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“The SNP's Treasury spokesman at Westminister, Stewart Hosie, told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme that the consequences for jobs "could be quite horrendous".”
“We have to stop spending money that we don't have. It is not easy or popular to take the decisions we have today but it is unavoidable.”
“In total the nine-month fraud caused losses totalling £725,000.”
“The ECB believes that a true quantum leap is needed in the framework for surveillance and adjustment of fiscal policies”
“Current EU rules state that governments' budget deficits must not exceed 3% of overall economic output, often referred to as gross domestic product (GDP)”
“In the aftermath of the financial crisis, however, some governments saw their deficits grow to more than 10% of GDP”
“Mr Talbot is a non-executive director of Sundance, with an estimated wealth of $840m (£567m), according to BRW business magazine's latest rich list.”
“the $20bn (£13.5bn) fund that BP has set up to compensate victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.”
“on its own has so far paid out $105m to 32,000 claimants.”
“The fund has been set up for a four-year period to pay claims”
“Claims could be paid within 30-60 days of being filed, Mr Feinberg said”
“By the time the fund was wrapped up in 2005, $7bn had been awarded to 97% of the more than 7,000 claims.”
“The average award to relatives of those who died was $2m; and for those injured $390,000.”
“Only 94 people decided to litigate rather than enter a voluntary fund, Mr Feinberg told CNBC.”
“The fund has been set up for a four-year period to pay claims.”
“Claims could be paid within 30-60 days of being filed, Mr Feinberg said, once a system for assessing them was in place.”
“Only 94 people decided to litigate rather than enter a voluntary fund," Mr Feinberg told CNBC.”
“Swansea council said "ongoing budget pressures" meant it had reduced transport subsidies by £200,000 to about £1.4m this year.”
“this year alone Swansea council is investing more than £1.4m subsidising local transport services.”
“we are continuing to work with public transport providers to ensure Swansea has the best possible public transport network and this year alone Swansea council is investing more than £1.4m subsidising local transport services.”
“Experts estimated the first folio to be worth £1m, even in its damaged state.”
“Estimates of the gold reserves held by Saudi Arabia have been doubled to 323 tons after an accounting change.”
“The Middle East kingdom had previously been calculated by the World Gold Council as owning a mere 143 tons.”
“and currently trades at $1,255 per troy ounce, about five times its level of 2001.”
“In London on Monday, gold surged to $1,265.30 per troy ounce.”
“from $1,000 to below $700”
“The California government is currently grappling with a $19bn (£12.8bn) budget deficit.”
“The third biggest bill this council faces is to pay off debt interest of £35m a year.”
“The Tory-controlled authority believes it can raise up to £40m from its farms.”
“several MPs and the Taxpayers' Alliance criticised it for offering Bleakley a reported £900,000 over two years.”
“A new council would have repaid the set-up costs in two and a half years, and by 2021 would have delivered around £30m in savings for Norwich taxpayers.”
“That the department now has to pick up substantial legal costs is a further demonstration of the reckless spending habits of the previous government.”
“A new cemetery costing almost £1m has opened in Flintshire to address an "urgent need" for local burial space.”
“The 26 councils agreed to meet the bill if it was based on principles of fairness, with the cost for reducing the number of councils to 11 estimated at £118m.”
“Mr Poots told the assembly last year that the £118m cost to fund the process of cutting councils would mean savings of £438m could be made over 25 years.”
“the £118m cost to fund the process of cutting councils would mean savings of £438m could be made over 25 years”
“The zero-ten scheme, introduced in 2008, means many businesses based in the island pay no corporation tax.”
“An EU assessment of the scheme is due to take place in September.”
“Unemployment is running at almost 12%”
“46% of Colombians live on or below the poverty line, with 17% living in abject poverty”
“oil production up to 800,000 barrels per day, with that figure expected to rise to over a million barrels per day by the end of 2011”
“Growth for 2010 is expected to reach almost 3%”
“More than 400 tons of cocaine leave Colombian shores every year”
“Unemployment is running at almost 12%,”
“According to the Department of National Planning, 46% of Colombians live on or below the poverty line, with 17% living in abject poverty.”
“Back in 2002 it was feared that Colombia might become a net oil importer, but the new wave of discoveries has pushed oil production up to 800,000 barrels per day, with that figure expected to rise to over a million barrels per day by the e…”
“Growth for 2010 is expected to reach almost 3%,”
“Oil shipping firm Trafigura made a $198m (£134m) out-of-court settlement with the government after the 2006 dumping of waste in Abidjan.”
“Trafigura agreed to an out-of-court settlement in 2007 but the first cheques were only issued in March after legal disputes.”
“Trafigura had hired a local firm in 2006 to treat and dispose of its waste”
“may need to save as much as £90m over the next three years”
“In a report due to be considered later this week, the local authority said it may need to save as much as £90m over the next three years.”
“China looks set to allow its currency to rise in value against the US dollar for the first time in two years.”
“Because of the central bank's currency policy, it has borrowed trillions in yuan and invested it in US treasuries and other dollar assets. The value of those treasuries in yuan is now set to fall, causing the central bank tens of billions …”
“Commodity markets took the news very well so many clearly predict the latter.”
“However, if over a week a currency fluctuates by five or ten percent, there has to be something seriously wrong with the economy.”
“If the Yen, or any currency, changes over one, two or three years, then that is something that we corporations have to deal with.”
“Despite some correction in the market, Nintendo shares have risen from ¥21,590 (£159) in January this year to a high of ¥28,740 (£212) in June.”
“the company, which is seeking a total of £50m of investment.”
“the latest round of funding had brought the total raised so far in equity to £30m.”
“which are estimated at £1.3m”
“for its own costs of £1.7m”
“He emphasised that the company was not paying Mr Fiddes any damages or legal costs - which are estimated at £1.3m - nor was it issuing an apology. He added that Channel 4 was not pursuing Mr Fiddes for its own costs of £1.7m.”
“He added that Channel 4 was not pursuing Mr Fiddes for its own costs of £1.7m.”
“He emphasised that the company was not paying Mr Fiddes any damages or legal costs - which are estimated at £1.3m - nor was it issuing an apology.”
“The costs of the project have been estimated between £235m and £295m.”
“According to local reports, that move has cost tobacco growers here almost $300m (£202m) in losses.”
“The Crichton site in Dumfries faced an uncertain future three years ago when the University of Glasgow stopped undergraduate admissions. The move was reversed thanks to £1.5m from the Scottish Funding Council. Education secretary Mike Russ…”
“It faced the possibility of closure in February 2007 when the Glasgow institution announced that it had decided not to admit any new undergraduate students, citing an annual deficit of more than £800,000.”
“The move was reversed thanks to £1.5m from the Scottish Funding Council.”
“Mr Russell said the development could now boost economic activity in Dumfries and Galloway by about £311m a year.”
“The Crichton site in Dumfries faces an uncertain future three years ago when the University of Glasgow stopped undergraduate admissions. The move was reversed thanks to £1.5m from the Scottish Funding Council. Education secretary Mike Russ…”
“They aim to raise £15,000 for the Sussex Air Ambulance, the chosen charity of Henry's family, Headway, which improves life after brain injury, and the Matthew Elvidge Trust.”
“This is a conflict which has so far cost the UK more than £11.1bn, according to figures released on Monday.”
“But Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander axed the plans along with 12 other schemes nationwide, saving a total of £2bn.”
“reversing £2bn of last-minute Labour spending pledges”
“The cost to the taxpayer was at least £350m a year, he said.”
“Instead, he said the majority of these offenders could be supervised in the community on intensive programmes at a cost of between £50m and £60m a year.”
“Earlier, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed up 3.1%”
“while the Japanese Nikkei rose 2.4%”
“Currencies were also up, with the Korean won and Malaysian ringgit both rising over 2% against the US dollar.”
“The Dow Jones index of leading US shares climbed more than 100 points, or 1%, in early trading”
“but closed down 8 points after investors began to doubt the short-term impact of China's move.”
“with the UK's FTSE 100 index closing up 0.9%”
“France's Cac 40 rising 1.3%”
“Germany's Dax climbing 1.2%”
“But with mounting speculation over the change in policy, markets pushed the exchange rate up 0.45% above the target in early trading, to its highest level since 1994.”
“Officially, the central bank allows the currency to move up or down 0.5% against the central parity”
“He now expects the central bank to allow the yuan to appreciate some 2-3% over the next 12 months.”
“Meanwhile, the euro has fallen more than 17% against the dollar - and therefore also against the yuan - since the European debt crisis began in December.”
“There is at present no basis for major fluctuation or change in the [yuan] exchange rate”
“BP has said that its costs in tackling the disaster have now risen to $2bn (£1.34bn).”
“to repair the control pod would have meant temporarily stopping drilling work on the rig at at time when it was costing BP $500,000 (£337,000) a day to operate the Deepwater Horizon.”
“BP has agreed to put aside $20bn (£13.5bn) to compensate victims of the oil spill.”
“Hacker Young said special investigators were raising £10,800 for each special enquiry, up by 79% in two years.”
“The amount of money raised from each investigation rose despite the fact that the number of special enquires actually fell - down by 31% from 9,900 in 2007-08 to 6,800 in 2009-10.”
“They reveal that in 2007-08 the special investigation teams of the Revenue raised £60m in extra CGT while two years later they raised £74m - an increase of 23%.”
“About 130,000 people paid capital gains tax in 2008-09.”
“Sellers also have an annual tax-free allowance of £10,100 to set against any CGT bill.”
“Scottish Development Agency, has provided £245,000 to secure the jobs for Clydeside.”
