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Less than an hour after the Bank of England's decision, the ECB reduced its main rate by three-quarters of a percentage point, to 2. 5%.

Shortly after the first 2. 5 kernels were released, Linus Torvalds began using BitKeeper on a trial basis to see if it would fit his needs.

That means just 2. 5 percent of us require less than 7 hours of night a sleep to feel fully rested. That's 1 out of every 40 people.

On top of any proceeds a sale would bring, it would stanch losses, like this year's $2. 5 billion.

Samsung Heavy Industries entered the wind market in 2008 with the launch of a 2. 5-MW wind turbine in the U. S.

In the Philippines, Siemens says it has a 2. 5% monthly turnover rate, compared with the 20% turnover it had in its India call center.

By some estimates, it could drop to 2. 5% over the next few years, which would be the slowest pace in over a century.

I am the only one I know in a year of lost $250 million person. . . this to my grow very helpful.

Google boldly predicts the Kerala video will attract 2. 5 million views in a week, helped along by the Google Mobile Ads Blog post.

The hit, including forfeited profits, was some $2. 5 billion, equivalent to over a tenth of the bank's equity.

He said, "If the recent volatility is very low, not $5 in gold, but $2. 50 in gold, then we're going to throw in a very large position. "

But with 2. 5 billion people without proper sanitation, he believes his vision, which began at the bottom of a toilet bowl, is coming true.

China's entry into the war led to a bloody stalemate; around 2. 5 million people are believed to have died.

And given that the American market is yielding just 2. 5%, a lot of that will have been absorbed by fees and commissions.

He then parties with friends in Oslo before setting up his bomb factory in a remote rented farm house two and a half hours from Oslo.

And then he added, "We're basically a world unto ourselves. That feed conversion ratio? 2. 5 to one, " he said. "Best in the business. "

It was the 28th year in a row Singapore had stayed below the rate of 2. 5 children needed to maintain the population.

HP's fourth-quarter earnings beat analysts' estimates (net income for the quarter rose to $2. 5 billion, up 5% from a year earlier).

As much as $2. 5 trillion buys more than a little bit of sticking plaster, one would hope.

In their defense, the producers argue that in a region roughly the size of Florida, only 2. 5% of the land is mineable.

On the contrary, real and nominal interest rates have declined and implied inflation expectations are below 2. 5 per cent a year.

In the renovation, each road must use the main line of 2. 5 mm copper wire, embedding in the wall insulation must wear a set of PVC pipe.

Beating about 40 million times a year, a person's heart will beat approximately 2. 5 billion times by the time of their 70th birthday.

TEXT messaging is a wonderful business to be in: about 2. 5 trillion messages will have been sent from cellphones worldwide this year.

Mr. van Weeghel expects it to produce a bumper harvest of 2. 5 metric tons of French black truffles (Tuber melanosporum).

Still, Dangdang's prospectus shows that the company was operating at a loss until 2009, when it achieved a net profit of $2. 5 million.

In his model, it might take a real interest rate of something like -2. 5% to clear the economy.

That means exercising at a moderate intensity level for at least 2. 5 hours spread over most days each week.

Puma's standard propulsion system comes equipped with rechargeable batteries with a listed flight time of 2. 5 hours.

Placid Burkina Faso is now two-and-a-half times richer.

Puma's standard propulsion system comes equipped with rechargeable batteries with a listed flight time of 2. 5 hours.

Placid Burkina Faso is now two-and-a-half times richer.

Nearly two decades before taking office in 1929, he was earning $2. 5 million a year in today's dollars from the mining business.

In Workplace Collaborative Learning 2. 5, you can associate students with a particular job that has a corresponding set of skills.

Workplace Collaborative Learning 2. 5 is just the beginning of a new way to experience learning within an organization.

It was a huge shift (Media 2. 5), but not as great as what was to come.

We shall use 2. 5% of the net profit as a commission for your guarantee of payment .

AstraZeneca is in the midst of shedding some 15, 000 jobs over five years, in the hope of cutting costs by $2. 5 billion a year.

Just about at the center of the retina is a small depression from 2. 5 to 3 mm in diameter known as the yellow spot or macula.

The age of mammals had well and truly started 250 million years ago . . . . . . and then a catastrophe happened.

None of them had a black hole of 2-5 solar masses living there, even after observational uncertainties were considered.

Zhang Ta: Current market, very rare and large bought opportunity, we have all the time buy a few 2-5 the small-sized chain of inn.

Earlier this month P&G reported profits of $2. 5 billion, down 18% in the most recent quarter from a year earlier.

It has a bayonet mount and a long cylindrical 2. 5 mm ceramic (usually) or polymer ferrule to hold the fiber.

Last summer, Mr. Ross, made a grab for the building by purchasing the $250 million debt on the property.

One of the most notable changes in the 2. 5 development is the creation of a unified device model.

In 2003, Robert Provost snapped up a $2. 5 million villa with its own boat dock in Sarasota, Fla.

If you're a planning a trip around the world, you may be pleased to hear that you have about 0. 1 inch (2. 5 millimeters) fewer to travel.

In about twenty years, Japan's share of global GDP was two-and-a-half times its initial share.

Like the Toshiba, the HP took a long time to get going: almost 2. 5 minutes for a restart and about two minutes for a cold start.

And the report estimates water-related environmental problems cost many countries between . 5 and 2. 5 percent of GDP a year.

The European Central Bank cut its key rate by a greater-than-expect three-quarters of a percentage point Thursday, to 2. 5%.

He also found a local investor who pumped in $2. 5 million.

There are nearly 200m internet addresses in use (see chart), which are thought to generate more than $2. 5 billion a year in renewal fees.

All this will shave 2. 5% from GDP this year, reckons Manuel Bautista, a local economist.

This implies that for America to grow at a trend rate of about 2. 5% something else will have to grow more quickly.

Over the past few decades, these costs have risen at a consistent 2. 5 percentage points above the growth rate of the economy.

Meanwhile, growth in high-income countries' in 2007 is expected to be 2. 5 percent, reflecting a slowing in the United States.

PwC, in a recent report, estimated that the market could account for 2-5 per cent of total output of light vehicles by that year.

The violent suppression of riots in Libya led to a 2. 5 per cent increase in the price of Brent crude on Monday.

The least amount of teeth had a 2. 5 increased risk of congestive heart failure compared to those with the most teeth.

By 2019 the number of prisoners is expected to have swollen by another 25%, with a price tag of $2. 5 billion.

Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a rare and aggressive form of invasive breast cancer accounting for 2. 5% of all breast cancer cases.

With Spring 2. 5, the same can be accomplished for a scanned component by providing the @Scope annotation.

The calculation results show that the backscattered energy loss is up to 0. 5%~2. 5% for a large caliber high energy laser.

The most hazardous particles are the tiniest, those with a diameter of 2. 5 millionths of a meter or less (called PM2. 5 for short).

Republican negotiators now say they want $2. 5 trillion in cuts over the coming decade to raise the debt ceiling by a like amount.

The main house sits on a promontory at the rear of its approx. 2. 5 acres with panoramic views from every room.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury note is rising as easily excitable investors realize that a 2. 5% yield isn't all that exciting.

terminal lobe 2. 5-3 mm. Cauline leaves few, similar to basal leaves but smaller and with a shorter petiole.

Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Bright Food Group was close to a deal to buy GNC for between $2. 5 billion and $3 billion.

The total battlefield, a sandy spar between a deep lagoon and the Indian Ocean, is now around 6. 5 square kilometres (2. 5 square miles).

It also says that wolves are responsible, in a typical year, for less than 2. 5% of sheep deaths.

Spain sold 2. 5 billion euros in bonds on Tuesday, but had to pay a full percentage point more than it did a month ago for the privilege.

Mr Gordon's calculations suggest that 2. 5% would be America's slowest economic speed limit in over a century (see chart 2).

It sells more than 2. 5 Million barrels a day and is believed to have about 10 percent of the world's proven reserves.

Charges are around 2. 5 cents a minute for calls from the US to Europe and free if they are made to another registered Jajah user.

Erica: It's true! If you have a blackberry, you have to hold it at least 2. 5 cm away to be safe.

Additionally, patients with a carotid bruit were 2. 5 times as likely to die because of a cardiovascular-related event.

It also uses a 2. 5 mm ferrule, but some of the early ones use ceramic inside stainless steel ferrules.

Erica: It's true! If you have a blackberry, you have to hold it at least 2. 5 cm away to be safe.

Additionally, patients with a carotid bruit were 2. 5 times as likely to die because of a cardiovascular-related event.

It also uses a 2. 5 mm ferrule, but some of the early ones use ceramic inside stainless steel ferrules.

A good example is what Facebook is doing with the "Like" button it has persuaded more than 2. 5 million websites to display.

In place of a polished, gleaming cylinder-head there were batteries and electric motors to drive the 2. 5 tonne aluminium giant.

Last month, Chongqing Grains signed a $2. 5 billion agreement to produce soybeans in the Brazilian state of Bahia.

The "kicker" , also limited to a maximum of 2. 5 per cent, would be based not on growth but on the level of Greek inflation.

Southern Taiwan suffered its worst flooding for half a century as the typhoon dumped up to 2. 5 metres (8. 2ft) of rain.

Screening for diabetes and hypertension, as part of a 2. 5 billion baht (US$ 76 million project) is due to start this year.

In terms of funding the liquid operations, repo dominates the Shibor based interbank borrowing by a ratio of 2. 5 to 1.

A study showed that only 2. 5 percent of the population are known as "supertaskers" can talk on the phone and drive safely.

Apply calcium gluconate 2. 5% jelly with a massage until the pain disappears.

The company has a market capitalization of about HK$2. 5 billion, or about US$320 million, based on its Thursday closing price.

If each point reduces prices by 2. 5%, then this expansion has cut prices by about 1. 7% a year.

Only 18% of the population have piped water and only 2. 5% are connected to a sewerage system.

In the U. S. , nearly 3% of kids now takes a stimulant like Ritalin; the figure is now 2. 4% in Australia and 2. 5% in Israel.

Modems are also incredibly cheap, costing $2-5 to build into a computer.

Behind this was a current account surplus of 8. 5 per cent of GDP and a balance on FDI of 2. 5 per cent.

Porsche's request for a euro 1. 75 billion ($2. 5 billion) loan from a state-controlled bank in Germany was turned down.

Even better, the developer could then offer that land as collateral for a loan of, say, 2. 5 billion yuan from a bank.

Behind this was a current account surplus of 8. 5 per cent of GDP and a balance on FDI of 2. 5 per cent.

Porsche's request for a euro 1. 75 billion ($2. 5 billion) loan from a state-controlled bank in Germany was turned down.

Even better, the developer could then offer that land as collateral for a loan of, say, 2. 5 billion yuan from a bank.

It is worth noting that the 2. 5-day estimate for migrating a vertical slice does not include software installation time or testing.

So a few years ago, L. A. County decided that they needed to spend 2. 5 billion dollars to repair the city schools.

I have a 2. 5 hour video interview with this contact (camera behind his head so as not to show his face) - but with his real voice.

Last week, Myanmar was hit by a cyclone, claiming more than 22, 000 lives and affecting up to 2. 5 million people, according to the UN.

sysfs, which gives a userspace representation of the system's device model, has been introduced in 2. 5.

Compared to those who felt fulfilled, those who felt "strongly bored" had a 2. 5 times higher chance of dying from heart attacks or strokes.

Toilet humor aside, 2. 5 billion people still do not have access to a hygienic toilet.

A pool produces around 2. 5 tonnes of salt a year.

In the 1960s, the Army had more than two thousand guns meant for launching small nukes, each with a maximum range of only 2. 5 miles.

Much of the bidding action happened in the last three minutes, when the bids rose from $2. 5 million to a final tally of $2, 626, 311.

It will link up seamlessly with road projects paid for by German and Malaysian funds for a smooth ride for 2. 5 kilometers.

This requires a cleaning agent that has less than 2. 5 percent VOC organic content at use conditions.

Macroeconomic Advisers today. . . put their tracking estimate of first quarter GDP growth at a 2. 5% annual pace.

The method to include the above lines was annotated with a Spring 2. 5 declarative transaction.

A separate source, the Book of Generations, provides chapter 5 and a brief linking phrase at Genesis 2: 5.

This thin web is gathered into a soft mass and pulled into a rope like strand of fibers about 1. 9~2. 5 cm in diameter, called sliver.

In Fuzhou, a bustling, crowded city of 2. 5 million in southeast China, an elaborate network of canals runs through the urban center.

And over the last five years, I've earned a whopping 2. 5% to 3% annually on my money.

The most common type grows to a maximum length of 2. 5 In.

The data rate of this initial chip is 2. 5 gigabits per second; the architecture supports a rate of 10 gigabits per second.

That's the suspicion of a team of Canadian medical researchers who are conducting a $2. 5 million study to find the answer.

Herbs perennial, with a 2--5 cm long stock formed by overlapping petioles and basal bud scales.

But on Sept. 1, it rose 2. 5%, as the Institute for Supply Management's factory index rose to a three-month high.

Set on a remote beach, the facility is seeking to attract $40bn in total investment across an area 2. 5 times the size of Manhattan island.

A simulation was run for a typical one-day volume: 1000 requests, with one request arriving every 2. 5 minutes.

Results also show that micro-partitioning overhead is small when 2. 5 cores or more are assigned to a single JVM.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2. 5 China Mainland License.

He expects the economy to grow at a rate of around 2. 5% in the second half of the year.

The article also pointed out, Coca-Cola will only spend $2. 5 billion to kill off a potential rival, an excellent Chinese national brand.

It doesn't provide data for the finest pollutants, however, those with a diameter of 2. 5 micrometers or less.

A first estimate put GDP growth in the third quarter at 2. 5% at an annualised rate, the quickest pace so far this year.

A "crash" conventionally requires a 20% fall over a short period-although the day falls are nevertheless "severe" in the 2-5% range.

In the EU itself, vineyard area decreased by a further 2. 5% in 2009 as the new subsidised uprooting program kicked in.

Mr. Romney, a former private-equity investor, has personal wealth of between $190 million and $250 million.

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A metal or metal-tipped spear, about 2. 5 meters in length, used in contests of distance throwing.

In a lifetime, you could fill eight 2. 5-kilogram flour bags with dead skin. 8.

After posting a $2. 5 billion loss in the third quarter, General Motors said it could run out of operating cash next year.

The fixed-dose drug will be offered to public agencies at a target price of 2. 5 dollars for the full adult treatment.

which, left alone, would tie the body to a 25 hour--yes, 2. 5--rhythm.

A 1992 federal law requires all shower heads to be "low flow, " which means 2. 5 gallons shoot out every minute it's on.

The system uses 64 individual projectors that send a picture to the 2. 5 meter high and four meter wide screen.

But first the city's eight most senior administrators gave up a 2. 5% pay rise.

Both systems can be upgraded with any standard 2. 5-inch hard drive. The PlayStation is also a Blu-ray disc player.

Here is a list of plugins that have been tested for compatibility with WordPress: Version 2. 5.

With a debt level of approx $2. 5 trillion, each 100 basis points increase in bond yields increases the borrowing cost with $25 billion.

However, would these buildings still be balanced when their costs were multiplied by a factor 2. 5?

If a Committee member is not available within a reasonable time, B is obliged to continue the match without delay -- Rule 2-5.

These policies brought down the sector's average non-performing loan ratio from a peak of above 12 per cent to below 2. 5 per cent.

White Beach is 2. 5 miles long and offers a range of accommodations, from luxury resorts to cheap rooms for backpackers.

Between your periods, sterilise the cup for 2-5 minutes by boiling it in a large amount of water.

"If you hit stall speed at 2. 5 percent (growth), you've got a major problem, " Busch said.

In this situation, you would have to set up a compatibility environment with an older version of glibc, such as version 2. 2. 5.

A month later, Chongqing Grains' announced a $2. 5 billion deal to produce soybeans in Brazil.

Google has agreed to pay Motorola Mobility a $2. 5 billion break-up fee if the deal falters.

Description: Deals light damage to all targets in a 2. 5 tiles radius. Also stuns the units for 3 seconds.

In the next two months Greeks will have to pay a "solidarity" tax worth 2-5% of last year's income, along with a new property tax.

Google has agreed to pay Motorola Mobility a $2. 5 billion break-up fee if the deal falters.

Description: Deals light damage to all targets in a 2. 5 tiles radius. Also stuns the units for 3 seconds.

In the next two months Greeks will have to pay a "solidarity" tax worth 2-5% of last year's income, along with a new property tax.

Those stocks sport an average dividend yield of 4. 2%, compared with the 10-year yield of a little over 2. 5%.

Police in Columbia have seized 2. 5 tons of cocaine hidden in boxes of chocolate bars at a warehouse.

We identified $5M in building efficiency investments with a 2. 5 year payback.

Every three days, he walks 2. 5 kilometers to the head of Lingquan, a small mountain stream, to carry back 20 liters of water.

Download spring-framework-2. 5. 5. zip from the Spring Community Downloads and extract it to a temporary directory.

Version 2. 5. 0-1 is available for Debian users from the Debian Web site with a simple "apt-get install. "

The central government had budgeted a fiscal deficit of 2. 5% of GDP for this fiscal year.

And a final drop to 2. 5 cms - virtually a normal height heel - occurs from 63 onwards.

The last game was against a Luftwaffe team, which lost to Dynamo 5 - 2.

A 2. 5 square-kilometer area of industrial wasteland in the eastern borough of Stratford is being regenerated to form the new Olympic Park.

Gross domestic product expanded at a 2. 5 percent annual rate in the third quarter, half the pace in the last three months of 2009.

the newest wrinkle in the $ 2 . 5 billion cosmetics business is a lotion that camouflages creases.

Young branchlets covered with a mixed indumentum of short hairs and slender 2. 5--3 mm hairs.

But the operation has created a humanitarian crisis, displacing more than 2. 5 million people.

Recombinant protein was recovered as a trimer from the medium of transfected cells in a yield of 1 to 2. 5 mg per liter.

On an annualised basis, this equates to 2. 5% demand growth, a rate not seen since 1996.

Revenue per available room, a key industry metric known as RevPAR, was $234, up 2. 5% above 2009 levels of $228.

A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or related field. 2. 5 years experience in testing filed.

But India lacks a local equivalent. Its occupational pension funds hold assets worth 2. 5 trillion rupees, only about 5% of GDP.

official payments will change a 2. 5% convenience fee for this service.

Path, an iPhone app for sharing only photos on a social network limited to just 50 people, received $2. 5 million.

They restealth very fast (around 2. 5 seconds) so if you can get behind units, throw a few volleys and then you're off!

International markets will get a single film, edited down to 2. 5 hours, which was the version screened at Venice.

The 2. 5-square-mile (6. 4-square-kilometer) summer land grab suggests the ongoing violence amounts to a turf war for access to food.

Fruit a capsule, cylindrical or globose, sometimes angled, 2-5-valved, loculicidally dehiscent. Seeds many.

Try to eat at least the recommended number of servings (2. 5) every day for a month. You will be amazed at the weight loss results.

Peduncle axillary, 2--2. 5 cm, jointed and geniculate near middle, with a swollen gland at joint, 1-flowered.

Paleontologists discovered a giant fossilized claw that once belonged to an 2. 5 meter (8 foot) long sea scorpion.

SBIR is funded by a set-aside, or "tax, " of 2. 5 percent on the external research and development budgets of 11 U.

It costs just US$2 to $5 a month a bottle and ensures the wine won't depreciate in quality.

The original end date of the project was June 2012, however there will be a project extension of between 6 months and 2. 5 years.

A very powerful 2. 5-liter turbocharged engine, Trust me, this car is fast!

The railway ministry employs 2. 5 million people across China and commands a vast budget.

Growth at a rate above 2. 5 percent will bring unemployment down over time.

Americans will spend a staggering $2. 5 trillion on health care in 2009, says the Congressional Budget Office.

The US two-year yield is already at a new low and the 10-year is down a full percentage point in four months, to just 2. 5 per cent.

It pencilled in a contraction of 2. 5% in GDP this year, with a muted expansion of 0. 75% in 2010.

midrib elevated on both surfaces, basal lateral veins a pair, distance 2-5 mm from base, to distinctly triplinerved.

equation (2. 5) on the outer surface of a structural element.

In early September, the kidnappers demanded a ransom of $2. 5 million.

It was worth over $13 million, including a $2. 5 million signing bonus.

In contrast, eBay - which owns a stake in Skype - saw its share price rally 2. 5%.

In 1981, Sony Corporation of Japan developed a pocket-sized black and white TV, LCD screen only 2. 5 inches from the battery.

Dressed, he would be a 2. 5; naked, he's a 7. 0.

Hopu is a $2. 5 billion fund raised by a partner of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in China, Fang Fenglei, and former Goldman banker Richard Ong.

Last week, the yen rose 2. 5 per cent to a high of Y86. 36 against the dollar, its strongest level since December.

URLScan version 2. 5 Is a security tool that restricts the types of HTTP requests that IIS will process.

These tend to charge a 5% subscription fee, annual management fees of 1. 5% or 2. 5% and an average exit fee of around 20% of the upside.

The result was a fuel called "2, 5-dimethylfuran" .

The 7% component is expected to include a 2. 5% 'conservation' buffer of capital.

Citigroup (C, Fortune 500) reported a $2. 5 billion quarterly loss Friday, which was actually better than Wall Street's grimmer projections.

I have a thicker skin than I had 2. 5 years ago. I really don't look to anyone else for validation.

In 2005, the unit reported a 2. 5 per cent margin and profitability has risen since on supply chain efficiencies.

lobes lanceolate, equal, ca. 3 cm. Lateral staminodes rhombic, 1. 7--2. 5 cm, midvein weak, base narrowed into a claw.

Lehman is selling $2. 5 billion of 10-year senior unsecured notes today, according to a person familiar with the offering.

In one case (the 2-year-old girl) a malignancy, a telangiectatic osteosarcoma, was observed after 2-5 years follow-up.

You put an "if" in front and the abstract only speaks of the 1% penetration causing a 2. 5% lowering, not that each 1% has the same effect.

Headlining the mildly facelifted model is a new base engine: A naturally-aspirated 2. 5-liter inline-four.

A big wild card is the role of China, with its $2. 5 trillion in reserves.

At 2. 5%, the 10 year Treasury already offers a paltry yield: The risks surely outweigh the rewards.

Showerheads currently manufactured in the US have a flow-rate of 2. 5 gallons per minute ( gpm ) or less.

At Nestle India (500790. BY), a 21% rise in expenses in the March quarter kept profit growth at just 2. 5%.

The question remains: who would want to live in the shadow of a 2. 5 mile tall building? Mental.

Duskis also created a Guice-style Spring 2. 5 application, and discussed his experience in detail.

Qingyang has a population of 2. 5 million--a small city by China's standards.

Mom: How about 2. 5 yuan a kilogram? I come here all the time.

The Servlet 2. 5 specification required by Java EE 5 is a maintenance release that includes minor improvements over the 2. 4 release.

They make a living, make a living, day and night are 2, 5, 8, every moment in game winning.

with the new investors in control, Mr Hande was given a 2. 5 per cent stake.

Britain's Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders is forecasting a 2. 5 per cent decline in car registrations to 2. 345m units this year.

Led by a rally in beaten-up bank stocks, Greek equities climbed 2. 5 per cent and Italy's main index jumped 3. 8 per cent.

Travelport had global revenue of $2. 5 billion for the year ending December 2008, a decrease of $256 million on 2007.

For example, you could start repetitions of items with a table whose factor equals 2. 5.

The suction cup selection is a most comprehensive offering including round flat, 1. 5 bellows, and 2. 5 bellows styles.

Iraq currently produces about 2. 5 million barrels a day, 2 million of which are exported daily, Jihad said.

The government is promising a "triple guarantee" that the pension will rise each year by the highest of earnings, prices or 2. 5%.

A vast fleet of 2. 5 million state cars, paid from the public purse, is available to them.

The island's 2. 5 hectares include picnic tables, straw huts and even a small coffee shop.

The directors have reported a deficit of 2. 5 million dollars.

Net income was $2. 5 billion, against a $540m loss the year before.

And it has net foreign assets of $1. 8 trillion, whereas America owes a net $2. 5 trillion to foreigners.

The style of stone tools called the Oldowan appeared 2. 5 million years ago and stayed unchanged for more than a million years.

Waves of up to eight feet (2. 5 metres) will roll 60 to 100 yards down a big salt-water pool.

Today that number is about 2. 5 million barrels a day.

The writers now want a residual payment of 2. 5% for re-use of material online and on mobile phones.

Even with mortgage interest rates under 2 per cent, monthly mortgage payments can be 2-2. 5 times monthly rent for flats as a result.

Take the public finances. The government is predicting a budget deficit of 3. 1% for the current fiscal year and 2. 5% next.