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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.
Cellnex

Companies, European economy, Ibex 6th July 2022

Deutsche Telekom’s decision on the sale of its towers could be revealed this week

Renta 4 | According to Bloomberg, the consortium formed by KKR, GIP and Stonepeak would be tabling a more attractive offer for Deutsche Telekom’s towers than that presented by Cellnex and Brookfield. The possibility that Vodafone, via its affiliate Vantage, and even American Tower, have already withdrawn from the process, also appears to be ruled out. The news report says that Deutsche Telekom’s decision could be revealed before the end…

Acciona

Companies, Ibex, Relevant News Item 6th July 2022

Acciona wins contract to build a 15km ring road in Australia with an overall budget of around €700 M

Intermoney | Acciona (Buy, Target Price 210 euros/share) continues to grow in the public works sector in Australia. It has been chosen as one of the contractors to build a 15km ring road in Queensland. The overall budget for the project is around 1 billion Australian dollars (some 700 million euros). Along with a local firm, Acciona has won, provisionally, one of the lots awarded with a investment budget of…

Abengoa anticipates tripling its billing in 10 years

Spanish economy 6th July 2022

Public Administrations Try To Save Abengoa

The Central Government and the Andalusian Regional Government agreed on Monday to “delimit” the network of around 300 subsidiaries of multinational Abengoa that could be saved. This will necessarily require them to have business activity and a workload. In any case, the operation will require the backing of Brussels, according to both administrations. Their work begins this Tuesday with a technical working group to analyse the viability plan presented by…

Forty years of Spanish constitution: What's next?

Spanish economy, Spanish Politics 5th July 2022

The Government Will Today Approve Extraordinary Spending Of 1 Billion Euros On Defence. His Podemos Partners Say Sánchez Has Lost His Way

The government will today approve a loan of up to 1 billion euros for the Ministry of Defence, according to El País. A decision that does not have the approval of Unidas Podemos and was not even consulted over with them, according to purple sources. However, government sources specify that “all ministerial departments were informed” in the General Commission of Secretaries of State and Undersecretaries held the previous week. They…

BBVA

Companies, Ibex, Relevant News Item 5th July 2022

BBVA, top pick in Spanish banking sector for the quarter on possible hike in Mexico guidance

Morgan Stanley | A more positive tone or guidance concerning NII should continue providing support for the Spanish banks. We recall that last week we raised our estimates for NII by an average 5% after incorporating 100 bp of rate hikes vs a previous 50 bp. This should offset the impact of an average 15 bp in CET1 due to the rise in bond yields. Asset quality should remain stable. BBVA…

Nuclear energy in Spain

European economy 4th July 2022

Even In Gas Crisis, Germany Refuses Nuclear Power

Nick Ottens (Atlantic Sentinel) | Germans are urged to ration gas. “We are in the midst of a gas crisis,” according to economy and climate minister Robert Habeck. “From now on, gas is a scarce asset.” Russia has reduced supplies to what is its largest customer in the EU in anger over the bloc’s support for Ukraine. All consumers, whether in industry, in public institutions or private households, should reduce…

Repsol

Companies, Ibex, World economy 4th July 2022

Germany, Canada negotiate investing €2 B in Repsol’s Saint John LNG plant

Renta 4 | Germany and Canada are negotiating an investment of 2 billion euros in the Saint John LNG regasification plant, owned by Repsol. The aim is to be able to export gas to Europe to reduce dependence on Russia, according to press reports. The Canadian Environment Minister has indicated that Repsol’s plant would be the one which could most quickly make the deployment, as it already has the infrastructure…

employment office inside

Spanish economy 4th July 2022

Spain: Unemployment Falls By 42,409 In June

The number of unemployed registered in the offices of the public employment services (formerly Inem) fell by 42,409 in June (-1.4%). This brings the total number of unemployed below 2.9 million for the first time since autumn 2008. Specifically, June closed with 2,880,582 unemployed, its lowest figure since October 2008, at the beginning of the financial crisis, according to data published Monday by the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy….

Repsol entrada

Companies, European economy, Ibex 4th July 2022

Repsol and Ardian bid for majority stake in PLT Energía

Renta 4 | Repsol would be interested in buying Italian renewables company PLT Energía. Repsol and the French fund Ardian are bidding for a majority stake in the Italian firm valued at 1 billion euros, according to press reports. In the event the possible purchase happens at some point in the future, it would mean Repsol disembarking in the Italian energy market. Swedish fund EQT would also be interested in…

Government

Spanish Politics 4th July 2022

Sánchez: There Is A “Conspiracy Of Dark Powers” That Wants To “Overthrow” The Government

In Spain “there are dark powers” that try to boycott the government because it is “annoying”, “uncomfortable”. These powers “yearn for an old order”. And they have “media and political terminals”, which they do not hesitate to use to “demobilise the electorate” and “strike” at the coalition government, until “the progressives give up”. We do not know their faces, but they are “gentlemen with cigars” meeting in the “cenacles of…