Spain electricity demand slumps 3.7 pct in October
Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:22:17 -0700

YTD demand down 0.5 pct * Coal overtakes gas for 2nd month MADRID, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Demand for electricity in major gas importer Spain fell by 3.7 percent in October year-on-year after a fall of 1.3 percent in September, national grid manager REE said ...

Steven Cohen: The Carling Cup why?
Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:14:46 -0700

By Steven Cohen If you looked carefully last week you will have noticed that in both Spain and Italy they played a full schedule of league games. After the mid-week round and this past weekend the leagues will have played 10 and nine games, ...

Spain's former colonies now 'part of the solution'
Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:36:00 -0700

ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) It was a strange new world for Spain and Portugal as they began their annual meeting Friday with their former colonies: For the first time, Latin America is growing strong and the Europeans are looking for help. ...

Spain Adds January 2014 Bond To Nov 3 Bond Auction
Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:56:56 -0700

The Spanish Treasury Friday added a second bond line to its government bond auction Nov. 3, beside the one it originally penciled in for sale, it said. The Treasury added the 4.25% January 2014 bond. It originally scheduled the sale of the 4.25% ...

Spain Banks Shun State Aid to Bolster Capital by $24 Billion
Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:20:44 -0700

By Emma Ross-Thomas and Charles Penty (Updates with comment from investor in fifth paragraph, from Bank of Spain and banking association from seventh.) Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Spanish banks won't tap state funds to bolster capital by 17 billion euros ...

Second Look Needed on Pay
Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:12:07 -0700

Yet even as the country's jobless rate scales new heights, Spain's exporters are surprisingly resilient. The snag is that there aren't enough of them to get the country growing again anytime soon. Spain suffered a well-documented loss of ...

Hedge Funds Eye 64% Return on Next Ronaldo as Fans Jeer
Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:29:10 -0700

By Alex Duff Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Hedge funds are making bets on the soccer player transfer markets in Spain , Portugal and Turkey, clashing with fans who say they are profiting from teams' financial woes. Quality Sports Investments Ltd., ...

Portugal, Spain urge G20 members to help ease crisis
Sat, 29 Oct 2011 07:21:46 -0700

By Guido Nejamkis and Daniela Desantis ASUNCION, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Spain and Portugal said on Saturday the euro zone's debt crisis is a global problem, calling on the United States and other G20 powers to help contain the fallout. ...

Spain : economy flat in Q3, deficit goal in danger
Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:38:55 -0700

By Daniel Woolls AP / October 31, 2011 madrid spain's economy growth ground to a halt in the third quarter, the country's central bank said Monday, further raising doubts over the government's deficit-reduction goal. The Bank of Spain blamed stagnant ...

Driving Sheep through Madrid Streets
Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:08:45 -0700

As it has for centuries, the route leads through one of the busiest cities in Spain Madrid. Though it means threading their animals through the traffic of a major city, Spain's shepherds continue to defend their ancient grazing lands and the annual ...

Udinese closes on Juve; Levante loses Spain's lead
Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:30:00 -0700

___ barcelona, Spain (AP) Levante's unexpected stay at the top of the Spanish league standings came to an abrupt end Sunday as the unheralded club was brought back to earth with a 2-0 loss at 10-man Osasuna. The surprise pacesetter's first defeat of ...

Spain's Prado Museum to open 7 days a week to help self-financing bid
Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:01:06 -0700

Madrid spain's Prado Museum will open every day of the week to help guarantee its commitment to cover 60 percent of its budget through self-financing. The country's top art museum said Thursday said it will no longer close on Mondays. ...

Treatment Costs Higher When HIV Diagnosis Is Delayed
Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:03:47 -0700

November 1, 2011 (Boston, Massachusetts) Patients presenting late with HIV incur significantly higher healthcare costs, Maria Martinez-Colubi, MD, from the Ramon y Cajal Hospital in Madrid, Spain , told delegates here at the 13th European AIDS ...

Australia in training to be top again
Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:17:50 -0700

The Australian cricket team is staying adjacent to the cricket ground, in the facility in which Spain was based for last year's soccer World Cup. In that tournament, Spain affirmed itself at last as the best team in the world. ...

Dutt out to reign in Spain
Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:47:14 -0700

Manager Robin Dutt wants his Bayer Leverkusen side to repeat their feats the last time they met Valencia in the Champions League. Manager Robin Dutt wants his Bayer Leverkusen side to repeat their feats the last time they met Valencia in the Champions ...

Wayne Rooney the lone Englishman on Spain -heavy Ballon d'Or shortlist
Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:51:07 -0700

There were 15 players shortlisted in Spain . Liverpool's Luis Suarez has been included, and while Manchester City fans will be delighted at the recognition afforded to Aguero, they may be surprised at David Silva's omission. ...

Marco Simoncelli's Moto GP team to compete in Spain
Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:41:50 -0700

Simoncelli lost his life after crashing on the second lap at the Sepang circuit where he had clinched the 2008 Moto2 title. His team's presence on the grid in Spain promises to serve up a hugely poignant conclusion to the 2011 Moto GP season.

Man in Spain kills 3 in stabbing rampage at apartment building in apparent ...
Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:45:54 -0700

Madrid spanish officials say a man went on a stabbing rampage at his apartment building, killing three people and seriously injuring at least two others. An Interior Ministry official says the suspect left his upper floor apartment in the eastern ...

Davydenko scores a win in Spain
Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:41:18 -0700

VALENCIA, Spain , Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Nikolay Davydenko polished off fifth-seeded Gilles Simon in three sets Monday in the first round of the Valencia Open in Spain . The former Top 5 player took 2 hours, 14 minutes to dispatch Simon 6-4, 4-6, ...

Terrorism in Spain The war is over
Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:19:41 -0700

I believe the world expects from Spain an open-mindedness and liberality similar to those of consolidated democracies. This is the right time for the next President of the Government to bring together all Spaniards around values such as peace, ...