Spain

  • May 7, 2012
  • 2 min read

Spanish crisis could weaken Rajoy quickly

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

Spain
  • Apr 27, 2012
  • 2 min read

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
  • 2 min read

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
  • Apr 18, 2012
  • 2 min read

Budget 'slippage' will raise Italy's and Spain's costs

Prime Minister Mario Monti's government will revise Italy's deficit and growth targets today.

Italy
  • Apr 17, 2012
  • 6 min read

High unemployment threatens Spain's pension fund

Spain's unemployment rate, the highest in the EU at 23.6%, is undermining consumer demand,...

Spain