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“For example, United Airlines lost a massive $1.1bn (£720m) last year thanks to the impact of the global recession and high oil prices”
“Continental lost $282m”
“But the companies estimate that working together will save them at least $1bn a year”
“having reported an annual loss in 2009 of more than £400m”
“BA's chief executive Willie Walsh is looking for more modest savings of around £360m a year”
“the merged group could cut some of these flights, reducing competition for its remaining services, and save itself many thousands of pounds a day in the process”
“the tax, planned for 2012”
“the tax would raise around AUS$9bn (£5.5bn; US$8.3bn) annually”
“Rio Tinto reported pre-tax profits of US$7.86bn (£5.02bn) for 2009”
“BHP Billiton made profits of US$6.14bn for the last six months of the year”
“new 40% tax on the profits of major resources companies”
“raise around AUS$9bn (£5.5bn; US$8.3bn) annually”
“pre‑tax profits of US$7.86bn (£5.02bn) for 2009”
“made profits of US$6.14bn for the last six months of the year”
“The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton saw its shares fall 3% on Monday, while rival Rio Tinto was down 4.2%.”
“But Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the tax would raise around AUS$9bn (£5.5bn; US$8.3bn) annually, allowing the Australian people a greater share in mining profits.”
“Rio Tinto reported pre-tax profits of US$7.86bn (£5.02bn) for 2009, while BHP Billiton made profits of US$6.14bn for the last six months of the year.”
“loan - worth 22.4bn euros (£19.4bn; $29.6bn) over three years”
“Germany is paying the largest share of the unprecedented 110bn euros rescue package.”
“The first part of the loan will be released before 19 May - the date of Greece's next debt repayment, the EU said.”
“The IMF is expected to approve its portion of the loan this week, its managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said.”
“Meanwhile, also on Monday French politicians prepared to vote on 16.8bn euros of financial aid for Greece, France's share of the eurozone bailout.”
“To avoid damage we initially talked about 50 billion euros, but decided on 110 billion only 10 days later, he said.”
“When it ends up costing you 110 billion euros, you do change your approach," said Christine Lagarde, the finance minister of France which is set to make a 16.8bn euros contribution.”
“Paris's Cac 40 index and Frankfurt's Dax 30 ended the day ahead by 0.30% and 051% respectively having traded lower for much of the day.”
“On Monday, Greece said about 10bn euros of the rescue plan will go towards supporting its banks.”
“The country is expected to be in recession for three years which will reduce demand for lending and other services on which banks make money.”
“The German parliament is set to pass the legislation later this week to allow its loan - worth 22.4bn euros (£19.4bn; $29.6bn) over three years - to be paid.”
“When it ends up costing you 110 billion euros, you do change your approach, said Christine Lagarde, the finance minister of France which is set to make a 16.8bn euros contribution.”
“It was necessary to intervene right away to help Greece. To avoid damage we initially talked about 50 billion euros, but decided on 110 billion only 10 days later, he said.”
“Paris's Cac 40 index and Frankfurt's Dax 30 ended the day ahead by 0.30% and 0.51% respectively having traded lower for much of the day.”
“The 'catastrophe' of Greece defaulting on its debts had been averted by the bail-out said Philippe Gijsels, head of research at BNP Paribas Fortis Global Markets in Brussels.”
“Greek government debt, which was downgraded to junk status last week, fell further - a sign of falling confidence in the Greek economy.”
“However the European Central Bank extended its lifeline to Greece - saying that Greek government-backed assets such as bonds could still be used to secure funding from the ECB - even if they were not deemed credit-worthy by the ratings age…”
“The $12m (£8m) project is primarily funded by the US National Science Foundation.”
“The changes apply to motor personal injury claims valued at between £1,000 and £10,000, some 80% of all claims, the ABI said.”
“In January, the AA said compensation culture was partly to blame for a record rise in car insurance premiums in the previous 12 months.”
“needs a loan deal by 19 May”
“more than four times bigger than the EU limit”
“shed 10 percentage points from the public deficit”
“public deficit that reached 13.6% of output in 2009”
“The government says almost half a billion pounds is in what it calls "excessive balances" held by individual schools.”
“About 7,000 schools, it said, had excessive balances, adding up to £495m, although both numbers had fallen.”
“But he said that schools and local authorities had already been warned they should further reduce the level of balances by the end of 2010-11.”
“If we do not see a substantial reduction of total revenue balances and in particular the excessive balances held by individual schools, the government will consider further action from 2011-12 to bring the total down...”
“could be worth up to £90m”
“may be up 50% on the value of last year”
“at least £40m of additional revenue in 2010/11”
“£48m over the next four years”
“from £24m over two seasons to £48m over four”
“Three Championship clubs will be promoted to the Premier League next season”
“The two highest placed teams gain automatic promotion, with the third place going to the winner of a round of play-off matches”
“Five Championship clubs enter this Sunday's final round of games still in contention for promotion through the Play-offs”
“As the service prepares an annual review, expected in May, it has highlighted groups who are less aware of what it does.”
“The ombudsman ordered the bank to refund charges and interest, and pay the farm worker £150 for the 'distress and inconvenience' caused.”
“The Financial Services Authority said five of the banks, who are unnamed, had agreed to make big improvements, but two were facing further investigation.”
“Shares in Goldman fell by 9.4% in Friday trading in New York on the back of the reports.”
“Goldman Sachs, the world's biggest investment bank, reported profits of $3.5bn (£2.3bn) in the first three months of this year, almost double the amount it made in the same period in 2009.”
“Shares in High Street banking giant Barclays have fallen 6.4% despite a big rise in pre-tax profits for the first three months of 2010.”
“Barclays' profit for the first quarter was £1.82bn, up 47% on a year earlier, with most of it coming from investment banking arm Barclays Capital.”
“Barclays was the biggest faller on the FTSE 100 index, down 23p to 338.25p.”
“The bank's strengthened investment banking division reported profit before tax of £1.47bn during the first three months of the year, up 47% on the same period a year ago.”
“Another contribution to the profit rise came from retail banking, up 20% to £238m, but this included a gain of £71m on the acquisition of Standard Life Bank.”
“Shareholders approved the bank's remuneration report, with only 8% voting against or withholding their vote.”
“Barclays defended the pay of its head of investment banking Bob Diamond, who is reported to have earned more than £60m last year, although Barclays has said this is hugely exaggerated.”
“Shares in High Street banking giant Barclays have fallen 6.4%”
“voted unanimously to keep rates at 0.1%.”
“Japan enjoyed economic growth of 0.9% in the last three months of 2009.”
“10-year struggle with falling prices.”
“In a report, the think tank said taxes would have to rise by the equivalent of 6p on the basic income tax rate to get the budget deficit below 3% by 2020.”
“Niesr expects growth of just 1% this year, followed by 2.25% growth in 2011.”
“The think tank also said unemployment is likely to peak at 2.7 million in 2011, up from the current total of 2.5 million.”
“Those projections see the economy growing by between 1% and 1.5% this year, and between 3% and 3.5% in 2011.”
“Consumer spending is expected to rise this year, but by only 0.3%.”
“the scale of the rise is equivalent to putting up the basic rate of income tax from 20p to 26p in the pound.”
“Only with that type of increase will the national debt eventually fall below the 40% of national income that before the financial crisis was regarded as a prudent level, he said.”
“But it said that growth would be powered by developing economies including China, which has seen double-digit GDP growth over the last 12 months.”
“BP shares plunged 7% on Thursday when it admitted that oil was leaking at a far faster rate than first thought.”
“BP said the clean‑up operation was costing it millions of dollars a day, but this figure could rise dramatically if the oil hits land.”
“In April, the year-on-year increase in house prices returned to double figures for the first time since June 2007, the Nationwide Building Society has said.”
“They say that the picture for buyers, sellers and mortgage applicants is wildly different to three years ago.”
“In 2007, the majority of lenders still offered 95% loan-to-value mortgages and about 15 lenders had 100% loan-to-value rates. Abbey pulled the last 100% mortgage offered by mainstream lenders on 9 April, 2008.”
“There are now just a couple of 95% loan-to-value mortgages available, although we are now seeing a return in 90% mortgage lending.”
“Some mortgage rates may be cheaper now than they were in 2007, he says, but they are not as readily available.”
“Peter Hughes has been an estate agent for 27 years and now operates in West Sussex.”
“When a house came on the market, there were 10 people who wanted it and they started bidding," he says.”
“The agent says that a few days ago he saw the first bidding situation since 2007, although the selling price may have ended up as a one-off.”
“The number of sales is dramatically down on where they were in 2007," he says.”
“Abbey pulled the last 100% mortgage offered by mainstream lenders on 9 April, 2008.”
“The mortgage industry really started to suffer in November and December 2007.”
“The number of sales is dramatically down on where they were in 2007.”
“The Lehman Brothers investment bank collapsed in late 2008”
“For 20 years we serviced that debt with no problem”
“Net profit rose to 793.8bn Russian roubles ($27.1bn; £17.8bn), while sales fell 9% to 2.99 trillion roubles.”
“The firm recently posted quarterly profits which were almost treble what they were a year ago.”
“Which? estimated that four million debit card holders and three million credit and charge card holders in the UK were at risk of disclosing their Pin and having their accounts raided.”
“Some 9% of those who admitted writing down their number had a note of it kept at work.”
“A police unit set up to tackle card fraud said that it had discovered 29,300 compromised card numbers - the long numbers on cards - in 2009.”
“The unit, a team of 20 officers, also discovered 9,700 counterfeit cards in 2009.”
“By mid-afternoon trading, the main stock markets of Paris and Frankfurt had risen by about 1%, while shares in London were up 0.6%.”
