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Varshavsky wins BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

MADRID | The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Biomedicine category went in this fourth edition to Alexander Varshavsky of California Institute of Technology. According to the jury, Varshavsky’s research has spawned a whole new field in biomedicine, since it is now known that defects in protein degradation mechanism underlie a wide variety of pathologies. His work, as such, has a bearing on the understanding of cancers, immune…


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Davos, from rebel igloos to Doctor Who

By Julia Pastor in Madrid, and Ana Fuentes in New York | El País. The Spanish minister of Economy, Luis de Guindo, assured the World Economic Forum at Davos that Spain will set the structural deficit at 0% for the whole of the country’s regional governments from year 2020 on, despite Brussels does let the states fix it at 0,5% “There is a need to send a signal to the markets,” said the minister during…



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Weekend link fest

A curated selection of links we hope can enlighten us all; some come from our corner, some do from other corners of the net. And as always, our comment widgets are anxious to get your suggestions. The euro debt drama explained in 100 words It’s not the banker’s pay system, populace! EC’s Tajani: don’t worry Cameron will U-turn Former Santander banker, now Lloyds boss says no to bonus Manufacturing jobs rise…


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Weekend link fest

A curated selection of links we hope can enlighten us all; some come from our corner, some do from other corners of the net. And as always, our comment widgets are anxious to get your suggestions. Discounts in US retail sector, too In short: the euro has no hope yet What the central banks should be doing next Putin’s Russia has opposition, but it doesn’t have a leader Hello, Europe! Do…


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Weekend link fest

A curated selection of links we hope can enlighten us all; some come from our corner, some do from other corners of the net. And as always, our comment widgets are anxious to get your suggestions: Has social media changed the financial industry? How Britain could leave the euro Why David Cameron’s UK deserves another chance in the EU Banks fear sovereign debt A document which every investor in the euro…


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Weekend link fest

A curated selection of links we hope can enlighten us all; some come from our corner, some do from other corners of the net. And as always, our comment widgets are anxious to get your suggestions: Why there is further pressure about to fall all over the euro Who’s blocking the Congressional Insider Trading Act? The EU is about to invade Great Britain!!! What David Cameron really, really wanted What have…


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Weekend link fest

A curated selection of links we hope can enlighten us all; some come from our corner, some do from other corners of the net. And as always, our comment widgets are anxious to get your suggestions: How Greenpeace tricked big oil firm representatives into a meeting OPEC summit and worries about oversupply The last major US airlines falls Angela, please, listen I don’t want to pay taxes either! You don’t know…