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“As a proportion of the market they accounted for 27% of all deals on offer - the same as a month ago.”
“the proportion of deals asking for at least a 25% deposit was also steady, remaining at 57% of all mortgages.”
“lenders are still demanding deposits from borrowers averaging 25% of the value of the homes being purchased.”
“mortgage lenders have continued to warn that from 2011 onwards banks will have to repay the government the £300bn it provided in emergency loans during 2008.”
“Australia's central bank has raised interest rates for the sixth time in eight months”
“Mr Stevens said the increase to 4.5% from 3% last October represented a "a significant adjustment from the very expansionary settings reached a year ago".”
“Australian property prices have risen by more than 20% in the last 12 months, according to the latest official statistics.”
“The target interest rate is now at 4.5% - up from 3% in October last year.”
“Mr Stevens said the increase to 4.5% from 3% last October represented a 'a significant adjustment from the very expansionary settings reached a year ago'.”
“Australia's central bank has raised interest rates for the sixth time in eight months as the country's economy continues to recover.”
“Commonwealth Bank economist Savanth Sebastian said: "That statement indicates rate rises may be put on hold for a bit."”
“In the first half of 2009, Standard's profits were a record $2.84bn (£1.86bn), suggesting profits for the first quarter of that year of about $1.4bn.”
“Wholesale banking, which includes advisory, trade finance and other investment banking business, saw client income rise by more than 20% on the first quarter of 2009 and contributed more than 80% of wholesale income, the bank said in its s…”
“Wholesale banking has driven Standard Chartered's growth in recent years and accounted for over 80% of group profit last year.”
“total revenues for the three months to 31 March fell by 1.8%.”
“The operating loss for the quarter was 37.8m euros, compared with a deficit of 74.8m for the same three months of 2009.”
“the Association of British Insurers (ABI) said it expected travel insurance companies to pay out a total of £62m to passengers affected by the delays caused by the ash.”
“This represented about 10% of the travel insurance market's income.”
“The bank said it made a profit of 2.2bn Swiss francs ($2bn; £1.3bn) in the first three months of the year.”
“That compares with a loss of nearly 2bn Swiss francs this time last year, when UBS was one of the banks worst hit by the sub-prime mortgage crisis.”
“The quarterly profit is UBS's highest for almost three years, and beats the 1.2bn Swiss francs it made in the last three months of 2009.”
“The bank's investment banking arm returned to profitability at the end of last year, following more than two years of losses.”
“Aer Lingus is the latest airline to quantify the effect of the disruption. It estimated that it lost about 20m euros ($26.3m; £17.2m) as a result of the stoppages.”
“Once in a while they managed to shake themselves free and lurch upwards (the Dow rose almost 3% in April), only to be dragged back by another crisis over whether Greece could survive without restructuring, default, and, whispered some, evi…”
“This was when the tide turned and eurozone ministers and IMF were galvanised into promising real action: the reality of a Greek collapse was too awful to contemplate. So reports emerged of a bail-out as high as $160bn and the markets calme…”
“So reports emerged of a bail-out as high as $160bn and the markets calmed down.”
“In the back of Chancellor Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy's mind was the fact that French and German banks hold some 45% of Greek debt.”
“The equity markets, once they can convince themselves that the Greek problem is under control have enough good news to keep them happy for now. Companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 index have reported 76% higher operating earnings than a…”
“pushed the rate, or yield, that investors would receive on Greek bonds, to a punitive 15%.”
“ordered their bond traders to start work at 1am on Friday”
“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.”
