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Telefonica in fiber optic deal with Vodafone, Orange in Spain
MADRID - Spain's biggest telecoms company Telefonica signed an agreement with rivals Vodafone and Orange on Tuesday, granting them access to its fiber optic network to roll out faster broadband for customers.
Spain lenders brace for tough year-end as new rules bite
MADRID - Spanish lenders are bracing for lower profits and dividends and a tougher funding environment under new rules meant to prepare them for pan-European supervision next year and avoid a repeat of last year's multi-billion-euro bailout.
Peru peasant squads rally against U.S. firm's $5 billion gold mine
CAJAMARCA, Peru - Forty years ago, peasants in rural Peru banded together as "ronderos" - Spanish for "people who make the rounds" - to curb cattle rustling.
Spain ruling party's ex-treasurer sent to jail in corruption case
MADRID - A former treasurer for Spain's ruling People's Party was sent to jail without bail on Thursday as the High Court continues a pre-trial investigation into corruption charges against him.
Spanish investors to berate Bankia executives at annual meeting
MADRID - Thousands of ordinary investors who lost money when Spain's Bankia had to be bailed out barely a year after its stock market listing intend to protest at the lender's annual general meeting on Tuesday.
Advertising spreads onto landmarks in crisis-hit Spain
MADRID - Big business is taking advantage of recession-hit Spain's hunger for cash, striking advertising deals for landmarks that have seen a Christopher Columbus statue dressed in a Barcelona soccer shirt and a metro station named after a telecoms company.
Spain's crusading ex-judge Garzon mulls helping Snowden
MADRID - Spanish jurist Baltasar Garzon, who made an international reputation in pursuing Chilean ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet in the 1990s, said on Monday he was considering a request from former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden for legal help.
FCC's insolvent Alpine Bau faces break-up
VIENNA/MADRID - Alpine Bau, the insolvent Austrian arm of Spanish construction group FCC , faces being broken up after the failure of late-night talks to save the company in its current form, putting up to 5,000 jobs at risk.
Spain resists pressure for swift moves on nationalized banks
MADRID - Spain's economy minister said on Monday he would not be pushed into selling two nationalized banks too quickly or too cheaply as bankers press the government to act to resolve the lingering problems of its financial system.
France, Spain take action against Google on privacy
PARIS/MADRID - France and Spain led a Europe-wide push on Thursday to get U.S. Internet giant Google to change its policies on collecting user data.
Exclusive: Greece has three days to deliver or face consequences - EU officials
BRUSSELS/ATHENS - Greece has three days to reassure Europe and the IMF that it can deliver on conditions attached to its bailout in order to receive its next tranche of aid, four euro zone officials said on Tuesday. | Video
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