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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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Vueling (IAG) to invest €5 billion by 2030 as part of fleet renewal and passenger growth plan

Link Securities | Vueling, a member airline of the IAG holding company (IAG), will invest €5 billion by 2030 as part of its plan to renew its entire fleet by 2035 and increase its capacity from the current 40 million passengers to 60 million in the future, according to the newspaper Expansión. The company’s president, Carolina Martinoli, presented the group’s long-term objectives in Barcelona on Wednesday. In the first stage,…


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US inflation remains at 2.7% and core inflation surprises on upside at 2.6%

Bankinter | December inflation was in line with expectations. Core inflation surprised on the upside. Positive reading. CPI remained at 2.7%, as expected. Core inflation, which excludes the most volatile elements of the indicator (fresh food and energy), surprised on the upside, remaining at 2.6% (versus 2.7% expected). By component, petrol was the item that recorded the largest fall within the indicator (a drop of 3.4% year-on-year), while food (up3.1%)…


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Telefónica signs agreement with OpenAI to offer ChatGPT Plus to Movistar customers

Link Securities | Telefónica (TEF) signed an agreement with OpenAI on Tuesday to offer ChatGPT Plus to Movistar customers, according to the newspaper Expansión. Starting on 13 January, Movistar customers can access ChatGPT Plus, one of the most advanced AI assistant subscriptions on the market, designed for continuous conversation, content creation and assistance with everyday tasks, for six months at no additional cost and with no commitment to stay. With…


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Spain Investors Day Kicks Off Today

Today, HM King Felipe VI inaugurates the 16th Spain Investors Day in Madrid. This forum brings together major investors, companies, government officials, and regulators over two days (from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM at the Four Seasons Hotel) to exchange opinions, viewpoints, and concerns. According to Benito Berceruelo, founder of Spain Investors Day, “we must make Spain an attractive country and improve the things we are told to improve.” Regarding…


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Passenger traffic at Aena airports increases 3.9% in 2025 overall, reaching 321.6 million

Intermoney | Aena (AENA) (Hold, Target Price €24) announced on Tuesday, with the market open, its passenger traffic figures for December and for 2025 as a whole. Figures in Spain showed a 3.4% increase last month, exceeding 22 million passengers, of which nearly 10 million were distributed between Barajas and El Prat, which increased their figures by 3% and 6%, respectively. Among the other major airports, those of Málaga (up…


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Ezentis issues new tranche of 220 convertible bonds worth €1.1 million

Link Securities | The company reports that, in relation to the agreement signed with Global Tech Opportunities 30 on 5 August 2024, it has issued a new tranche of 220 convertible bonds, each with a nominal value of €5,000, for a total nominal amount of €1,100,000, under the terms of the Agreement, which have been fully subscribed and paid up by Global Tech Opportunities 30. The corresponding deed of issue…


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Airbus orders in 2025 reflect healthy demand: 889 aircraft compared to 826 in 2024

Banco Sabadell | Airbus published earlier this week, after the market closed, that it had delivered 136 aircraft during December (versus 72 in November 2025 and 123 in December 2024), bringing the total deliveries for 2025 to 793 (versus 766 in 2024, an increase of 3.5%), thus meeting its target of delivering around 790 aircraft this year, which, we recall, it revised downwards in early December ’25 (from 820 aircraft)…


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Iranian economic crisis: rial loses almost 45% against dollar in 2025 with inflation above 40%

Intermoney | On the geopolitical agenda, where there are too many open fronts, issues such as Iran should not be overlooked. Since the beginning of the year, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s regime has been suffering from a wave of protests that are intensifying as a result of a battered economy and the currency crisis. This began at the end of last year, when the Iranian rial reached a historic low of…


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Belgian Courts Seize €482 Million from Spanish State-Owned Enaire Over Unpaid Renewable Energy Awards

The Belgian justice system has ordered the seizure of €482.4 million linked to Eurocontrol payments destined for Enaire, the Spanish state-owned air navigation service provider. This measure serves as a mechanism to guarantee the collection of outstanding compensation owed to investors affected by retroactive cuts to renewable energy subsidies. The move follows legal actions taken by OperaFund, a fund that obtained a favorable ruling in 2019 from ICSID (the World…


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Brussels authorises sale of 75% of Neoenergía, Iberdrola’s Brazilian subsidiary in Dardanelos hydroelectric power plant

Alphavalue/ Divacons | The European Commission yesterday gave the green light to the sale by Neoenergía, Iberdrola’s Brazilian subsidiary, of 75% of its stake in the Dardanelos hydroelectric power plant to the Brazilian subsidiary of the French group EDF. According to a statement from Brussels, the transaction affects the company Águas da Pedra, which manages both power generation at the plant located in Mato Grosso and the transmission lines that…