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The kingdom is also an important player in BAE's immediate post-EADS future because shareholders are hoping to receive the proceeds – an estimated £600m – from the renegotiation of a Saudi contract for 72 Typhoons.

Investors and market analysts are hoping that BAE will soften the blow of the EADS failure, and buy the firm's management more time, by returning the proceeds from a renegotiation of a Saudi contract for 72 Typhoons.

The Saudis, the UK's largest arms customer, have bought 72 Typhoons, and the Omanis 12 in a deal backed by a UK government guaranteed loan of £2bn.

Gulf states may soon realise that they don't actually need the Typhoons – what they may need more urgently are weapons for use in internal repression... Sarah Waldron, of CAAT, the campaign against the arms trade, said: "The crackdown in Bahrain has intensified, yet the UK does not speak out against the abuses that are daily committed by government forces".

But the market for Typhoons seems very precarious and the British arms industry in danger of placing too many eggs in too few baskets.

The deal helped sustain BAE through some of its leanest years and arguably preserved Britain's ability to build military jets (many of which have proved difficult to sell to anyone else).Last year another deal was agreed to supply 72 Eurofighter Typhoons and other services that may eventually be worth as much as the original Al Yamamah contract.

The navy's fleet of destroyers and frigates was cut to 25, about the minimum that is currently imaginable.Meanwhile, the ministry is wedged into several Cold War procurement programmes, including the acquisition of 144 mostly-unwanted Eurofighter Typhoons at £50m a pop.

It has the Philippines' best farmland and receives steady rainfall throughout the year, instead of the seasonal typhoons that plague the central and northern islands.

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However, since the earthquake follows a string of nasty typhoons that have swept Japan in recent months, some economists worry that the natural disasters will take a toll on consumer confidence and spending.

Dhaval Joshi of BCA Research reckons that this is the first time profits have outperformed wages in absolute terms in 50 years.In this section From tsunamis to Typhoons Fat-tail attraction Marx, Mervyn or Mario?