Key Financials

From The Jewish Chronicle

August 14, 2008

£2.2m

Left in the will of Margot Baum, of London NW3. She left £50,000 to University College Hospital Special Trustees Fund, £25,000 to Jewish Care, £10,000 to the Weizmann Institute Foundation, and £8,000 to the Friends of the Hebrew University

2.5%-2.9%

Revised growth forecast predicted by the Bank of Israel, down from 3.2%

9%

Increase in the number of passengers travelling through Ben-Gurion airport during September, compared to the same period in 2007

$20bn

Reportedly lost by Chelsea football-club owner Roman Abramovich, who has been hit by losses through his majority holding in steelmaker Evraz Group

$17bn

Lost by US property developer Sheldon Adelson after Las Vegas Sands, the casino operator he founded, has fallen by 75% since last October

£1.8m

Spent by Sir Alan Sugar on a near-four per cent stake in Woolworths

£137m

Spent by Barbados-based billionaire Joe Lewis for a 25 per cent stake in pubs group Mitchells & Butlers

£6.6m

Left in the will of John Helmuth Ullmann, of Dover, Kent. He left his estate mostly to relatives; he also left £2,000 each to Kent Youth League and to Deal Town Football Club; £1,000 each to Thanet and District Reform Synagogue, Kent branch of the Council of Christian and Jews, Dover Mercury Sunday Football League, and to River Conservation Society; and £750 to Dover District Council, for the benefit of Sports Council grants.

£150m

Value of an eight-floor property in Knightsbridge, London, that Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich has reportedly asked Kensington and Chelsea council for permission to build.

£3-£7

Estimated amount per day (NIS 25-50) that drivers in Israel would have to pay in order to enter Tel Aviv under a new congestion charge scheme, which has been proposed by government ministries, the Knesset, and Tel Aviv City Hall - meaning people who work in Tel Aviv for 20 days per month would need to pay a monthly total of £72-£145 (NIS 500-1,000).

£156m

Reportedly received by Wall Street trader Adam Levinson in what is believed to be the largest bonus of all time ($300m) in order to keep him working for leading hedge fund Fortress Investment Group LLC and prevent him forming a rival company of his own.