Noticias de October, 2008

Saras Energia to acquire 81 ERG Petroleos service stations in Spain

The operation, expected to be closed in the first quarter of 2009, has been concluded for a total consideration of E42 million, and is expected to be financed with Sarass internal resources |Italian refiner and fuel marketer Saras Energia has signed a contract with ERG Petroleos for the purchase of 81 ERG service stations located in Spain.

The 81 stations have an average sale volume of 2.5 million liters of fuel per year, in line with the average Spanish sale volumes.

The operation,...

Don?t Jilt your Bride In Spain

A Spanish man who ditched his fiancée days before they were supposed to be married has been ordered to pay her 15,000 euros (£12,000) in compensation.
|The young couple were supposed to wed in their local church in Beniel, in Spains south eastern region of Murcia but less than three weeks before the ceremony, the groom Josef broke off the engagement saying he had "cold feet".

His fiancée, named only as Josefa, decided to sue her partner of several years for...

Il Divo Launch New Album ?The Promise? at Event in Barcelona

| 2009 World Tour Confirmed

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2004, four of the greatest
voices in the world emerged to spearhead an entire musical genre by
bringing the sound of opera to the world of popular music. Now as one of
the most successful groups in the world with over 22 million albums sold,
Il Divo announce their massive touring plans for 2009 at a special event in
Barcelona today to launch their fifth album The Promise which will be
available globally on November 10th......

Spain ?s Santander shelves plans to sell asset management arm

Earlier in the year, the retail bank had hoped to receive approximately ?3 billion for Santander Asset Management, along with the sister insurance business.

|Spains Banco Santander has shelved plans to sell off its asset management arm after finding it difficult to attract buyers in a volatile market.

Earlier in the year, the retail bank had hoped to receive approximately ?3 billion for Santander Asset Management, along with the sister insurance business.

However, reporting a 5% fall in......

Jose Maria Cuevas: Employers? leader in Spain?s transition to democracy

"If I had to choose to give just one word of advice, it would be this: always negotiate, and when negotiation becomes impossible, keep on negotiating."
|The leaders of Spains two biggest trade union federations were among the first to pay homage to the apparently distant, hardnosed former chairman of the Spanish employers federation, José María Cuevas.


Praise for the veteran boss of bosses from such an unexpected quarter is explained by Cuevass skill in steering...

Holiday maker?s terror at zoo vulture attack In Spain

The 56-year-old from Ipswich told yesterday of how she feared she was going to be eaten alive when the metre-long griffon vulture pinned her to the ground while she was watching a birds of prey show on the island.

|She had no doubt taken precautions against sunburn and been warned about timeshare touts. But nothing could have prepared Mary Corcoran for the attack by a vulture on her Tenerife holiday.

The 56-year-old from Ipswich told yesterday of how she feared she was going to be eaten......

Metallica Drawing: Skeleton and Girl With Gun

British expat becomes ?accidental? mayor of Costa Blanca Spain

A British expatriate who speaks only a smattering of Spanish has become the "accidental mayor" of a town on Spains Costa Blanca after a wave of corruption arrests. |Mark Lewis, 58, has been left in charge of the town hall in San Fulgencio after the mayor, deputy mayor and four senior councillors were all taken into police custody following allegations of real estate corruption.

Mr Lewis, who lives in Spain with his wife and daughter, was given the title by default on Wednesday on the...

Malaga vs Barcelona Match preview

After a poor start both Malaga players and fans were disappointed and pessimistic. Coach Antonio Tapia wisely realised the opening failures as minor problems of the returnee among the Spanish elite |Barcelona are in excellent scoring run, they solve their games with fivers and sixers while Malaga can?t be recognized. Is it the same team that were three rounds ago considered already relegated. It seems not as their four-game winning run launched them on sixth place on the standings. La...

ETA accused of northern Spain car-bomb attack, 17 injured

The vehicle exploded in a car park in the grounds of the University of Navarra in Pamplona |Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba held the Basque separatist group ETA responsible for a car bomb attack that injured 17 people Thursday in the northern Spain, city of Pamplona.

The vehicle exploded in a car park in the grounds of the University of Navarra in Pamplona, capital of the Navarra province which borders on the separatist Basque region.

The Spanish official said that the......
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