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UPDATE 2-Austrias Alpine Bau goes bust Spains FCC takes hit
Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:59am EDT * Alpine Bau files for insolvency, to get administrator * Parent FCC to take 289 million euro hit * Thousands of jobs at risk * FCC shares fall 5.9 pct (Combines stories, adds work council head, market reaction) By Michael Shields and Jose Elas Rodrguez VIENNA/MADRID, June 19 (Reuters) - Alpine Bau GmbH, Austria's second-biggest construction firm, filed for ...
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Under-21 star Alvaro Morata set for Madrid stay
Thiago Alcantara stole the show for Spain with a first half hat-trick, leading his side to a 4-2 win over Italy for the European Under-21 ...
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Spain win Under-21 European Championship as Thiago Alcantara inspires them to glory against Italy
Thiago Alcantara inspired Spain Under-21s to European Championship glory, with the reported Manchester United target hitting a hat-trick as Italy were defeated in ...
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Research and Markets Spain Exploration and Production Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020
"Spain Exploration and Production (Upstream) Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020 - Drivers, Challenges, Fields, Blocks, Supply- demand and competitive landscape" report to their offering. Spain oil and gas Exploration and Production industry research work from OGAnalysis is a compulsory report for all analysts involved in the sector. It provides all the key trends and ...
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All the Infanta scandal over recent days comes down to a mistaken DNI number
After all the confusion over the Hacienda claims that the Infanta Cristina had sold land and fincas worth 1.43 million EUR, and after the Hacienda sent that information to the investigating judge, now we known the truth of what happened. After three days of silence Hacienda has now explained that there was an error, but they added that there was so much documentation sent to the judge it ...
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Chief Minister writes to Sr Cristobal Montoro on Spanish Tax Evasion
The Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, has written to Sr Cristobal Montoro, the Spanish Minister for Hacienda, challenging him to work with the Government of Gibraltar to ensure that there is no Spanish tax evasion money in ...
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Olazabal Wins Spains Most Prestigious Sports Award
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Phenomenal Spain leave press purring
From lavish praise for "phenomenal" Spain to Italy's honest assessment, UEFA.com has the press reaction from both nations to the UEFA European U21 Championship ...
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Spanish digital TV operators must pay back 260 million euros - EU
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Spanish television operators must pay back the 260 million euros (223 million pounds) they received to roll out digital TV in rural parts of Spain after the European Commission ruled this amounted to illegal subsidies. The Commission said on Wednesday that money given by Spanish authorities from 2005 to 2008 to companies offering digital terrestrial television (DTT), which ...
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IMF Spains Hard Won Solvency Needs Protection
"Proactive vigilance" is needed to safeguard the "hard won" solvency of Spain's banking system, and Europe needs to do more to ease Spain's financial woes, the International Monetary Fund has warned. In the fund's concluding statement from its most recent visit to Spain, the IMF said decisive action had been taken to clean up the country's banks, but it ...
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300 Years of the Treaty of Utrecht Stamps
Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar and the Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau are issuing two stamps to commemorate the 300th Anniversary of the Treaty of Utrecht 1713-2013 on the 20th June ...
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IMF sees Spain banks non performing loans increasing further
MADRID, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:16am EDT MADRID, June 19 (Reuters) - Non performing loans at Spanish banks are set to increase further in the coming months as a difficult economic outlook weighs on the capacity of households and companies to repay debts, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday. "NPLs typically are lagging indicators. I wouldn't be surprised if ...
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Cavani keen on Madrid
Edinson Cavani would turn down a move to the Barclays Premier League this summer in favour of joining Real Madrid, the Napoli striker's father has revealed.The 26-year-old is one of a number of attacking options Madrid are weighing up in the wake of Gonzalo Higuain's departure, while Chelsea and Manchester City are also believed to be keen to secure his services."Cavani's ...
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IMF calls for urgent steps on Spain unemployment
MADRID -; The International Monetary Fund says recession-wracked Spain is making progress but is urging policymakers both within the country and in Europe to take "urgent action" to slash the country's crippling 27 percent unemployment ...
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Pique advises Thiago to stay at Barcelona
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has urged Thiago Alcantara to stay at the club despite reported interest from Manchester United. The 22-year-old made just 15 starts for Barcelona in last season's La Liga campaign, with the midfielder battling the likes of Xavi and Andres Iniesta for a first-team place. The Italian-born player has always been highly rated and he proved his credentials with a ...
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Real Madrid seeks to lift their 31st League before their fans
It's one or the other. There's no getting around it. Tonight a crowded Palacio de los Deportes will host the last of five battles for the league title. Real Madrid and Barcelona have brought the series to 2-2 and will be making one final intense push to achieve their goal. From what we have seen so far, equality and refereeing controversies included, the fact is that the result remains ...
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Football transfer rumours Barcelona to sign Juan Mata
are planning a 30m swoop. They're already "making overtures" to Mata's father.Once Mata is safely ensconced inside Camp Nou, Barcelona will move quickly to ...
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Spanish Papers Review - Wednesday June 19 2013
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The AVE high speed train carried 5200 passengers on the first day of service on the line between Madrid and Alicante.
Renfe Spanish railways have already some 31,000 tickets for travel between Alicante and Madrid buoyed by the las Hogueras festival in Madrid. The number is 25% higher than the same week last ...
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Easyjet orders 135 new planes but founder Stelios is angry
EasyJet has made a massive order for 135 new planes to renovate their fleet. By doing so the papers are saying they are risking incurring the wrath of the Easyjet founder, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. Indeed the Telegraph reports this morning that the Easyjet founder is to attempt to block the new order. He has a 37% stake in the airline and has accused Easyjet of doing deal with secret ...
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Spains first British Mayor
A student who emigrated from Britain to Spain as a teengager has now been made mayor in her local village of Villaquejida in the province of Len. She becomes the first British-born person to become Mayor of a Spanish town or village. She was elected as councillor in the Union of the People in Len party in 2011 and has now gone on to be Mayor after a power-sharing deal with coalition ...
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Spain Business Brief - Tuesday June 18 2013
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Spain trip helps SLU get ready for soccer season
The rain could not stop the opening of the 95th season of the Muny, which debuted 'Spamalot.' and included a surprise appearance by Eric ...
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BBC gives Spains instrumental national anthem lyrics
, or 'Royal March', is instrumental, but when the British Broadcasting Corporation televised the opening ceremony of Spain's first Cup match they gave it lyrics with subtitles in ...
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In majority-Latino Cornelius its Indian Bollywood not Spanish-language films drawing crowds
June 17--In Cornelius, the city of 12,000 with a majority Latino population, people come from all over the Portland metro area to watch Indian films. On the surface, the trend is surprising. According to the 2010 census, only 2.2 percent of Cornelius' population is Asian, and it is unclear how much of that is Indian. But at Cornelius Cinemas, Bollywood is among the highest rated categories ...
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Spain drags its feet on cloud computing
Cloud computing, a new computing model seen by many as a major advancement in information technology, has been catching on in many developed parts of the world due to the significant benefits the new system offers, but in Spain, where experts say it may be most useful, it has failed to find a home.
Spain is traditionally known as a country that does not like to take risks and likes to maintain the status quo, for this reason other new technologies such as 3-D televisions and the like have not caught on either. But, whereas 3-D TV is a service that is marketed as enhancing one’s viewing pleasure and therefore costs more, cloud computing is a new service that offers real-world savings financially. Read more
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