Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan: Key points
By Guillermo Ximenis / The UK’s new proposal to try and reach an agreement on the terms of its exit from the EU is based on limiting certain aspects of the …
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US set to impose $7.5 billion in tariffs on EU goods after WTO ruling
Washington DC / The United States on Wednesday announced plans to impose tariffs on $7.5 billion in goods from the European Union following a ruling by the …
Japan implements 2-percent VAT hike to fund social security
Tokyo / The Japanese government on Tuesday started implementing an increase in value-added tax from 8 to 10 percent in order to fund the country’s rising …
Attacks on Saudi facilities roil global oil market
London / The 5 percent drop in global crude output caused by last weekend’s strikes on Saudi petroleum facilities was reflected Monday in steep hikes in …
China delays planned tariffs on 16 US products by a year
Beijing / China’s Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council has postponed the planned 25 percent tariffs on 16 products from the United States by a …
(Español) Calviño asegura que España crecerá cerca del 2% en 2020
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US Federal Reserve cuts benchmark rate for 1st time in 11 years
Washington/ The United States Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-percentage point to a target range of between 2-2.25 …
More practical and safer, thus are the new Euro 100 and 200 banknotes
Rome/ More practical, more colourful and above all more difficult to counterfeit, this is the new Euro 100 and 200 banknotes which enter into circulation and …
OECD alert to Spain for the possible fall in the quality and equity of employment
Berlin / On Thursday, OECD has warned on the possible deterioration of the “quality and equity” of employment in Spain in the coming years in a …
China sets 2019 GDP growth target at 6%-6.5%
By Lingling Wei / Bangkok Desk / China lowered its economic growth target this year to between 6% and 6.5%, bowing to a deepening slowdown that can’t be …
IMF alerts about risks for economy but dismisses an imminent recession
Davos/ The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued serious warnings about the multiplication of risks for the world economy, but at the same time it has …
The benefits of JPMorgan Chase in 2018: 32,474 million dollars
New York / The largest banking group in the United States, JPMorgan Chase, announced it obtained a net profit of 32,474 million dollars in 2018, 33% more than …
MORE THAN FIFTY SPANISH COMPANIES PRESENT THEIR OFFER IN THE CONFERENCES OF THE CERN
Geneva / The Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities of Spain, Pedro Duque, has opened a conference at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) …
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All that spend foreing tourists in Spain
Madrid / International visitors to Spain in the first nine months of the year spent 2.5 percent more than they did in the same period year-on-year, according …
UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE EU FALLS IN ONE YEAR, ALTHOUGH THE GAP AMONG THE COUNTRIES REMAINS
Brussels / Unemployment in the European Union (EU) has fallen from 7.6% to 6.8% in one year – from 9.1% to 8.2% in the euro area – although the …