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Spains nationalised lenders drawing buyer interest - Econ Min
SANTANDER, Spain June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:48am EDT SANTANDER, Spain June 18 (Reuters) - Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said on Tuesday that some of the country's nationalised lenders, taken over in the wake of a property crash, were beginning to attract interest from potential buyers. Along with the country's biggest state-owned bank, Bankia , Spain's ...
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Spain beats target at bill auction yields jump
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain beat the top end of its targeted amount at a short-term debt auction on Tuesday, though financing costs jumped from previous record lows on investor concerns over global liquidity.The Treasury sold 5.04 billion euros ($6.73 billion) of 6- and 12-month bills compared to target range of 4 billion to 5 billion euros.The 6-month bill sold 1.09 billion euros at an average ...
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Spain Meets Upper Goal at Bill Sale Borrowing Costs Rise
Spain met its upper goal at a bill sale even as its borrowing costs rose ahead of the start of the U.S. Federal Reserve's two-day meeting to review monetary policy. The Madrid-based Treasury sold 5.04 billion euros ($6.74 billion) of bills, compared with an upper target of 5 billion euros. It sold six-month bills at an average 0.821 percent today, up from 0.492 percent on May 14. It ...
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Spain April bad loan ratio rises to 10.9 pct - Bank of Spain
MADRID, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:08am EDT MADRID, June 18 (Reuters) - Spanish banks' bad loans as a percentage of total credit rose to 10.9 percent in April from 10.5 percent in March, Bank of Spain data showed on Tuesday. The increase came after drops at the end of last year and beginning of 2013 as lenders transferred toxic property assets to Spain's so-called bad ...
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Sweden return excites Spains Ainhoa
Explaining that being among the top teams in Europe is like "a prize," goalkeeper Ainhoa insisted thatSpain were going to Sweden determined to compete with the ...
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Barcelona eyeing Botafogo defender Doria
Barcelona are eyeing Botafogo defender Doria.The 18 year-old is attracting major European interest this summer, with Barca and Tottenham in contact.Sport says Barca have made a move for the 18 year-old, with sports chief Andoni Zubizarreta convinced his smooth style can fit into the club's playing system.For all the latest football news go ...
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Why Spain’s tiki taka is very much alive and kicking
Spain's domination of Uruguay in their opening Confederations Cup match suggested that reports of tiki taka's demise are premature, regardless of what happened in the Champions League this season.First half goals from Pedro and Roberto Soldado put Spain in complete control and the final 2-1 scoreline, after Luis Suarez pulled one back with a stunning free kick in the 88th minute, ...
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Spains finance minister says Spain close to overcoming crisis
The Spanish Minister of Finance Cristobal Montoro said that Spain is close to overcoming the economic crisis the country is suffering since 2008, local media reported on Monday.Montoro made this statement at the opening of the courses organized by the Association of Journalists of Economic Information (Apie) and the University Menendez Pelayo in Madrid.Montoro pointed out that the state revenue ...
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Spanish Q1 public debt up to USD1.228tr 88.2 of GDP
(MENAFN) The Bank of Spain released data showing that Spanish public debt rose to a record USD1.228 trillion, which is 88.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of this year, reported Xinhua News. The data also showed that Spanish public debt climbed 4.4 percent compared to ...
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Soldado Spain must find goal-den touch
/enpproperty--> With one-time golden boy Fernando Torres benched it was left to a less-heralded Spanish striker, Roberto Soldado, to show that the world champions still know where the net is. It was his goal that cemented a 2-1 Confederations Cup win over Uruguay on Sunday. Spain's possession-based "tiki-taka" style is designed to frustrate the best of opponents: you ...
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Evgeny Donskoy rallies over John Isner in the Netherlands
John Isner Monday in first-round play of the grass-court Topshelf Open. Donskoy rallied after dropping the first set to bounce the 6-foot-9 Isner 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 6-4 at Autotron Rosmalen in the Netherlands. Joining Isner in the ranks of Day 2 upset victims at the Wimbledon tune-up were No. ...
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Spains public deficit to April around 2.17 percent of GDP
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's public deficit, excluding the accounts of local governments, was in the first four months of 2013 on track to meet end-of-year targets, according to Reuters' calculations using Treasury Ministry data published on Monday. The public deficit to April, excluding the ...
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OAS and Foundation for Documentation Sciences of Spain Sign Agreement to Provide Greater Transparency to Parliaments of the Americas
June 17, 2013 The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Foundation for Documentation Sciences (FCD) of Spain signed a memorandum of understanding that seeks to promote the strengthening of the management of legislatures in the region, through actions that promote transparency, access to public information and citizen participation. The Secretary General of the OAS, José ...
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FC Barcelona Why Laurent Koscielny Should Not Be Barcelonas Top Target
Fans of Barcelona will have their eyes set on constant transfer news this summer regarding defenders. It is no secret that the club must reinforce their back line, but there is no word yet on who will be coming to the ...
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Geologists say tectonic activity could bring Europe America closer
A subduction zone forming off the coast of Portugal is the beginning of a cycle that will eventually see Europe move closer to America, geologists say. Researchers at Australia's Monash University report they've detected the first evidence a passive margin in the Atlantic Ocean is becoming active as a subduction zone. Subduction zones are areas where one of the tectonic plates that ...
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Spains Thiago dreaming of back-to-back titles
Spain's Thiago Alcntara told UEFA.com he "dreams" of scoring the decider against Italy in Tuesday's final as he bids to join an elite list of players to have won back-to-back U21 ...
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Spain’s obsession with high-speed trains runs into budget reality
The administration of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy intends to invest more than EUR25-billion over the next decade to almost double the existing 3,100-kilometre high-speed train network. (JON ...
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Swimming - Fogg Barcelona could be last worlds where I swim 1500m free
Daniel Fogg is well aware that one day he will have to wave goodbye to the pool for good and concentrate purely on making waves in open water ...
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Rights group charges Spain blocked probes of civil war disappearances
Amnesty International charged Monday. The lack of official interest in determining if war crimes were committed during the war and afterwards "is a slap in the face" of families of the missing, Esteban Beltran, director of the Spanish branch of the human rights organization, said in a statement. Beltran said Spanish authorities had refused to open an investigation into possible ...
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Premier League - Koscielnys agent admits interest from Barcelona and Bayern
Laurent Koscielny's agent has encouraged links with Barcelona and Bayern Munich this summer, telling Eurosport both are looking to sign the Arsenal ...
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Spain emerging from crisis minister
SPAIN is emerging from its financial crisis and may be heading for a "turning point" thanks to strengthened public finances, having narrowly avoided a full-scale bailout in 2012, Budget Minister Cristobal Montoro ...
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UEFA Under 21 Championship Final Preview Italy v Spain
Spain can seal a second consecutive UEFA Under-21 Championship crown when they face Italy in the final in Jerusalem on Tuesday.The Spanish starlets won the crown in 2011 in Denmark and are aiming to replicate the achievement of the senior side by securing back-to-back European titles, but will have to overcome a strong Italian outfit to do ...
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Spain might have found new star striker in Brazil
Shaun Botterill/Getty Images RECIFE, Brazil (AP) -- Spain has everything else, and now it seems to have a genuine striker - the one thing the World Cup champions have had trouble finding. New No. 9 Roberto Soldado scored with a perfect finish in Spain's 2-1 victory over Uruguay in the Confederations Cup opener. The Valencia striker scored both goals in Spain's 2-0 victory ...
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Roberto Soldado stars for Spain at Confederations Cup
Shaun Botterill/Getty Images RECIFE, Brazil (AP) -- Spain has everything else, and now it seems to have a genuine striker - the one thing the World Cup champions have had trouble finding. New No. 9 Roberto Soldado scored with a perfect finish in Spain's 2-1 victory over Uruguay in the Confederations Cup opener. The Valencia striker scored both goals in Spain's 2-0 victory ...
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Spain dominates Uruguay wins 2-1 in Confederations Cup
Robert Cianflone/Getty Images RECIFE, Brazil (AP) -- Spain dominated its Confederations Cup opener against Uruguay, winning 2-1 on first-half goals by Pedro and Roberto Soldado. Spain had a little luck with the first goal, which may have been heading wide when it took a huge deflection off Uruguay defender Diego Lugano to beat goalkeeper Fernando Muslera. The second was perfect ...
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Barcelona on the frontline in the cancer fight
Cancer has become the leading killer of the elderly in Europe; it is an awful, painful disease that has become something akin to a pandemic. Progress has been made in its diagnosis, and further progress is being made in its treatment, and Barcelona, by hosting the European Breast Cancer Conference, is playing a major part in the sharing of ideas and knowledge to facilitate improvements and new breakthroughs.
The city of Barcelona will play a significant role in the prevention and promotion of awareness of breast cancer when it hosts the annual European Breast Cancer Conference this year. Breast cancer is among the leading killers of women around the world, and although mortality has begun to drop worldwide, and especially in Europe, there is still much progress that can be made. Read more
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