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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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Whatever happens in Athens

http://exbacksms.com/ How to win back your ex By Luis Arroyo, in Madrid | Everybody is now praying for a solid coalition to form in Greece's government, a partnership that keeps tightening the rope of public spending. On the contrary, the left, whether via moderate Pasok or other radicalised groups, may have a greater role than many like to imagine. It doesn't matter. Time goes by. Greece needs more money. And…


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Tuesday’s German charts: economic sentiment crashes

http://exbacksms.com/ How to win back your ex euro area's GDP shrinks by -0.3 percent. The survey's results for the whole European Union, understandably, spells pessimism, too: it has fallen from -2.4 to -20.1, due not only to perceptions of the current situation but also to how the medium term looks like. zp8497586rq


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Inditex acquires Zara store premises in London’s Oxford street

How to make wife jealous LONDON | Inditex confirmed it has acquired the premises of Zara flagship store at the intersection of Oxford and New Bond streets in London, one of the top fashion retailing destinations worldwide. The 7,000-square-metre property is home to one of the most emblematic Zara stores in the world. The building has 3,155 square metres of prime retail space and 3,855 square metres of prime office…


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Forget banks and the deficit, Spain must cut down imports

how to get a ex back By Kike Vázquez | www.cotizalia.com | The crisis in Spain is not the consequence of unemployment or of the State deficit. It isn’t even due to the banking sector. These are just symptoms of the real cause. What is the underlying problem, then? In my opinion, it is one single variable: competitiveness. The fact of joining the euro meant a higher effort than expected…


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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. Do investing strategies need a tech revolution? Germany forgot about the 1930s


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US financial firms will have to replace $800 billion by 2015

LONDON | US corporate borrowers have nearly $3 trillion in rated debt that will mature by year-end 2016, according to risk agency Standard & Poor's estimates. In its June report about refinancing needs in the US, S&P analysts said the overall issuance volume in the US is sufficient to refinance this term schedule, but there could be foreseen potential friction for two areas of the corporate credit market: the lowest rated…


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Italian banks face problematic funding for up to €42 billion in capital needs

By Tania Suárez, in Madrid | The Italian banking system is, too, in the spotlight. Experts at Morgan Stanley consider that the problems of the Italian banking sector are not comparable to the Spanish banking, although there are important risks to take into account. These analysts recommend taking a cautious stand if there isn’t a coordinated solution at European level. In that sense, they reduce to neutral their recommendation for…


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FCC’s Alpine reaches €1 billion-worth contract line in 2012

MADRID | In a bid to offset its exit from the Greek market, Alpine, FCC's subsidiary in Central and Eastern Europe, said it will concentrate a commercial offensive in its domestic markets. Alpine would have unpaid bills in Greece of up to €20 million, according to the Spanish press reports. At a news conference in Gdansk, the company's new CEO Johannes Dotter announced that the company had already landed contracts worth close…


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Is the German bund… the next bubble?

By Pablo M. Simón and Inés Abril, in Madrid | Panic is gathering momentum, and money is flying away from Spain into other countries of the euro zone. The latest data from the national balance of payments show the fastest flight of capital so far, even higher than that after the collapse of Lehman Brothers. The bad new is that the spiral of fear that affects investors is causing uncontrolled reactions:…


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Euro area hourly labour costs rose by 2.0%

Hourly labour costs in the euro area rose by 2.0% in the year up to the first quarter of 2012, compared with 2.8% for the previous quarter, Eurostat reported today. In the European Union, the annual rise was 1.7% up to the first quarter of 2012, compared with 2.7% for the previous quarter. In the euro area, wages and salaries per hour worked grew by 2.0% in the year up to…