Hints and tips:
...Concern is growing about the power invested in Ordóñez’s office. There has been mumbling in Congress about this before....
...Trouble in the regions The origins of the institution that did so much damage to Spain are in the country’s regions, which have gained considerable powers in recent years....
...The Frob’s capital is being raised from €9bn to €15bn by the state, and it has the power to deploy up to €99bn by borrowing money on its capital....
...The government, which took power last month, wants Bankia to seek a merger that would create the country’s largest domestic lender by assets....
...The detailed plan announced by the centre-right government last week, five weeks after it replaced the Socialists in power, obliges banks to find about €50bn from profits and capital this year to boost bad...
...Cristóbal Montoro, PP finance spokesman and probable future budget minister, hinted darkly at misdeeds, threatened to rewrite the conditions of the sale if the PP took power and accused the government of...
...La Caixa – or Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona (Barcelona savings and pensions bank), to give it its full name – has long been the dominant financial power in the city of Barcelona and the autonomous...
...Wednesday’s bomb coincides with efforts by the International Red Cross and Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba to broker the release of two soldiers kidnapped by the Farc....
...An internal power struggle at Caja Madrid could also delay the deal, according to people with knowledge of the situation. Any board split at the lender could delay its vote on merger terms....
...But the crisis is shifting the balance of power. The premium passenger traffic that BA has been banking on fell 8.6 per cent in September and the forecast for the next few months is gloomy....
...Sector leaders such as La Caixa, with its portfolio of equity in some of Spain’s biggest listed companies, are also important corporate power brokers....
...CVC has lined up an impressive array of banking power behind its proposed bid for Spanish tobacco firm Altadis, reports El Pais on Friday....
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