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“The Athens stock market had surged more than 7%.”
“Experts are struggling to make accurate predictions as even the seemingly insignificant news can cause daily fluctuations of over 3 per cent.”
“The euro had risen by more than a cent against the dollar, to $1.3271.”
“Clients are now witnessing rates that have not been achievable for over seven months”
“The euro also gained ground against the dollar after heavy falls this week.”
“clients simply pay an initial deposit, which is normally between 5 and 10 per cent of the value of the contract and choose a date, within two years, at which they want delivery.”
“It is expected to be worth 45bn euros ($59bn; £39bn) in the first year, which it urgently needs in order to refinance its huge public debts.”
“Clifford Chance, formerly the world’s largest firm by revenue, posted a profit per equity partner (PEP) drop of 37 per cent to £733,000 a little under a year later.”
“This week, heightened concerns about the outlook for the Spanish and Portuguese economies led ratings agency Standard & Poor's to downgrade its credit ratings on both economies, while Greece's government debt was given 'junk' status.”
“Ashurst’s PEP dropped by 35 per cent to £673,000”
“Greece's cost of borrowing fell slightly on Thursday morning, reflecting a slight improvement in investors' confidence, but interest rates remain prohibitively high.”
“Norton Rose’s fell 17 per cent to £517,000”
“The eurozone and the IMF have been discussing the terms of a loan package to Greece for a number of weeks.”
“equity partners at Allen & Overy will have £122,000 less in their pocket this year, making do with £1m each.”
“In recent weeks, international investors have shown they are effectively unwilling to lend Greece money.”
“Earnings are paid out to individuals about a year after they are declared, giving partners a natural safety net to help them adjust. This, says Norton Rose chairman Stephen Parish, gives them time “to change the holiday in Aruba for one in…”
“below $1.312”
“Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, which last year reported a PEP of $2.48m (£1.47m).”
“to $1.323”
“use of forward contracts soaring by 40 per cent in the first half of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008, according to figures from currency broker World First.”
“a loan package worth 45bn euros ($59bn; £39bn) is being discussed, some of which must be delivered by the middle of May if Greece is to avoid defaulting on its immediate debt repayments.”
“the trend emerged in November 2008, when the proportion of forward contracts increased by 30 per cent compared to the previous month. This was at the same time that sterling fluctuated around 8 per cent against both the US dollar and the e…”
“The building society said that house prices in the UK had risen by 10.5% in the year to the end of April.”
“daily fluctuations of over 3 per cent.”
“Prices rose by 1% in April to push the cost of the average home to £167,802.”
“rates that have not been achievable for over seven months”
“The building society's figures show that prices in the past three months were just 1.1% higher than in the preceding three months.”
“you can ask for £100,000 worth of dollars to be delivered to you in six months time at the current rate”
“That was the slowest three-month on three-month rate since June last year.”
“forward contracts soaring by 40 per cent in the first half of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008”
“The most recent figures from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) showed that completed sales in the UK jumped by 22% in March from the month before to 72,000.”
“trend emerged in November 2008, when the proportion of forward contracts increased by 30 per cent compared to the previous month”
“However, apart from last year, that was the lowest March figure since the HMRC's current records started in 1978.”
“sterling fluctuated around 8 per cent against both the US dollar and the euro”
“The average price of a home in June 2007 was £184,070, compared with £167,802 now, the Nationwide figures show.”
“daily fluctuations of over 3 per cent”
“This means the average first-time buyer still has to put down a 25% deposit to secure a mortgage.”
“initial deposit, which is normally between 5 and 10 per cent of the value of the contract”
“with a fall in GDP of over 6%”
“£100,000 worth of dollars to be delivered to you in six months time at the current rate”
“The volume of trade between Iran and Russia now stands at about $3bn (£2bn) a year, almost 10 times less than between Iran and China, says Vladimir Sazhin, a senior fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Scie…”
“PRICE: £42,985”
“Technology supplies from Germany to Iran account for 80% of the volume of trade between the two countries," he says.”
“fee of £1,300”
“No US company is allowed to invest more than $20m in the Iranian economy, but Lukoil needed to invest hundreds of millions," said Rajab Safarov, director of the Centre for Contemporary Iranian Studies in Moscow.”
“Darling reiterated his budget forecast for a return to growth in Britain by the end of the year”
“"No US company is allowed to invest more than $20m in the Iranian economy, but Lukoil needed to invest hundreds of millions," said Rajab Safarov, director of the Centre for Contemporary Iranian Studies in Moscow.”
“I think there is a very good chance we will see the US economy and the world economy get back to recovery, get growing again, over the next few quarters.”
“The volume of trade between Iran and Russia now stands at about $3bn (£2bn) a year, almost 10 times less than between Iran and China”
“save the ailing airline £26m”
“the company announced in March it was taking a $63m loss "for Anaran project in Iran, which was abandoned because of international sanctions"”
“receive £13m of BA shares — about £4,300 worth each — in three years’ time”
“while US firm ConocoPhillips holds about 20% of Lukoil”
“record losses of £401m earlier this year – £331m of which came in the final quarter alone”
“Fed has kept its short term interest rates in the zero to 0.25% range since December 2008.”
“record profit of £992m”
“Thomas Hoenig was the only member of the 10-man Fed board to oppose the 'extended period' pledge.”
“raise up to £500m from the firm’s biggest shareholders”
“Portugal's stock market fell sharply on Wednesday morning, the day after rating agency Standard & Poor downgraded Portuguese government bonds two notches from A+ to A-.”
“losses are running at almost £3m a day”
“The latest available figures show Portugal's total government debt stood at roughly 77% of GDP at the end of 2009.”
“UK FINANCIAL Investments (UKFI) – the company set up to manage government stakes in banks – has suffered paper losses of £10.9bn from its investment in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Lloyds Banking Group, it said yesterday.”
“Since joining the single currency [the euro] they've been dealing with some pretty serious competition issues. Costs and wages have been going up ever since they joined.”
“The government put £20bn into RBS for a 70 per cent stake currently worth £15.3bn”
“Portugal might well find itself in a situation where it has to borrow money on the international markets at 5.25% interest and then pass it on to Greece at 5%... they might well be tempted to turn to the IMF as well.”
“while Lloyds received £14.5bn in state backing for a 43 per cent stake now valued at £8.3bn.”
“Prices for credit default swaps (CDS) on Portugal, in essence insurance against a national default, have been rising rapidly in April.”
“Kingman said disposing of the government’s holdings would take “several years””
“Think Northern Rock. Was it not apparent to everybody here that 110/120% mortgages, some partially disguised as unsecured, were dangerous madness?”
“Glen Moreno – who is not being paid for his efforts – said he could envisage the first of a series of staggered sales within 12 months.”
“In 2007, about 1.7 million individuals and families in the US received housing education and counselling, with the numbers growing since the early 1990s, the CCCS said.”
“UKFI revealed yesterday it is sitting on paper losses of some £10.9bn on the holdings it received in exchange for a combined cash injection of £34.5bn into the banks.”
“Greece's economy remains in recession and is expected to contract by 3.5% in 2010.”
“The banks’ use of the APS could leave the Treasury with more than 80 per cent of RBS and more than 60 per cent of Lloyds.”
“the UK's is expected to hit 12.6% this year.”
“the government would have to hold the stakes – which equate to a £3,000 investment from every UK household – for “several years””
“Greece's stands at 13.6% according to the EU.”
“pre-tax loss of £15.7m for the year ending 28 December 2008”
“While EU rules say these must be limited to 3% of a country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP)”
“hit by a £32.9m charge following its exit last October from a printing deal”
“the UK's debt level, while high at more than 60% of GDP”
“reported a turnover of £343.4m for the year, down by three per cent from the previous year”
“Greece's stands at about 115% of GDP”
“Operating profit before the exceptional items was £32m, a 6.7 per cent year‑on‑year drop from the £34.3m reported in 2007”
“Greece, which entered the eurozone in 2001.”
“The pre-tax loss compared to a profit of nearly £10m in 2007”
“The UK economy saw a return to growth in last three months of 2009”
“Costs attributable to exceptional items totalled £47.1m, with £32.9m of this amount made up of restructuring costs relating to the group’s termination of its printing joint venture with Richard Desmond’s Northern & Shell”
“deadline for agreeing 3,700 job cuts and a two-year pay freeze ... passed without a deal on 30 June”
“parade 12 lemmings in cages”
“raise up to £500m”
“THE UK’s economy is set to lose between £900m and £1.1bn every year the third runway at Heathrow is delayed”
“could be worth up to £30bn to the entire country over 60 years”
“For every year that hub capacity expansion fails to happen, the economy loses £900m-£1.1bn”
“Earlier in the summer Magna offered to pay €700m (£610m) for a 55 per cent slice of GM Europe and has handed over €300m of emergency funding to keep the group afloat.”
“as much as $1.5bn (£925m) over time for the fund”
“In 2008 it reported it had suffered its biggest ever annual loss”
“valued at around £3bn”
“will hit eight per cent”
“currently investing the €2.4bn (£2.1bn) it raised in 2007”
