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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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Europe needs defence investments of €500 billion over next decade just to cover air defence system

Norbolsa: Europe-defence: the debate continues on how to raise defence spending in Europe. The pressure of war, Putin’s threat and Trump’s pressure to raise the contribution to NATO are heating up the debate, but it remains deadlocked on how to do it: whether from national budgets, jointly from Europe or by creating a new funding vehicle. It is estimated that Europe requires investments of €500 billion over the next decade,…


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US Congress close to agreeing stopgap spending bill to avoid government shutdown this Saturday

BancaMarch | The US Congress is close to agreeing on a stopgap government spending bill to avert Saturday’s government shutdown. The temporary measure will fund the government until 14 March. Lawmakers have agreed to add a number of provisions, including more than $100 billion in funding for disaster relief, more than $10 billion in economic assistance for farmers and authorising the sale of E15, a fuel blend that is 15%…


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Spain: PNV refuses to support extraordinary tax on energy companies

Reconciling the support of center-right nationalist parties, such as the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) or Junts per Catalunya (the party of the fugitive Puigdemont), with that of extreme left parties (Podemos, Sumar…) was possible a year ago, to elevate Pedro Sánchez to the presidency of the Government despite having lost the elections. Spain has never had a weaker government, more willing to stay in power by making the necessary concessions…


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Indra showcases capabilities of state-of-the-art Cyber Situational Awareness System

Link Securities | The company, invited by NATO’s Allied Command Transformation (ACT), demonstrated at one of the world’s largest collective cyber defence exercises, the Cyber Coalition 2024 held in Estonia from 2-6 December, the concept and capabilities of a new state-of-the-art Cyber Situational Awareness System, digital portal Bolsamania.com reported yesterday. The platform (called CySAS, Cyber Situational Awareness System) provides a real-time view of operations being conducted in and through cyberspace…


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Meliã makes new asset sale, 25% of two hotels in Punta Cana, for €60 million

Intermoney | According to various media reports, Meliã (Buy, P.O. 9.0) has reached an agreement with Dominican entity Grupo Popular for the sale of 25% of two hotels (Paradisus Palma Real Golf & Spa and ZEL Punta Cana) in Punta Cana for €60 million. No further details have been given regarding the price paid compared to the last valuation or how it will affect its bottom line. Assessment: Positive news,…


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ACS subsidiary Turner to build state-of-the-art Emergency Operations Centre in Costa Mesa, California

Link Securities | Turner, ACS’s US subsidiary, has won a $158 million (around €150.4 million) contract to build a state-of-the-art Emergency Operations Center in Costa Mesa (California, USA), Expansión reports today. As reported by Turner on Monday, the facility will strengthen emergency preparedness and response capabilities in Southern California by providing critical infrastructure for disaster and emergency management. The centre will coordinate emergency management and disaster response.


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Eurozone labour costs slow down in Q3, growing 4.6% year-on-year vs. 5.2% previously

Bankinter : Labour Costs rebounded 4.6% in Q3 against 5.2% previously (revised up from 4.7%). Wages were up 4.4% versus 4.9% previously (revised up from 4.5%). Our view: Wage pressures remain elevated and will hamper the ECB’s rate cut process in upcoming meetings. This is especially so as they will be coupled with a more hawkish Fed as a result of the pick-up in inflation that will be triggered by…


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Andrea Orcel’s Bicycle and the BBVA-Sabadell Confusion

Aurelio Medel (5 Días) | The head of Unicredit accelerates acquisitions to maintain profit growth and attempt to lead European consolidation. Andrea Orcel took over Unicredit with the stock below 10 euros and has driven it above 40. However, shares of the second Italian bank began to show signs of fatigue in the summer, and not only because it has already quadrupled its value. It is also due to the…


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Spain: house purchases reach 69,418 transactions in October, highest figure since May 2007

According to the figures released yesterday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), the sale and purchase of homes increased in October by 51.3% year-on-year, reaching a total of 69,418 transactions, the highest figure since May 2007, when over 75,000 sales were recorded. In October, transactions for new homes increased by 83.4% year-on-year, reaching 16,224 transactions, while those for used homes rose by 43.6%, totaling 53,194 transactions. 92.4% of the…


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Corporación Financiera Alba’s delisting offer exceeds company’s 2007 all-time high of €60.70

Alphavalue / Divacons | As we highlighted on Friday, the March family agreed to delist the Spanish holding company through a takeover bid at a price of €84.20/share in cash, which represents a premium of 79.5% over the closing price of €46.9/share. This offer exceeds the all-time high reached in 2007 (€60.70). The takeover bid will be presented by the company together with Carlos March Delgado and his company Son…