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“The results will form the basis as Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole councils bid for £400m of government cash to improve transport links.”
“The council says keeping the centre open for another four months will cost it almost £130,000.”
“It highlights a sharp rise in airport departure charges, increasing the tax bill for a family of four on a long-haul flight to £300.”
“There is no way of dealing with an 11% budget deficit just by hitting either the rich or the welfare scrounger.”
“warns that raising Capital Gains Tax (CGT) could cost the government as much as £2.48bn in lost revenues.”
“BP has agreed to put aside $20bn (£13.5bn) to compensate victims of the oil spill - and has vowed to help with the clean-up.”
“On Friday, rating agency Moody's downgraded BP's credit rating by three notches, following similar moves by the other two rating agencies earlier this week.”
“BP says it will withhold dividends until the end of the year as part of its response to the spill.”
“The UN has announced a $71m (£48m) flash appeal for Kyrgyzstan, where it says some 400,000 people have been displaced by inter-ethnic fighting.”
“The local authority is spending £15m a year on loan charges to service its £146m debt.”
“which would have seen the authority's £160m debt at the time wiped out by the Treasury”
“the move could cost the government up to £2.48bn in lost revenues by discouraging individuals from selling assets such as property and shares.”
“Last year it brought in £7.8bn in tax revenues.”
“It seems that for every 1% rise in the capital gains tax rate above a certain fairly low level of around 10 %, you get a 2% drop in revenue”
“when CGT was cut in Ireland from 40% to 20% in 1997 it actually led to a near-tripling of the tax revenue.”
“an increase of the size anticipated in the Budget could leave a hole in government finances equivalent to having to cut an additional 30,000 public sector jobs.”
“In the last Budget in March, the previous government announced extra relief for entrepreneurs, by creating a new CGT lifetime allowance of £1m taxed at a lower rate of 10%.”
“He says his bank, Santander, has told him on several occasions it will not allow him to register more than three countries per trip.”
“Barclays confirmed customers could only register two countries at a time: "As a rule, for the majority of our customers, the ability to register one country per trip is sufficient, which is why our current policy allows customers to regist…”
“Barclaycard said customers could register Europe and that would cover them for all countries in that continent.”
“HSBC, American Express and RBS-Natwest all said ordinarily there was no requirement to notify them.”
“Lloyds TSB, MBNA and Barclaycard would like customers to notify them in advance, but they said they have no strict limit on the number of countries you could register.”
“However it said it was looking again at this policy. "We do however recognise that, for some customers, they want re-assurance when travelling through several countries so we are currently reviewing how we can enhance our current policy," …”
“As a rule, for the majority of our customers, the ability to register one country per trip is sufficient, which is why our current policy allows customers to register a maximum of two countries for any one trip, the bank said.”
“We do however recognise that, for some customers, they want re-assurance when travelling through several countries so we are currently reviewing how we can enhance our current policy, said a spokesman.”
“We try our best to find a balance between providing security and enabling customers to use their card, especially when transactions are made abroad, said a spokesman. If a customer does want to make us aware of imminent travel, they can, e…”
“HSBC, American Express and RBS-Natwest all said ordinarily there is no requirement to notify them.”
“Lloyds TSB, MBNA and Barclaycard would like customers to notify them in advance, but they said they have no strict limit on the number of countries you could register.”
“A lot of these technology changes require a complete restructuring of a bank's operating systems, so it's a massive piece of work, he points out.”
“helping to reduce unemployment from 20%.”
“Madrid's benchmark stock index rose by two points soon after the meeting.”
“a 15bn-euro package of austerity measures passed by parliament last month.”
“Most recently, Transport Minister Norman Baker said "in light of a tough spending review" funding for the £130m Kingskerswell bypass could not be guaranteed.”
“Mr Worster receives a total of £30,000 for his triumph in the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Awards.”
“Independent experts have said the book, even in its damaged state, is worth about £1m.”
“The company has agreed to put aside $20bn (£13.5bn) to compensate victims of the oil spill - and has vowed to help with the clean-up.”
“The company has agreed to put aside $20bn (£13.5bn) to compensate victims of the oil spill”
“On Friday, rating agency Moody's downgraded BP's credit rating by three notches”
“over three years £405,000 went out of Mrs Devas' bank account.”
“In 2001, a civil case heard that Mrs Devas had investments of £665,000 and owned a three-bedroom house in Cambridge worth £350,000.”
“But at the time of her death, she had capital wealth of just £26,000.”
“The report also revealed that efficiency savings have already been made to public expenditure including £839m efficiency saving in 2008/09 - £300m over the target.”
“Details of Scottish government spending on items over £25,000 have been released for the first time. The report, which covers April 2010, itemised 1,367 transactions totalling £2.6bn.”
“It said it aims to defeat deflation by April 2011, but revealed few details on how it would achieve this.”
“The government also said it would cut corporate tax from 40% to nearer 25%.”
“Earlier this week, Japan's central bank announced plans for up to 3 trillion yen (£22bn; $33bn) in loans to spur economic growth.”
“Japan's growth averaged just 1.3% a year before the recession brought on by the financial crisis.”
“Parents said lawyers to implement an equity scheme would cost about £1m.”
“We have had £170,000 in pledges from interested investors but we will now have to give that back as we can't offer them an equity stake in the school due to time and cost restraints.”
“We have £5,000 in donations and a further £24,000 in pledged donations but we need about £2.5m by early next week.”
“Terra Firma bought EMI for £4bn ($5.9bn) at the peak of the last economic boom, and has since struggled to meet the terms of its loan agreement with US bank Citigroup.”
“Last month, Terra Firma promised to inject more than £100m into EMI to prevent Citigroup from taking control of the record company.”
“Terra Firma owes Citigroup an estimated £3.2bn.”
“William Lyttle, nicknamed "mole man", failed to pay Hackney Council £293,000 for repairs to the house in Mortimer Road, despite a court order. The council then spent £115,000 on maintenance and putting him up in a hotel for three years.”
“Further maintenance has cost the council £70,000 since 2008.”
“Following his eviction the pensioner was put up in a hotel for three years while the council found accommodation for him. The hotel stay cost the council £45,000.”
“The 20-room house could be worth £1m after renovation”
“As initial start-up funding, the government is allocating £50m with an unspecified larger amount to follow, but Mr Gove said there was no way of telling how this might translate into school numbers.”
“Instead of big, bright, hi-tech new schools, where a single academy could cost £25m, these free schools could be smaller and thriftier arrangements.”
“He also promised that this will not mean cutting per pupil spending - and it will not mean taking resources from existing schools.”
“an £80m loan to engineering firm Sheffield Forgemasters”
“a £13m redevelopment of the former Outokumpu steelworks site”
“Some £12m of funding for the Sevenstone retail development was also suspended.”
“On Thursday, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander announced that the government had cancelled 12 projects, totalling £2bn, which had been agreed by the previous Labour administration since the start of 2010.”
“He told MPs the cuts were necessary to help tackle the nation's budget deficit. On Thursday, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander announced that the government had cancelled 12 projects, totalling £2bn, which had been agreed by …”
“[In the past] stimulus was too quickly withdrawn and resulted in renewed hardships and recession”
“But Mr Obama said the US would still aim to halve is own deficit by 2013”
“The US budget deficit would be cut to 3% of GDP by 2015”
“who last year approved £1m in funding for new credit unions across Wales.”
“The Wrexham branch had a £146,000 grant to buy and refit larger premises.”
“A £5bn plan to create a new town centre in north-west London has been given the go-ahead after the government announced it will not 'call in' the scheme.”
“Based on today's number of wind farms, £860,000 would be generated for those wards with projects and £575,000 for the benefit of the rest of the council area.”
“The government could save millions each year simply by doing transactions online rather than on paper or over the phone.”
“while understanding the attraction in keeping the tolls because they provided £42m in revenue to the government”
“It actually restricts and holds back Dartford, and therefore consequently costs the whole area a lot more than the £42m”
“The court was told that Mackay handed over between £4,000 and £5,000 of his own money to the women after the pair struck up a relationship online.”
“However, when his own money ran out, she then persuaded Mackay to go to Cash Converters in Edinburgh and process £25,635 which she had conned out of other individuals who thought they were giving to charity.”
“The £800m spent on education is due to reach at least £1bn in 2010-11.”
“£900,000 budget cut”
“It has been notified by the Home Office of a £900,000 cut in its grant funding and warned balancing the budget would be extremely difficult.”
“Sponsorship and a collection on Church Street, Liverpool, has raised £10,000.”
“The company reported a pre-tax loss of £6.5m, having faced turbulence in its development of offshore wind projects.”
“Its share price on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) fell sharply on the news.”
“The refurbishment of the pier and construction of a nearby surf reef were part of an £11m regeneration project to revive Boscombe seafront.”
“Russia will scrap capital gains tax on long-term direct investment from 2011, President Dmitry Medvedev has said.”
“However, it was hit hard by the global economic crisis, and in 2009 the economy shrank by 7.9%.”
“The economy is forecast to return to growth this year, expanding by about 4%.”
“Its oil revenues fund, which has been financing the deficit, is expected to end next year”
“"Such an idea should be implemented within a year," he said.”
“While Russian stocks may be undervalued, Russia is not seeking investors interested in quick and easy money.”
“Moody's downgraded BP's creditworthiness by three notches”
“downgraded BP to A2 from Aa2”
“Earlier this week, the two other major international credit ratings agencies, Fitch and Standard & Poor's, also downgraded BP”
“BP has agreed to put aside $20bn (£13.5bn) to compensate victims of the oil spill”
“BP's payments into the fund were 'managable', but warned that the full costs of the oil spill would have a negative impact on the company's cash flow for 'a number of years'”
“BP shares fell 0.6% on Friday, after climbing almost 7% a day earlier”
“cash flow 'expected to exceed $30bn in 2010 before taking into consideration costs related to the Deepwater Horizon spill'”
“BP has agreed to pay $5bn into the compensation fund this year, followed by quarterly payments of $1.25bn until the total $20bn is paid”
“BP has also said it will be selling about $10bn worth of 'non-core' assets to raise cash”
“BP's stake in TNK-BP is worth about $16-$18bn”
