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Government promotes counter takeover bid for Talgo

The Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, assures that the takeover bid for Talgo by the Hungarian consortium led by the Magyar Vagón group, which in the past had corporate links with Russian companies, enters the geopolitical scene, since TALGO’s movable axle patent is “critical” in areas such as the Baltic countries where the main concern is “military mobility”. “The context is not easy and Talgo has very sensitive material…. “It…

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Banco Santander’s land development subsidiary LandCo reaches profitability target three years ahead of schedule

Link Securities| LandCo, the land development subsidiary of Banco Santander (SAN), has reached profitability three years ahead of its business plan, according to Expansión newspaper. LandCo manages 10,000 plots of land, after selling 4,000 assets since its creation in 2020. The real estate company expects to close land sales for more than €200 million this year. The firm’s land portfolio stands at €1.7 billion, compared to €2.1 billion originally. The…