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“They are both cutting too soon and they are cutting far too deeply," he said. "What is damaging about this is that it will stall the recovery. Thousands and thousands of people are going to lose their jobs in Wales as a result of this budg…”
“The sort of cuts that are being mentioned in the press in the last few days are likely to drive our economies into a double-dip recession - if not at macro level then definitely at Welsh level and the end result of that could definitely be…”
“a typical motorist was now paying £183 more a year for petrol”
“£204 more for diesel”
“He increased VAT from 17.5% to 20%”
“He increased VAT from 17.5% to 20% and announced a two-year pay freeze for public servants paid over £21,000.”
“The NI Executive was told last month it must save an extra £128m on top of £393m other savings this year.”
“Mr Osborne said UK government departments - excluding health and international development would be cut by 25% over four years, with the full details to be set out on 20 October.”
“The government said 600,000 basic rate taxpayers in Northern Ireland would benefit from the increase in the personal income tax allowance which will rise by £1,000 in April to £7,475.”
“That is worth £170 a year to basic rate taxpayers.”
“lower earners could be hurt by a package of measures including a freeze on child benefit for the next three years”
“from next year, a reduction in tax credits for families earning over £40,000”
“The government said up to 15,000 businesses in Northern Ireland could benefit from a scheme which will mean new companies will be exempt from £5,000 of National Insurance payments for the first 10 workers.”
“Secretary of State Owen Paterson said Northern Ireland must 'play its part in reducing the deficit and ensuring our recovery'. "Failure to tackle the deficit would lead to disastrous increases in interest and mortgage rates," he said. "Th…”
“from next year, a reduction in tax credits for families earning over £40,000.”
“This would have catastrophic consequences for everybody in Northern Ireland.”
“top rate of tax of 50%”
“£425 VAT rise on every family”
“Japan also raised its growth forecast for the year to March to 2.6%, compared with an earlier 1.4% estimate.”
“Growth in the year to March 2012 is predicted to be 2%.”
“But although its debt is now estimated at about twice the size of its GDP”
“The plan states it will bring the budget back into surplus by the end of the decade.”
“Chancellor George Osborne announced a hike in VAT from 17.5% to 20%”
“the 20% VAT rate would cost health boards an extra £23m a year”
“aim to cut the country's £155bn deficit”
“contained a commitment to review of the use of the £185m renewable energy fund, the fossil fuel levy”
“Chancellor George Osborne announced a hike in VAT from 17.5% to 20%, as part of the biggest package of tax increases and spending cuts in a generation.”
“The UK government spending plans, which aim to cut the country's £155bn deficit, contained a commitment to review of the use of the £185m renewable energy fund, the fossil fuel levy.”
“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…”
