Noticias de September, 2008

Spain says its banks and savings are safe

Economy Minister Pedro Solbes told a news conference. "The system is reasonably comfortable and is not in a comparable situation to other countries."
|Spain on Tuesday assured savers their savings were not at risk and the Spanish financial system was sound as financial turmoil slammed banks in northern Europe.
"With available data, we think that the Spanish financial system is in no danger," Economy Minister Pedro Solbes told a news conference. "The system is...

Spain financial system not in any danger-Solbes

we think that the Spanish financial system is in no danger," Solbes said as he presented the 2009 budget bill.
|Spains financial system faces no danger Economy Minister Pedro Solbes said on Tuesday, adding that Spaniards should know their savings are not at risk in any institution.
"With available data, we think that the Spanish financial system is in no danger," Solbes said as he presented the 2009 budget bill.
He said the solvency of the financial system in Spain is the envy...

Spain?s September Inflation Slows as Growth Fades, Oil Falls

The oil price has come down quite a way and that will have an impact |Inflation in Spain eased for a second month in September as slower economic growth relieved pressure on prices and oil fell.

Consumer prices gained 4.6 percent from a year earlier using the European Unions calculation method after a 4.9 percent increase in August, the Madrid-based National Statistics Institute said in an e-mailed press release today. Economists expected Spanish price gains to slow to 4.7 percent...

Shanghai won?t be another Barcelona insists AMD

So itll be on time and work properly

|AMD INSISTS that Shanghai, its next generation of server-centric processor chips, wont be plagued by the same problems that hampered its roll-out of Barcelona, damaging the companys reputation and profitability.

The worlds second largest chip shop admitted that it had made huge mistakes getting Barcelona to market, and that production cock-ups and core limitations delayed the launch by up to eight months.

As AMDs Pat Patla told Cnet, "We had...

stock market in Spain continues on downward trend

though the Ibex-35 main index began to recover after dipping 2.3 per cent |The stock market in Spain maintained a downward trend on Tuesday, though the Ibex-35 main index began to recover after dipping 2.3 per cent in reaction to the turmoil on Wall Street. The Santander bank fell 3.15 per cent, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) 2 per cent, the oil company Repsol 1.81 per cent and the telecommunications giant Telefonica 1.49 per cent after trading started in the morning.

The airline......

Spain does not take issue with Chávez?s plans to develop nuclear power

The idea of developing nuclear energy "is not bad" provided that "it meets all the safeguards and protections" | Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos of Spain said on Monday that his government is not at odds with the atomic energy plans that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez could implement with the help of Russia, provided that it is not for military purposes.

The idea of developing nuclear energy "is not bad" provided that "it meets all the...

Trial of Irish man charged with killing wife postponed in Spain

39-year-old Dermot McArdle of Brockfield, Heynestown in Dundalk, Co Louth is alleged to have pushed his wife Kelly Ann Corcoran from a balcony |The trial of an Irish man charged with killing his wife while on holiday in Spain eight years ago was postponed today because of a bomb scare.

39-year-old Dermot McArdle of Brockfield, Heynestown in Dundalk, Co Louth is alleged to have pushed his wife Kelly Ann Corcoran from a balcony on the first night of their holiday in Marbella in February 2000....

Nokia Music Store Launched in Spain

Users will be able to access the Nokia Music Store either from the PC or from their mobile phones in Spain. |Today, Nokia has announced the launch of the Nokia Music Store in Spain . Already boasting a catalog of more than 4 million songs, amongst which users can find all the best selling records, independent labels and national talents, Nokia will provide Spanish consumers with music of all types and for all tastes directly onto their mobiles or PCs. This will be accomplished using a......

Three Englishmen in Spain

Paul Preston, a lapsed Catholic, played the role of the working class Liverpudlian boy whose brilliance saw him win a scholarship to Oxford |The Church of San Juan de los Caballeros was the perfect setting for a discussion of an English love affair with Spain, representing as it does the beauty of the old Catholic country that first seduced them. Part of this years Hay festival in the Castilian town of Segovia, it saw three Englishmen explain how they ended up dedicating their lives to Spain...

Churros in Barcelona

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