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The Corner has a team of on-the-ground reporters in capital cities ranging from New York to Beijing. Their stories are edited by the teams at the Spanish magazine Consejeros (for members of companies’ boards of directors) and at the stock market news site Consenso Del Mercado (market consensus). They have worked in economics and communication for over 25 years.
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Companies 16th February 2026

European Council calls for facilitating mergers in TMT sector

Banc Sabadell | The European Council has agreed to ask the European Commission to change the regulation on concentration in the TMT sector to facilitate mergers, which are necessary to boost innovation and investment in infrastructure. We note that the EC is in the process of approving the Digital Networks Act, although the draft disappointed the sector, as the measures envisaged to facilitate concentration are not forceful. Assessment: This is…

Airtificial

Companies 16th February 2026

Airtificial expands industrial reach to electric and hybrid trucks and buses with two contracts worth €3 million

Link Securities | The Airtificial Intelligent Robots division has signed two contracts worth a combined total of approximately €3 million for the design and manufacture of two advanced industrial automation lines for the manufacture of large electric and hybrid vehicles. The projects were awarded by two direct international suppliers based in the United States and China and were installed at the plants of two end vehicle manufacturers in Germany and…

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In Spain 16th February 2026

Final CPI for January in Spain falls to 2.3% year-on-year compared to preliminary figure of 2.4%

Bankinter | The final CPI for January registered 2.3% year-on-year, down from the preliminary figure of 2.4% and from 2.9% in December. In contrast, the underlying rate remained at 2.6% annually, in line with the preliminary figure and that of December 2025. In month-on-month terms, the overall rate was confirmed at 0.4% down (0.4% preliminary) and the underlying rate at 0.6% down compared to the anticipated 0.5%. Analysis team’s view:…

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Companies 16th February 2026

IAG preview: with sights set on 2026, more moderate growth likely; new buyback plan possibly to be announced

Renta 4 | IAG (IAG) will publish its Q4 25 results on Friday 27 February before the market opens and will hold a conference call at 9:45 a.m. Target price €5.30/share, Overweight. We expect traffic data to continue growing at a low single digit in Q4: capacity 2.3% and demand 2% compared to Q4 24 to meet its 2025 capacity target of 2.5% compared to 2024. We estimate that unit…

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Companies 16th February 2026

Venezuela plans to grant Repsol and Chevron more oil exploration and production blocks

Link Securities | Venezuela plans to grant more oil exploration and production blocks to Repsol (REP) and Chevron (CVX-US), in a move that is part of the pressure from the Donald Trump administration for private companies to rebuild the country’s energy sector, according to Bloomberg and Bolsamanía. According to the US media outlet, officials in Caracas are ready to award the new blocks as early as this week. The aim…

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Companies, Ibex 16th February 2026

CNMC asks Red Eléctrica to submit grid access capacity map before 20 February

Link Securities | The National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) has given Red Eléctrica (REE), a subsidiary of Redeia (RED), until Friday 20 February to submit the so-called ‘map of electricity transmission network access capacity’, according to Expansión newspaper. In other words, the high-voltage network operator in Spain must detail which nodes are available to connect new electricity consumers, such as data centres. The CNMC is thus putting pressure…

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In Spain 16th February 2026

176,000 doctors across Spain begin week-long strike

More than 176,000 doctors from all over Spain—those working within the National Health System—are beginning a week-long strike this Monday to voice their rejection of the “Estatuto Marco” (Framework Statute) negotiated between the Ministry of Health and the unions involved in the negotiating table. For months, as evidenced by previous walkouts and mobilizations, they have been demanding their own specific statute. In addition to this first week of February, which…

Squirrel media

Companies 13th February 2026

Squirrel Media joins MSCI Global Micro Cap Index on 27 February

Link Securities | Squirrel Media (SQRL) has received confirmation from MSCI Inc. (Morgan Stanley Capital International) regarding the Company’s inclusion in the MSCI Global Micro Cap Index, effective at the close of trading on 27 February 2026. The indices compiled by MSCI are widely recognised international benchmarks used by institutional managers and passive investment vehicles across multiple geographies and asset classes. Consequently, their composition may determine capital movements associated with…

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Companies 13th February 2026

Colonial optimises portfolio by selling Vocento’s former headquarters and ABC newspaper’s offices

Link Securities | The REIT has sold the office building located at Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena 7, in Madrid, a property that housed the headquarters of the Vocento Group and the editorial offices of the ABC newspaper for more than three decades,which were subsequently moved to another asset also owned by the company at Josefa Valcárcel 40, according to Bolsamania.com. The transaction is part of the group’s strategy of…