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“Manufacturing output rose by 2.3% on a month-on-month basis.”
“But its chief economist, Lee Hopley, said that a 'credible plan to repair the public finances' was needed to 'both reassure financial markets and underpin a sustainable recovery'.”
“In the three months to the end of March, Toyota made profits of 112bn yen ($1.2bn; £810m) a rebound from a 766bn yen loss for the period in 2009.”
“For the year to the end of March Toyota made 209bn yen, a sharp reversal from the 437bn yen loss in the year before.”
“Revenues for the fourth quarter were 5.28 trillion yen, up from 3.54 trillion yen a year earlier when the global recession was at its deepest.”
“Toyota also announced that it was forecasting better financial results for the next fiscal year, with profits of about 310bn yen.”
“Last month, Honda reported an operating profit of 96bn yen for the January to March period”
“while in the US Ford reported a larger-than-expected $2.1bn quarterly net profit.”
“In London, shares fell 1% after rising 5% on Monday”
“in Paris, they lost 0.7% after soaring 9% the previous day”
“the issue being two-and-half times oversubscribed”
“The government wanted to borrow £2.25bn, while investors offered to lend £5.6bn.”
“The pound initially fell against the dollar, losing almost half a cent to $1.4815 by 1200 BST, but then rose sharply to $1.4935.”
“It has also continued to strengthen against the euro to 1.1753 euros, as the eurozone currency lost ground after Monday's gains.”
“the 750bn-euro ($975bn; £650bn) loan‑guarantee deal”
“April's consumer prices were up 2.8% from a year ago, the highest rate in 18 months, and property inflation hit 12.8%, China's statistics bureau said.”
“New bank lending of 774bn yuan ($8.4bn; £5.65bn) exceeded predictions.”
“Many analysts had forecast an inflation rate of 2.7%.”
“Industrial output rose 17.8% year-on-year in April, while retail sales were up 18.5% to 1.15 trillion yuan.”
“China's economy grew at an annual rate of 11.9% in the first quarter, driven by Beijing's 4 trillion yuan stimulus package.”
“The cost of transporting gas through the South Stream pipeline would be three times higher than via Ukraine”
“It would take several years to build the underwater pipeline at an estimated cost of 25bn euros ($32bn, £21bn)”
“The cost of transporting gas through the South Stream pipeline would be three times higher than via Ukraine," Mr Korchemkin told the BBC”
“According to estimates, the size of the Ukrainian firm might be between 5% to 10% of Gazprom's market capitalisation, which stood at $140bn when Mr Putin made his offer”
“According to estimates, the size of the Ukrainian firm might be between 5% to 10% of Gazprom's market capitalisation, which stood at $140bn when Mr Putin made his offer.”
“The UK's Royal Bank of Scotland has agreed to pay $500m (£336m) to end a money laundering case involving ABN Amro - the lender it bought in 2007.”
“US officials said ABN had helped banks and individuals from countries including Iran and Libya channel money through the US banking system over a 10-year period.”
“Fannie Mae has asked for another $8.4bn (£5.6bn) in state aid”
“The company said it lost $13.1bn in the first three months of the year”
“That is down from the $16.3bn loss it reported for the last quarter of 2009.”
“So far the government has contributed $83.6bn to the bail-out of Fannie Mae.”
“The cost of bailing out both institutions now totals nearly $145bn”
“Fannie Mae said it saw 'no end in sight' for government financial assistance.”
“Earlier this month, Freddie Mac asked for a further $8bn”
“Royal Bank of Scotland has said it is to cut a further 2,600 UK jobs over the next year. Most of the losses are in its insurance division, with 600 posts going at the head office of its retail banking arm.”
“It had already announced almost 20,000 job losses across its business worldwide since the bail-out.”
“RBS's insurance arm includes the Direct Line, Green Flag, Churchill and Privilege businesses and employs 16,000 people.”
“which left RBS 84%-owned by the taxpayer.”
“The bank has been trying to cut costs since the massive government bail-out to save it from collapse in 2007, which left RBS 84%-owned by the taxpayer.”
“Interest rates have now been 0.5% since March 2009.”
“Credit cards have become more expensive to use, with the average rate rising from 15.7% in March last year to 16.5% in March this year”
“The average cost of an overdraft has also risen, from 18.6% to 19%.”
“Two-year fixed-rate mortgages, with a 25% deposit, rose from 4% last March to 4.5% last September, but have subsided gently since then to stand at 3.9% in March this year.”
“five-year fixed-rate mortgages with a 25% deposit jumping in June last year from 5% to 5.5% and hovering around that level ever since.”
“Standard variable rates for home loans have been much more stable and currently stand at 4%.”
“The average cash ISA offers 0.5% - the same as base rate itself”
“branch-based instant access accounts offer even less - just 0.2%.”
“UK interest rates have been kept on hold at a record low of 0.5% by the Bank of England.”
“Interest rates have now been 0.5% since March 2009”
“The UK economy grew by 0.2% in the first three months of this year”
“In the final three months of 2009, the economy grew by 0.4%.”
“The UK emerged from recession in the final quarter of last year, after six consecutive quarters of contraction.”
“Although the UK inflation rate rose sharply to 3.4% in March from 3% the month before”
“European governments and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have stunned global stock markets with a 750bn-euro ($975bn; £650bn) package of standby funds designed to see off financial meltdown.”
“The 27 countries of the European Union (EU) will contribute 500bn euros towards the financial safety net. They have been joined by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is providing another 250bn euros.”
“The vast bulk of Europe's contribution comes from the 16-nation eurozone bloc, which is promising 440bn in loan guarantees.”
“The European Commission is providing 60bn euros immediately.”
“It is thought that if countries being loaned money defaulted the total UK liability could be about £15bn, though about £7bn of this money was pledged to a previous bail-out fund.”
“In an interview with the BBC he suggested that the UK was providing an additional £8bn in new money through its IMF and European Commission contribution.”
“Crucially, the European Central Bank is to start buying bonds - government debt - something the European Central Bank said it would never do when it was established.”
“However, the ECB will not be pumping fresh money into ailing economies. The ECB's purchase of bonds will be matched by the selling of other securities.”
“The 60bn euros in emergency lending is available immediately and can be drawn on now by countries such as Spain and Portugal.”
“But a special purpose vehicle to dish out 440bn euros in bilateral loan guarantees will take longer to set up.”
“Share prices across Asia and Europe surged on news of the package, and the euro strengthened.”
“The group of wealthy businessmen is believed to value the club at no more than £1bn.”
“United, valued at £1.2bn by US business magazine Forbes”
“They believe one billion is the true value for the club.”
“founded in 1878”
“Last month, BAA said the closure of Heathrow and Stansted had cost it £28m.”
“The company sold Gatwick airport for £1.5bn last year.”
“TEEB has already calculated the annual loss of forests at $2-5 trillion, dwarfing costs of the banking crisis.”
“On Sunday, the EU and IMF agreed a 750bn euro ($975bn; £650bn) loan-guarantee deal.”
“The US Dow Jones index closed up 404 points at 10,785 in New York.”
“In London, the FTSE 100 closed 264.4 points higher at 5,387, having reached 5,400 at one stage.”
“shares in Barclays jumped 16.2%”
“those in Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group and Standard Chartered climbed more than 10%”
“In Paris, Societe Generale and Credit Agricole surged more than 20%”
“in Frankfurt, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank were up about 10%”
“the interest rate on two-year Greek bonds fell immediately, from 18.1% to 4.9%”
“Under the terms of the European loan‑guarantee deal, the 16 members of the eurozone will have access to 440bn euros of loan guarantees and 60bn euros of emergency European Commission funding.”
“In addition, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will also contribute up to 250bn euros.”
“the euro trading at $1.2783, and a pound buying 1.1626 euros after the European markets closed”
“It fell by a cent against the dollar to $1.48650 immediately after Prime Minister Gordon Brown's announcement that talks had begun between the Liberal Democrats and Labour.”
“US light, crude oil rose by $2.30 to $77.41 a barrel, while Brent crude climbed $2.58 to $81.50 a barrel”
“Wall Street closed 4% up, after a 5% rise on the main UK and German stock markets, and a 9% surge in France.”
“Mr Johnson told the C5 conference on Sports Law and Business that in season 2009/2010, there was betting in Asia on 250 Blue Square Conference matches - the fifth tier of English football - and on 190 English youth and academy games.”
“His firm also has an eight-person "integrity" team, which is part of a bigger anti-money laundering team.”
“In 1985 the store returned to private ownership when Egypt-born Mr Al Fayed and his brother Ali bought House of Fraser for £615m, snatching it from mining conglomerate Lonrho.”
“The firm, which is nearly 80% owned by the US government, made $1.5bn (£1bn) in the period, compared with a loss of $4.4bn a year earlier.”
“AIG shares rose by 3.2% in pre-market trading on Friday.”
“repay some of the $183bn in government loans it received in its taxpayer-funded bailout.”
“They have pledged as much as 22.4bn euros ($28.5bn; £19.3bn) in loans to be offered to Greece over three years - part of the wider 110bn-euro EU and IMF rescue deal agreed earlier this week.”
“Greece's deficit surpassed 13% of its gross domestic product (GDP).”
“members are supposed to keep their public sector deficits under 3% of GDP.”
“Many think the 9% plunge the Dow Jones reached in Thursday's session was a slip of the finger, rather than a sign the market had glimpsed the apocalypse.”
“the lack of confidence took the pound down to a one-year low against the dollar.”
“Dow Jones share index plummeting 9% at one point on Thursday.”
“Among those affected were 3M, whose shares fell 25% at one point, and Procter & Gamble, which saw its stocks fall by 37%.”
“The tumultuous session on Wall Street saw the Dow Jones index fall by almost 1,000 points in a matter of minutes.”
“It later recovered, closing down 3.2%, or 347.8 points, at 10,520.32.”
