Percentages in the news

Click on the following links and answer to the following questions:

1. La hucha de las pensiones

a) "El fondo de reserva aumentó en 2011 un 3,79% hasta los 66.814 millones". ¿A cuánto ascendía el fondo en 2010? ¿Cuál ha sido el aumento (en millones de euros)?
b) Párrafo 2. ¿Qué porcentaje del aumento procede de la dotación del Gobierno?

2. Mothercare to close UK stores

a) Paragraph 3. What percentage of the stores are being closed?ç
b) End of paragraph 5: "The news was welcomed by investors with the shares closing up nearly 8% at 183p. Before the update, the shares had fallen 60% in the past year." What was the shares value before the announcement? What was its value in the past year? What has been the total variation of the value?