MADRID | According to the Spanish daily newspaper Expansión, the A400M (the largest European military airplane) made by Airbus Military is waging a double war. In the first place, it must comply with the new deadlines that were established after the programme was restructured last year. In second place, it must sell 400 planes in order to amortise the three year test flight delay that the prototype suffered and that cost €8…
The Spanish construction company has announced the signing in Russia of the Polar Ural project, the biggest contract in the company’s history. The contract between the Russian company Yamal Railway and OHL ŽS, OHL’s Czech subsidiary, was confirmed on December 9 in Prague during Russian president Dmitrij Medvedev’s visit to the Czech Republic. The OHL group through its Czech subsidiary OHL ŽS will carry out the construction of a 390-km long railway…
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…
By Julia Pastor, in Madrid | The British prime minister, David Cameron, warned during the last few days that he would not accept the reform of the European treaties if the assumed modifications harmed his country’s interests. As it couldn’t be otherwise, he kept his promise. Cameron said on Friday that “it was a difficult decision to make, but the right one. What was proposed is not in accordance with…
By Julia Pastor, in Madrid | The Spanish financial analysts received the news that arrived from Brussels with a certain degree of optimism, not without disappointment, but recognising that the pacts that were achieved imply a step forward. Banco Sabadell experts give an outline summary of the conclusions reached at the meeting. “Starting with the fact that expectations were low and that the market’s sentiment was negative, the final balance is…
By matching US levels of ICT investment, European states could add up to €760 billion to their collective GDP by 2020, which represents a five per cent increase over forecasts, mobile operators’ association GSMA says. “The mobile industry is one of the most capital-intensive industries, with capital expenditures representing 12 per cent of sales on average in 2010. The mobile industry’s investment demand is considerably higher than for other fast-moving, innovation-based…
LONDON | India’s Media and Entertainment (M&E) industry registered revenues of $16.3 billion in 2010, which are expected to be in excess of $25 billion in the next four years, according to Ernst & Young’s report ‘Spotlight on India’s Entertainment Economy‘. The study shows that India’s growing digital media consumption and favorable demographics are key drivers for the media and entertainment industry’s future growth. But John Nendick, Global Media and Entertainment Leader at Ernst &…
By Julia Pastor, in Madrid | Ratings agency S&P’s threat of downgrading the euro zone and the EFSF has fallen like a ton of bricks among leaders and European institutions. Santander analysts believe, however, that it has also been accepted with a certain degree of realism: “The German Minister of finance, Schäuble, commented that the warning is the best incentive to promote a solution to the crisis and regain the confidence…
MADRID | The Spanish press on Wednesday published reports of the newly elected Spanish President Mariano Rajoy’s trip to Marseille, where he will meet with US Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner and then, later on, jointly with French president Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Rajoy will also have the opportunity to meet with the president of the European Commission Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, and with the Polish…