Davos in brief
MADRID | By JLM Campuzano, Citigroup analyst | The World Economic Forum hosted in Davos these days focused its debates on how reliable is the economic recovery, central banks and currency exchange.
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US banks join foreign governments against Volcker rule
NEW YORK | It has been one of the main topics at Davos, according to The New York Times: A number of foreign officials complaining to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner about the Volcker rule. It hasn’t come from the usual suspects, American banks, but from other governments. European, Japanese and Canadian officials have objected to one aspect of this already polemic new regulation: the fact that it restricts US banks…
Acciona, Repsol, Iberdrola and Inditex in Global 100 sustainable firms list
Acciona, Repsol, Iberdrola and Inditex are the only Spanish companies listed in the ranking of the 100 most sustainable companies in the world –’Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World 2012 ‘– that was presented during the celebration of the Davos World Economic Forum and developed by the magazine ‘Corporate Knights’. Acciona is the first Spanish company to appear in the ranking, where it stands at place 37, it is followed…