Spain

  • May 9, 2012
  • 2 min read

EU growth agenda faces uphill battle

EU leaders meet on May 23 to discuss the European growth agenda ahead of their formal summit on...

EU
  • May 8, 2012
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Bankia rescue precedes wider Spanish bank reforms

Rajoy announced yesterday that the state will inject 7-10 billion euros into Bankia on May 11.

Spain
  • May 7, 2012
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Spanish crisis could weaken Rajoy quickly

Manufacturing production plummeted 10.4% year-on-year in March, the Institute for National...

Spain
  • Apr 27, 2012
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Spain's crisis set to turn from chronic to acute

Yesterday Standard and Poor's downgraded Spain's sovereign debt to BBB+ and the country's...

Spain
  • Apr 25, 2012
  • 7 min read

YPF reactions imply low short-term cost for Argentina

The Senate will approve the expropriation of 51% of oil company YPF today. More than a week after...

Argentina
  • Apr 23, 2012
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Argentina may not compensate Repsol

Government claims that Spanish Repsol had stripped oil company YPF of assets may lead to a...

Argentina
  • Apr 19, 2012
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Argentine YPF expropriation advances as Madrid fumes

A Senate commission yesterday approved the bill expropriating 51% of oil company YPF, controlled...

Argentina
  • Apr 19, 2012
  • 2 min read

Highest EU unemployment stores up long-term problems

The EU unemployment rate rose from 10.1% in January to 10.2% in February, while the euro-area's...

EU