Standard and Poor’s has upgraded the “rating” (credit rating) long and short of Civic Banking, after integration with CaixaBank, announced today by the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) the financial institution. In a statement, Civic Bank notes that the new credit rating granted to the entity’s long-term BBB-(acceptable quality media), while short-term is set to [...]

The Disneyland Paris today launched its celebrations for its twentieth anniversary since its opening in the northeast of the French capital, with shows designed specifically for the event. An evening event entitled “Dreams”, the organizers presented as world premiere, is one of the new park of the U.S. multinational, which opened in 1992 in the [...]

The prime ministers of China and Italy, Wen Jiabao and Mario Monti, held today a meeting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where Chinese leader conveyed the confidence of the second largest economy in the Alpine country’s recovery, according to the Xinhua news agency. “I hope Italy successfully overcome the unfavorable environment [...]

The businessman Carlos Saladrigas called today to “tear down walls” between Cubans on the island and in exile in the United States and demanded that Havana and Washington “normalize the migratory movement” between the two sides of the Straits of Florida. Saladrigas, a leading Cuban exile, gave a lecture today in Havana organized by the [...]

Caixa Galicia Group (NCG), resulting from the merger of Caixa Galicia Caixa Nova y, tuvo join losses in 2011 of 168.7 million euros, from 69.5 million to them fueron Bank of NCG. According to the entity has communicated to the Commission Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), although these losses, a benefit tuvo su result [...]

Vice President of the European Commission, Joaquín Almunia, has defended “a robust competition policy especially in times of crisis”, in concluding his two-day visit to the United States. “I do not agree with the argument that we should be more lenient in applying the competition law of the European Union to help companies weather the [...]

Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism, José Manuel Soria (PP), has described today as “artificial” the controversy that has arisen in the Canary Islands around oil exploration permits awarded to Repsol and has suggested it may be directed against him. In his first public appearance in the Canary Islands since the Council of Ministers unlocked [...]

Spain won a European consent prudent budget 2012-the toughest of its history this year to cut its deficit to three points, but several questions remained on Saturday to the experts on the speed and feasibility of setting. Just announced on Friday in Madrid on budget, Jorg Asmussen, board member of the European Central Bank (ECB), [...]