16/05/201318:32 CET
Regions keep debts to bare minimum in first quarter
Shortfall across Spanish administrations comes in at 1.41 percent of GDP at start of year
Shortfall across Spanish administrations comes in at 1.41 percent of GDP at start of year
Spanish Purchasing Managers’ Index shows negative outlook for the 22nd straight month
GDP contracted 0.5 percent from previous three months after decline of 0.8 percent in the final quarter of 2012
Retail company to focus on business in France, the Netherlands and Belgium
Spaniards’ lower spending habits fail to offset drop in average income
Deal could bring in 315 million euros for leading Spanish bank
Sector has suffered negative figures for 31 months in a row
Sharpest declines were in public sector due to government’s austerity policies
Sharpest declines were in public sector due to austerity
Ibex 35 leads European bourse higher
Oil conglomerate to rack up 148 million euros in losses from deal
Strong exports help offset big contraction in domestic demand
Anglo-Dutch firm to pay 3.375 billion euros in cash and assume associated debt
Stock market falls sharply on fears of post-electoral instability in euro zone’s third-largest economy
Brussels dismantles the government’s economic forecasts, but may give it more time to meet fiscal adjustment targets
Failure of the real estate company is the second biggest in Spanish corporate history
Non-performing rate for December of last year declines for first time since March 2011
Shares of nationalized bank continue to plunge hitting lowest ever level
Recession in euro zone deepened in fourth quarter
FROB says still to determine the nominal value of bank’s shares for conversion of bonds into equity
Judge orders lender to return funds invested
Jobless rate stood at 16.9 percent at the end of last year
Sells slightly more than its target of 5.5 billion euros
Bank to close 1,100 offices this year instead of spreading the process over three years
Prime Minister Rajoy happy with deal that will bring in the equivalent of 0.20 percent of nation's GDP
Debt-management agency exceeds issue target at bond tender as risk premium spikes to 375 basis points
Blue-chip Ibex 35 losses 3.77 percent; risk premium jumps
Troika also wants long-term business plan for bad bank
Agency now expects a contraction in activity of 1.5 percent in 2013 as Bank of Spain says government austerity drive deepened recession at the end of 2012
Supervisor expects slowdown in export growth to influence a GDP contraction of 1.9 percent
Government expects improved conditions to persist in coming months
Agency laments the absence of any prosecutions in this area since offense came into force
