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Markets 29th April 2014

Market chatter: Spain gloomy jobless rate, Santander 1Q results and much more

MADRID | By Jaime Santisteban | Spain’s unemployment rate climbed to nearly 26 per cent in 1Q, official data showed Tuesday, despite the positive growth figures the government is proudly showing. Markets are weighing the effects of those numbers on the country’s sluggish recovery, the same day Spanish bank Santander announced an 8% profit increase in 1Q. Spain only accounts for 14% of the entity’s profits, while the UK is already 20%. 

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Spanish economy 20th February 2014

The controversy of Spain’s Iberdrola speaking English

MADRID | By Julia Pastor | Words from the energy firm’ s president Ignacio Sánchez Galán saying before international investors that “they were more British, US and Mexican that Spanish” to explain each corporate bussiness’ importance on the company’s balancesheet has been a kind of hurt. Furthermore, Iberdrola announced  a cut of investments in Spain: of an overall €9,600bn, only €1.5 which means 15%, will come to the country and be limited to maintenance operations, while the UK will be the major destination with 41% of investments. Against the background of the controversial energy reform having place, the debate between Spanish government and energy industry is getting hotter.

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Markets 16th July 2012

ACS avoids guarantees on its Iberdrola stock after refinancing from SG

MADRID | ACS reported that Société Général has agreed to refinance part of the debt of its 8.25 percent acquisition of Iberdrola. The transaction, signed by ACS’ subsidiary Residencial Montecarmelo, allows to substitute the loan currently held with a syndicate of banks, in which BBVA acted as agent. The operation accounts for €1.6 billion and will leave ACS with a 6.6 percent stake in Iberdrola, that is, ACS will still…

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Companies 12th July 2012

Iberdrola sells Energetix, NYSEG Solutions in the US to UK’s Centrica

MADRID | Spain's Iberdrola today announced an agreement by which Iberdrola USA will sell to Direct Energy the 100% of its unregulated gas and electricity retail companies Energetix and NYSEG Solutions, both based in New York State for $110.2 million. The two companies in the process of being sold provide electricity, natural gas and energy related products and services to residential, small business, large commercial and industrial customers. As of the end…

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Companies 16th February 2012

Iberdrola to upgrade UK electricity grid by more than 2,000 MW

Through its subsidiary ScottishPower and National Grid, Iberdrola on Thursday announced the award of a £1bn contract to Siemens and cable manufacturer Prysmian, in order to build the first ever sub-sea electricity link between Scotland and England, Wales. The major grid upgrade will increase the capacity of electricity flowing between England and Scotland by more than 2,000 megawatts (MW), allowing new renewable energy projects to be developed in Scotland that could…

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Markets 14th October 2011

Bond markets are (sort of) open to peripheral issuers

Iberdrola and Telecom Italia were on Thursday able to issue debt in the primary market, in bonds for a total amount of €600mn at four years and €750mn  at five years, respectively. According to analysts at Banco Santander “issuers took advantage of a perhaps passing opportunity to place debt, long before the critical dates of the European Counci