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“But the FCA has confirmed that no compensation will be paid before 2027 as a result of legal challenges to the scheme.”
“as much as $100”
“Interest rates have been kept at 5.25 per cent for the past six months following multiple rate hikes to ease inflation from the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).”
“Doerr served on President Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board in 2009. He helped design the president’s $787 billion stimulus package.”
“The UK's Upper Tribunal has agreed to hear legal challenges to the scheme, either in December or February next year.”
“Certain products are occasionally offered with freebies, which range from free pillows and sheets to free $300 Visa gift cards.”
“He [Andrew Bailey] should be lowering rates now by a quarter of a percent and bringing them down fairly soon to about four per cent to give some breathing space to the country. [...] From there, I think he can take it down to the two per c…”
“said Tim Hoyle, the director of research at Radnor, Pennsylvania-based Haverford Trust Co., which manages $6 billion.”
“Lenders - including some of the UK's biggest banks and specialist motor finance firms - have already set aside billions of pounds for potential payouts.”
“The card can be used to make purchases with any retailers that accept credit payments, not just Target, and customers will earn 2 - 5% of their purchase value back in reward points depending on the type of retailer they're shopping with.”
“The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPX) is up 1.3 percent since Mitt Romney’s campaign began 12 months ago”
“The FCA said this provided an incentive for a buyer to be charged a higher-than-necessary interest rate, leaving them paying too much. Other car buyers were also judged to have signed unfair contracts because the commission paid to the dea…”
“For every brand we have a coupon page for, we’ve negotiated a deal that means we earn a percentage of total basket value in commission back from every order.”
“compared with average gains of 12 percent for incumbents who won re-election starting with Harry S. Truman”
“In 2021, the FCA banned deals where car dealers received commission from lenders, based on the interest rate charged to the customer. These were known as discretionary commission arrangements (DCAs) and customers were often not told about …”
“we’ve negotiated a deal that means we earn a percentage of total basket value in commission back from every order.”
“Stocks are also advancing less than the 7 percent minimum enjoyed by George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, who lost their bids for a second term.”
“The regulator's central compensation scheme allows people to complain and potentially receive compensation for mis-sold deals without the need for a lawyer or to go through the courts.”
“with a $55 diagnostic fee in place for all coffee machines out of warranty.”
“the 8.7 percent decline in the S&P 500 since April 2”
“FCA boss Nikhil Rathi told the BBC's Today programme there are 'many law firms out there who would like to get 30% of any compensation', stressing that the regulator's scheme was 'free to use' for consumers.”
“Best Buy operates two tiers of credit cards”
“which manages $6 billion”
“Complaints have already been made about four million finance agreements. Those people do not need to do anything.”
“you'll earn 5% back on your purchases”
“has presided over 11 quarters of growth”
“an additional 3% in reward points on gas purchases, 2% back on food purchases, and 1% on everything else.”
“who took office during the worst recession in seven decades”
“For every brand we have a coupon page for, we've negotiated a deal that means we earn a percentage of total basket value in commission back from every order.”
“We were losing 750,000 jobs a month when he came into office”
“10% discount on the 2-year NordPass premium plan”
“businesses have created more than 4.2 million jobs”
“Razer offers 1% cash back on RazerStore.com and 2% on Razer Exclusive items on eligible purchases, for up to a maximum of $500 per calendar year.”
“The U.S. Department of Energy granted NRG Solar a $1.237-billion loan in September 2011”
“DOE announced a $967 million loan guarantee to NRG in August 2011 for its $1.8 billion Agua Caliente Solar Project.”
“a first-quarter 2012 loss of $206 million”
“Warren Buffett’s MidAmerican Energy holds a stake in another NRG project that received a $967 million Department of Energy loan guarantee.”
“Buffett’s MidAmerican Energy bought a 49 percent stake in NRG’s Agua Caliente project in December 2011.”
“The multiple DOE loans did not stop NRG Energy from reporting a first-quarter 2012 loss of $206 million.”
“$20 million fine”
“$32 million”
“received $8.4 million in cash and stock options”
“received a bonus $1.25 million in addition to his salary of about $1.8 million last year.”
“was awarded $5.35 million in now-worthless stock options.”
“Corzine had personally ordered the transfer of more than $200 million out of customer accounts three days before MF Global declared bankruptcy.”
“received a bonus $1.25 million in addition to his salary of about $1.8 million last year. He also was awarded $5.35 million in now-worthless stock options.”
“some $1.6 billion in customers' funds went missing”
“received a bonus $1.25 million in addition to his salary of about $1.8 million last year”
“was awarded $5.35 million in now-worthless stock options”
“people need to go to jail" after some $1.6 billion in customers' funds went missing when the brokerage failed”
“In March 2012, Edith O’Brien, MF Global’s former assistant treasurer, told Congress that Corzine had personally ordered the transfer of more than $200 million out of customer accounts three days before MF Global declared bankruptcy”
“having made a contribution of $1 million earlier this year, which put him in the company of an elite group of donors including DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg who donated $2 million to Priorities USA.”
“makes $100 million on a $5 million investment and then stiffs their creditors 99 cents who are left.”
“Contractors and officials acknowledged in the closed-door meetings that rewriting the rule would be "atomic" for small businesses and start-up coal operations and worried aloud that spending $200 million per year to protect only 15 miles o…”
“OSM has spent more than $5 million studying the impacts of sediment run off and water protection and hopes to release an official rule proposal later this year.”
“TARP ($184 billion net cost scored to 2009, out of $700 billion total) and the federal bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ($218 billion).”
“Absent that temporary funding, federal spending according to CBO’s projection comes out at about 22 percent of GDP”
“The deficit projection would have been 5.4 percent of GDP without the temporary funding”
“In 2009, CBO foresaw federal spending at 21.1 percent of GDP in 2012, or about $3.39 trillion.”
“The deficit was projected to fall to just $264 billion, or 1.6 percent of GDP.”
“OMB notes that actual revenue was 15.1 percent of GDP in 2009, and projects revenue in 2012 to reach 15.8 percent of GDP.”
“The deficit, according to OMB, was $1.4 trillion when Obama took office.”
“CBO estimates that this year’s deficit will reach $1.2 trillion.”
“General Motors has funneled more than $1 million to two powerhouse Democratic lobbyists since the taxpayers rescued the automaker in 2009.”
“The K Street firm soon cashed in on nearly $400,000 while representing GM, which received more than $70 billion from taxpayers.”
“He garnered nearly $140,000 in tax liens on three Connecticut properties between 1995 and 2001.”
“A Missouri county spent $450,000 in taxpayer-funded home repairs like new furnaces and windows for residents, KMOX in St. Louis reports.”
“Croft participated in a program administered by HUD, giving him $15,000 worth of taxpayer-funded improvements at no cost to him.”
“His neighbors also got $15,000 worth of stuff.”
“I got probably $8,000 worth of work done for $15,000.”
“Rosy Buchanan oversees the $450,000-a-year program for Jefferson County.”
“JOHNSON: I got probably $8,000 worth of work done for $15,000.”
“United Republic’s first-year budget is somewhere between $5 million and $10 million, according to National Journal.”
“MWAA has weighed its maximum potential toll—the highest rate budgeters feel can be charged on a road without losing drivers—to $7 in 2013, up from $2 in 2005.”
“The project ran $150 million over budget in the first phase of construction and Virginia is pressuring the MWAA to allow McDonnell to replace Kaine’s appointees on the board.”
“Brightsource received a conditional loan guarantee worth $1.6 billion in taxpayer dollars to build a solar farm in California.”
“According to financial disclosures, Bryson had up to $500,000 in stock options from BrightSource and a $700,000 advisory fee from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts”
“Hedge fund financier Donald Sussman, who is married to Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine)—was slated to make the case for donations to House Majority PAC, to which he has contributed at least $150,000.”
“Demos senior counsel Lisa Danetz contributed $500 to Warren’s Senate campaign”
“Berkshire Hathaway has underperformed the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index by an average of eight percent over the past three years.”
“Bloomberg News reported earlier this month that the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) may have lost as much as $330 million since its launch due to poor ratings and lackluster demand.”
“Reuters reported in April that McLendon has borrowed approximately $1.1 billion over the past three years in personal loans, including an undisclosed loan from a member of Chesapeake’s board.”
“Chesapeake stock plummeted 13.8 percent on Friday, after a 38 percent plunge during the month of April.”
“Chesapeake’s value jumped 9.05 percent Monday after McLendon discussed Icahn’s speculated position in the company.”
“Tickets to the campaign event cost $5,000 a piece.”
“That is significantly higher than tickets to "Evita," which run between $75 and $150 a pop.”
“public-sector administration employees are responsible for more than 10 percent of fraud cases”
“In 141 cases examined, the group found that a crooked employee costs taxpayers a median loss of $100,000.”
“ACFE analyzed nearly 1,400 cases of fraud and corruption worldwide and found that "banking and financial services, government and public administration, and manufacturing accounted for a combined 37 percent of the fraud cases reported."”
“A case of fraud operates undetected for a median period of 18 months, according to ACFE.”
“public-sector administration employees are responsible for more than 10 percent of fraud cases, ranking behind only financial professionals.”
“banking and financial services, government and public administration, and manufacturing accounted for a combined 37 percent of the fraud cases reported.”
“GSA’s $800,000 Las Vegas retreat, which has resulted in several firings and resignations.”
“The state of Washington issued 250,000 $1 checks in 2009 for an "energy assistance program" to food‑stamp recipients.”
“the state to capitalize on $43 million from the federal government.”
“The GAO has had its budget slashed by $60 million over the past two years.”
“Sixty years ago, the whole federal budget was $42.6 billion and employed 2.2 million people; today, the budget stands at an astonishing $3.7 trillion and the federal (non-military workforce) stands at 2.7 million with millions more in outs…”
“they told us that this family, the Keller family of Reno, Nev., had a $168,000 mortgage but their home has depreciated to $100,000 because home prices in Reno, Nev., have dropped 50 percent since the peak of the housing market.”
“they told us that the Kellers bought their home 14 years ago.”
“we did confirm from county documents and then from the White House that the Kellers, in fact, bought their home in 1998 for $127,000 with a $127,000 mortgage.”
