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Duras críticas al BCE por extralimitarse durante la crisis del euro
Transparencia Internacional se suma a los reproches de la Defensora del Pueblo de la UE y del nuevo partido del exministro griego Yanis Varoufakis
The Brexit arguments work for Scotland too
THERE is an old chess short story about the grand master who ends up in a remote village. Short of money, he agrees to pay two locals; his meal will be free if he wins both matches. But there is a catch; in one game, he must play as white, in the other as black. As soon as the matches start, he realises his mistake when the man playing white in the second game simply copies the grand master’s moves as white in the first. No matters what the master does, he cannot win both games; if he wins in the first, he must lose in the second.
The three-way negotiations between Britain, the EU and Scotland could yet work out the same way. Every argument used by Theresa May against the EU can be used her by Nicola Sturgeon.
Taking back control. The Leave campaign clearly resonated with voters when it talked about the need for Britain to take back control of its laws from a remote Brussels bureaucracy. But the argument applies just as well in Scotland where the Conservatives last won most seats in 1955; in the 2010 and 2015 elections, the Tories got one seat but the Scots still ended up with a Conservative prime minister. It will probably happen in 2020 as well. Do the Scots have…Continue reading
Guindos, “convencido” de que la vacante del BCE será para España
El ministro de Economía señala que una quita a la deuda de las comunidades autónomas aumentaría el déficit de la Administración central
El déficit de la Seguridad Social supera los 1.000 euros por afiliado por primera vez
El agujero financiero de la Seguridad Social ronda los 18.500 millones en 2016
El BCE pide cambios legales para limpiar la banca del crédito dudoso
La decisión sobre esta modificación llegará en el Eurogrupo informal de Malta
La estatua de la niña que se enfrenta al toro de Wall Street seguirá otro año
La obra forma parte de una campaña por el empoderamiento de la mujer en los puestos de dirección de las grandes corporaciones
Qatar dice que invertirá 5.800 millones de euros en Reino Unido en cinco años
El anuncio se produce en un foro bilateral en Londres, que en dos días activará el proceso del ‘Brexit’
How airlines are responding to America’s laptop ban
THE recently announced ban on laptops and other large electronic devices on direct flights from Middle Eastern airports to America is bad news for business travellers hoping to get work done on these long journeys. That, in turn, spells trouble for the airlines that fly these routes. Carriers like Emirates, Turkish, Qatar, and Etihad compete for long-haul flyers all over the world. They have just become a little bit less competitive. (Gulliver recently booked a flight from Manila to Washington, DC on Emirates, via Dubai; had he known what was coming, he might well have opted to fly via Tokyo or Beijing instead.)
Turkish Airlines stock tumbled more than 7% after the ban was announced in America. (Britain announced similar restrictions soon after, though crucially the superconnectors’ hubs in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Turkey were not included.) Rival airlines, meanwhile, are thrilled at the news. Emirates, Etihad and Qatar currently serve half the travellers flying between India and the United States, for example. Air India now
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El MIT toma al BBVA como ejemplo de digitalización
Un artículo del prestigioso instituto tecnológico estadounidense analiza la «audaz» transformación de la entidad española