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Pontegadea is unstoppable. The news, revealed by specialized media, that Amancio Ortega’s real estate company is negotiating the purchase of Facebook’s future headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, has almost reached the paradigm category. It is a monumental deal ($550 million, according to published figures) in a year of great investment activity for Spain’s richest man. And …

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Standing in line to try to buy food, Rekha Begum is distraught. Like many others in Bangladesh, she struggles to find affordable basic necessities like rice, lentils and onions. “I went to two other places, but they told me they had no supplies. Then I came here and stood at the …

The Business Year (TBY) officially launched its latest research on the local economy, “The Business Year: Qatar 2022, World Cup Special Edition”, at the Qatar Investment Summit 2022 held yesterday at the Hilton Doha. TBY’s Regional Director for the Middle East, Ioana Popa, gave a speech, which was followed by the official presentation of “The …

My next stop was Barcelona and Vueling offered a cheap non-stop flight at a convenient time, finally giving me the chance to try the budget Spanish carrier. Vueling A320 Economy Class review I booked a few days in advance for $169 which included one carry on and one checked bag. I could have booked a …

ATLANTA — U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker paints a bleak picture of the economy: rampant inflation, high taxes and wasteful government spending. But listen to Governor Brian Kemp and a much different picture emerges, one where jobs are being created and investment is thriving. It is common for candidates from competing parties to have differing …

Breadcrumb Links PMN Company Author of the article: Content of the article MADRID – Spain’s proposed windfall tax on banks and energy companies could lead to the loss of thousands of jobs and deal a hit to the wider economy of around 5 billion euros (5 .1 billion), a business-backed think tank warned Monday. In …

The Russian economy was set to collapse after Western countries imposed unprecedented sanctions on Moscow over the war in Ukraine. But last week Russia’s statistics office Rosstat said gross domestic product (GDP) in the first six months of the year fell just 0.4%. Capital investment is up, the ruble has rebounded and inflation – which …

A message of moderate optimism about the chances of the country’s economy returning to pre-crisis levels was conveyed on Wednesday by Spain’s Economy Minister Nadia Calviño. Speaking at a digitalization conference in Madrid on Wednesday morning, Calviño said the left-wing coalition government had already implemented a series of special measures to mitigate the impact of …

City Comment: Don’t believe the slump in house prices If you believe some pessimists, real estate prices are about to plunge. They have been on the verge of doing this for years. The problem with this analysis is that it treats houses like any other asset, as if they were simply part of a stock …

Malta’s flagship economic, business and foreign investment conference, the EY-Parthenon Future Realized Conference (formerly known as the Malta Attractiveness Event), will be held at the Malta Mediterranean Conference Center on 18 october. Prime Minister Robert Abela and Opposition Leader Bernard Grech will attend the conference. The high-level event brings together 1,000 CEOs and leaders from …