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“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.”
“This comes despite ITV reporting a 6% rise in revenues to £450m in the first three months of 2009.”
“The increase was boosted by an 8% jump in television revenues.”
“ITV's statement hit its shares, which were trading down almost 7% at 56.80p at one stage.”
“He said revenues were still below 2008 levels.”
“HSBC's shares were the FTSE 100's biggest riser, trading up 5% at 660p.”
“the first quarterly profit since 2007”
“There were 35,682 personal insolvencies in the first three months of 2010, a 17.9% increase compared with the same period a year earlier.”
“rising by only 108 individuals since the last three months of 2009.”
“In the first three months of the year, there were 1,343 receiverships, administrations or company voluntary arrangements - all forms of corporate insolvency. This was down 8% on the previous quarter and a fall of 25% on the same period a y…”
“There were 4,082, 8% fewer than the previous three months and 18% down on the same quarter a year earlier.”
“There were 18,256 bankruptcies - the traditional way of dealing with overwhelming debt. This was down 10.7% on the same period the previous year, but up 7.3% on the previous quarter.”
“The new style of dealing with relatively small debts - Debt Relief Orders (DROs) - grew again to 5,644.”
“The number of Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs), which see people come to an official deal with their creditors, stood at 11,782. This was up 20.1% on the same period a year earlier, but at the lowest level since the first three mon…”
“The cost of filing your own petition in bankruptcy rose from £510 to £600 in April, but this does not seem to have caused any reduction in the number of people filing their own petitions.”
“The data, from the Bank of England, showed that the number of mortgages approved to finance house purchases were 18% lower in the first three months of 2010 than in the last three months of 2009.”
“Sterling traded 0.2% higher against the dollar at $1.4789 having hit a 13-month low of $1.4475.”
“It also clawed back some losses against the euro but was still 1.4% lower at 1.159 euros.”
“UK shares fell sharply, with the FTSE 100 closing down 2.6%”
“Shares fell by as much as 9% in afternoon trading before recovering slightly.”
“Barclays finished 6% lower”
“Lloyds fell 5.5%”
“RBS was down 5.7%”
“France's Cac 40 index down 4.6%”
“Germany's Dax index down 3.3%”
“Japan's Nikkei closing down 3.1%”
“European leaders will meet later in Brussels to agree the final details of of a 110bn-euro ($139bn; £86bn) loan package to Greece”
“The bank announced attributable - or net - losses of £248m, a sharp improvement on £765m lost in the same quarter last year.”
“Charges for losses on bad debts fell 14%, though was still a hefty £2.7bn, down from £2.9bn.”
“He said better bad debt levels meant RBS was able to post an operating profit of £713m, against a loss of £1.35bn last time.”
“After one-off costs, including £500m paid into a government-backed insurance scheme for bad debts, RBS reported a pre-tax loss of £21m.”
“Profits from RBS's global banking and markets arm more than halved to £1.47bn from £3.47bn a year ago, when a sudden rebound in the capital markets lifted profits across the sector.”
“The UK taxpayer owns 84% of RBS after it was bailed out at the end of 2008.”
“Last week, Lloyds Banking Group, 43%-owned by the UK taxpayer, announced an unexpected return to profit in the first quarter, due in part to reductions in bad debts.”
“It's believed the eight sides would retain a 51% stake in a new franchise”
“The other 49% would be sold”
“A previous proposal suggested that each franchise could be sold for £50m”
“The tournament could generate £85m when sponsorship, broadcasting and match-day receipts are totted up”
“A previous proposal suggested that each franchise could be sold for £50m, and the tournament could generate £85m when sponsorship, broadcasting and match-day receipts are totted up.”
“At one point the Dow Jones was down by more than 9%, its worst fall since 1987, before starting to recover.”
“At close in New York the Dow Jones was down about 3.20%, the S&P down 3.24%, and Nasdaq 3.44%.”
“Shares in consulting firm Accenture fell to 4 cents after it had closed at $42.17 on Wednesday. It later rebounded and closed at $41.09, down just over $1.”
“As well as shares falling, bond prices increased and the dollar fell by 6% against the yen.”
“Oil prices also fell, to levels not seen since February, with benchmark crude losing $2.86 to settle at $77.11 a barrel in New York.”
“And Procter & Gamble was investigating the fall in its stock at one stage by 37%.”
“"We should be down big today, but not 1,000 points. This is an equity market structure issue, there's no major problem going on."”
“Public sector wages will be cut by 25% and all salaries, including the minimum one, will be affected.”
“Jobless benefits and pensions will be slashed by 15%.”
“Romania is the recipient of a 20bn-euro aid package from the IMF, the EU and the World Bank.”
“He also said that as part of negotiations with the IMF the country had narrowly avoided an increase in VAT from 19% to 24% and a rise in the tax on profits and income to 20% from 16%.”
“Meanwhile, the IMF said on Thursday it would extend a mission in Romania for two more days.”
“The IMF has cut its forecast for Romania's economic growth to 0.8% for this year, after the economy contracted 7.1% in 2009.”
“Although investor confidence in Hermes saw its shares rise by 2% on Thursday morning”
“National Australia Bank (NAB) said the amount the two had written off between October and March was down by 28% from the previous six months.”
“Profits at NAB's UK operations - which includes the two brands - rose by 11% to £264m, it added.”
“Overall, NAB saw profits fall by 21% - partly because it had cut customer fees in Australia.”
“It made 2.1bn Australian dollars ($1.92bn; £1.28bn) in the six months to 31 March.”
“NAB has about 2.7 million UK customers through Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank, which incorporates the Yorkshire Bank brand.”
“The business has 340 branches across the two brands, employing more than 8,200 full time workers in the UK.”
“the amount the two had written off between October and March was down by 28% from the previous six months”
“Profits at NAB's UK operations - which includes the two brands - rose by 11% to £264m”
“Overall, NAB saw profits fall by 21%”
“It made 2.1bn Australian dollars ($1.92bn; £1.28bn) in the six months to 31 March”
“NAB has about 2.7 million UK customers through Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank, which incorporates the Yorkshire Bank brand”
“The business has 340 branches across the two brands”
“employing more than 8,200 full time workers in the UK”
“Operating profit fell by 36% to 356.57bn yen ($3.8bn; £2.5bn) in the year to 31 March.”
“losing 7% of its share price after admitting a 3bn euro ($3.8bn; £2.6bn) exposure to Greek government debt.”
“BNP Paribas also said it had invested 5bn euros in Greece.”
“Allianz shares fell 6.5%”
“Barclays was the biggest faller on the London's FSTE-100 with a 6.5% drop.”
