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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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Eurozone inflation rebounds in July to 2.6%, core remains at 2.9% for third month in a row

CdM | The inflation rate in the euro area stood at 2.6% year-on-year in July, one tenth of a percentage point higher than the rise in prices observed in June. Moreover, as confirmed by the EU statistics office, Eurostat, in the EU as a whole the rate has risen to 2.8%, two tenths of a percentage point more than in June. The acceleration in price increases in the euro area…


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EC lowers tariffs on Chinese car imports after concluding investigation

Link Securities | As part of the conclusions of the European investigation into China’s anti-competitive subsidies, the European Commission (EC) has revised tariffs on Chinese car imports downwards, after gaining a clearer picture of the support enjoyed by China’s car industry, according to Expansión newspaper on Tuesday. In this sense, the EC said yesterday that it considers that Chinese manufacturers enjoy an “unfair” advantage because of the subsidies they receive…


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Iberdrola included again in international FTSE4Good index

Link Securities | Iberdrola (IBE) has been included for another year in the prestigious FTSE4Good international index, designed to facilitate investments in the world’s most sustainable companies, using ESG (environment, sustainability and governance) criteria as a benchmark, the company announced yesterday. IBE has met the requirements of the committee in charge of deciding the members of the index. In this way, it complies with an increasingly demanding methodology that includes…


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Brookfield negotiates with banks to refinance €10 billion of debt to move forward with Grifols takeover bid

Norbolsa | Brookfield negotiates with banks to refinance €10,000 million of debt to advance in the Grifols takeover bid. Thus, the Canadian fund seeks to cover itself against a possible demand from current creditors to collect the debt before a change of hands in the ownership of the pharmaceutical company, which currently amounts to about €9,500 million.


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Spain’s general government debt soars by €24.769 billion to new all-time high in June

Link Securities | The Bank of Spain (BdE) published on Monday that the debt of the Public Administrations as a whole increased by 1.5% in June compared to May, an increase equivalent to €24,769 million, to €1.624 billion, which is a new all-time record. According to the BdE, using nominal GDP for the last four quarters, the debt-to-GDP ratio stood at 108.2% at the end of 1H2024. According to the…


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EMU announces plan to introduce additional 9% tariff on Tesla cars imported from China

Bankinter | The EMU announces its plan to introduce an additional 9% tariff on Tesla cars imported from China. This figure results from a downward reassessment of the preliminary number. The applied tariff varies between companies in the sector, as the EMU has considered factors such as the company’s country of origin (Chinese-owned companies receive more benefits from the government) or whether they have cooperated with the investigation to determine…


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OHLA delivers first four stations of Miami-Dade County Rapid Transit Corridor

Link Securities | OHLA (OHLA) announced on Tuesday that, through its subsidiary OHLA USA, it has completed an important milestone in the South Corridor Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Florida (United States), with the delivery of the first four BRT stations of this corridor of more than 32 kilometres in length, exclusively for buses. The objective of the contract, valued at €325.9 million and awarded by the Miami-Dade County…


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Talgo could sell 20 high-speed trains to Saudi Arabia, adding around €700m to its order book

Banc Sabadell : The company’s CEO reportedly said that the company had intensified its contacts with the Medina – Mecca consortium with the aim of manufacturing and supplying 20 high-speed trains, according to press reports. According to these sources, the company and the consortium have not reached an agreement on the final price of the trains, since the costs have risen substantially from the €35 million per unit that had…


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Iberdrola to invest €11m in renovating Onda electricity substation in Castellón

CdM | Iberdrola (IBE), through its distribution company i-DE, is to invest €11 million in the extension and renovation of the Corral del Cuervo transformer substation, located in Onda (Castellón). The remodelling of the substation will provide a greater number of 132 kilovolt (kV) line positions, which will make it possible to operate with greater flexibility in the distribution of energy in the area and improve adaptation to operating conditions,…


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US leading indicator deteriorates in July to lowest level since 2016

Bankinter: The leading Indicator deteriorated more than expected in July (-0.6% month-on-month from -0.2% previously and -0.4% expected). The Leading Indicator fell by – 0.6% (month-on-month) in July; in year-on-year terms -5.2%, which broke with the slight trend of improvement of the last six months. From a historical perspective, the indicator registers the lowest level since November 2016 (one tenth below April 2020). By components, the improvement in Consumer Orders…