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Pfizer vaccine

Pfizer agrees to cut COVID vaccine orders with EU due to falling demand

Bankinter | Pfizer and the EU have agreed to reduce the number of doses to be delivered by an undisclosed number and, to delay the validity of the contract to 2026. The reason is the drop in demand for vaccines and booster doses and that several countries have destroyed vaccines after their expiration date. The initial contract is dated May 2021 and contemplated the acquisition of 900M doses and an…


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French State raises its stake in EDF to 97.69%, plans to reach full ownership by 8 June via squeeze-out

Santander | EDF has announced that the takeover bid for its shares by the French state has raised the state’s stake in the company to 97.69% of the share capital and that the state will now seek to acquire the minority stakes through a squeeze-out process, which it expects to result in full state ownership by 8 June. In addition, EDF issued a press release yesterday to announce that the…


Talgo

Talgo to make the first Talgo Avril units available to Renfe in November

Link Securities| Talgo (TLGO) will make the first units of the Talgo Avril very high-speed train available to Renfe in November. According to a statement by the company on Tuesday, they will be ready to go into commercial operation. In this sense, Talgo has indicated that the November date will be reached “provided that the other actors involved in this process comply with the deadlines they have provided Talgo with…


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Iberdrola and IFC team up on renewable projects in emerging countries such as Poland, Morocco and Vietnam

Link Securities| The Spanish company and the International Finance Corporation, which belongs to the World Bank Group have announced their union to promote the energy transition in emerging countries, the financial portal bolsamania.com reported on Tuesday. Both institutions have launched an alliance to support clean energy and decarbonisation in different developing countries. The agreement is structured in three pillars, according to IBE: (i) First, IFC will provide IBE with a…


The EU should dismantle Facebook

Irish Data Protection Commissioner imposes highest ever fine – €1.2bn – on Meta

Bankinter: The Irish Data Protection Commission imposes a €1.2 billion fine on the technology company for transferring European citizens’ data to the US in breach of EU legislation. Analysis team’s opinion: Bad news, but already expected. It is a significant amount. The largest fine imposed so far. It compares with the €746m the EU fined Amazon in 2021 and is about 4% of Meta’s estimated PBT for the whole of…


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NH Hotels appoints Dillip Rajakarier, CEO of Minor, as new group chairman

Link Securities | The Board of Directors of NH Hotel Group (NHH) held on Thursday agreed to appoint Dillip Rajakarier, CEO of Minor, as the new chairman of the Spanish hotel group, according to elEconomista.es. In addition, NHH’s current CEO, Ramón Aragonés, will also take on the role of vice-chairman, the decision comes after the group’s three independent directors resigned on Tuesday 16 May to express their opposition to the…


Spanish shopping centres

Merlin sells two shopping centres to Hungarian fund Indotek for undisclosed sum

CdM| The Hungarian real estate fund Indotek Group has acquired two shopping centres, one located in Valencia and the other in Barcelona, from Merlin Properties Socimi, without disclosing the amount of the transaction. In a statement, the fund has detailed that, with this transaction, it seeks to consolidate its presence in the country and substantially increase the surface area of its commercial assets in the Iberian Peninsula, where it already…


E.On

E.ON could sell npower, one of UK’s largest electricity retailers for industrial users

Santander | E.ON is reportedly considering the sale of npower, one of the largest electricity traders serving industrial users in the United Kingdom. According to the article that reports this, Centrica and ScottishPower have announced in recent months their intention to exit from marketing to large corporate customers due to high price volatility and low margins. Assessment: E.ON acquired npower from innogy in 2019 and subsequently transferred npower’s residential and…


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Aena registers 77.4 M passengers between January and April, 1.9% more than in same period of 2019

Link Securities| Aena’s network airports closed 4M2023 with a total of 77.4 million passengers, 32.7% more than in the same period last year and 1.9% more than in 4M2019. A total of 695,549 aircraft movements were recorded between January and April (1.5% more than in 2019) and 336,909 tonnes of cargo were transported, which is 0.1% more than in the same period of 2019. In the month of April 2023,…


Tesla

Tesla to consider advertising its products, demand problems?

Bankinter: Good performance on Wednesday after the messages launched at the Shareholders’ Meeting. The highlights are: (i) Musk stated that he will remain at the helm of Tesla, dismissing rumours of his possible retirement now that he is also in charge of Twitter. (ii) Deliveries of the Cybertruck will begin this year. (iii) Tesla is working on the development of two new models. (iv) It will consider starting to announce…