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Spains borrowing costs rise for first time in four months
By Manuel Mara Ruiz MADRID (Reuters) - Spain paid higher rates on medium-term debt for the first time since early February at an auction on Thursday, as investors reacted to signals that the United States could scale back its monetary stimulus. Yields rose on bonds maturing in three, five and 13 years, but Spain met its target of 4 billion euros and has now completed 57 percent of its ...
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Spain pays higher rates at latest bond auction
Spain has had to pay higher interest rates to auction off €4 billion in governments bonds as investors were unnerved by a sharp drop in global stock markets. Spain's borrowing costs have been falling for months as investors gained confidence in the government's management of its finances and fears of a bailout receded. The Treasury said it sold €1.2 billion in 15-year bonds ...
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Manchester United Step Up Barcelona Midfielder Pursuit
Manchester United keen on Barcelona youngster. Check in to Transfer Window: Done Deal Alerts Manchester United will bid around 15million to bring Barcelona midfielder Thiago Alcantara to the club this summer, according to Marca. The 22-year-old is ...
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Spain Yields Nudge Up Sells More Bonds Than Planned
Spain's borrowing costs nudged up from recent multi-year lows at a bond auction Thursday, but analysts said the rising yields and slightly lower demand than last time didn't suggest investors were losing their appetite for riskier debt. The rise in bond yields in euro-zone markets is partly driven by the U.S. Federal Reserve's cautious scaling down of its bond purchase plan. ...
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Manchester United target Barcelona starlet Thiago Alcantara
The 15m-rated midfielder is also on the radar of Manchester City this summer, with the 22-year-old keen to leave Camp Nou in the pursuit of greater first-team ...
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Spain’s Private Jets Disappearing as Tycoons Cut Flights
Spain 's housing market boomed in the last decade, real estate tycoons fell in love with the idea of getting to construction sites fast. Developers and other business titans binging on easy credit more than doubled the country's corporate jet fleet from 2004 to 2009, to 137 planes. With Spain's economy in freefall and construction largely halted, that shrank to 115 jets in service ...
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Spains CaixaBank Mulls Sale of Part of Inbursa Stake
Spanish lender CaixaBank SA (CABK.MC) said Thursday it is considering the sale of about half of its current 20% stake in Mexico's Grupo Financiero Inbursa SAB de CV (GPFOY) in the Mexican and international markets.In a regulatory filing, CaixaBank said no final decision has been made on the potential deal and this will depend on market conditions.CaixaBank didn't provide any detail on ...
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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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