Swiss Francs (£613,500).”
“Dow Jones index closed down 0.34% following a turbulent day's trading”
“nearly 4% rise on Monday”
“package of loans and guarantees worth 750bn euros ($975bn; £650bn)”
“shares in London up 5% and the Paris stock market up 9%”
