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The new Wardens… of the banks
The entry into force of the European Banking Union will mean that in four months, Spanish banks will become supervised European Central Bank (ECB). This change represents a challenge for Spanish banking entities, which are no longer supervised by the Bank of Spain and are beginning a new stage where the rules of the game…
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We see the exit from the crisis closer and closer
The Center for Sociological Research (CIS) presents the monthly Consumer Confidence Index (ICC). The data presented for the month of June 2014 represents an increase for the fourth consecutive month in consumer confidence, 4.4 points in relation to May, placing us at levels similar to those achieved in mid-2007, that is, before the crisis. This…
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Gestamp presents its international Technological Training Center
Gestamp will reinforce its leadership in the sector and its technological presence in the Basque Country thanks to the implementation of a global technological training center as well as a knowledge center for new materials at the AIC-Automotive in Amorebieta in Bizkaia. The new center is expected to be commissioned within a year, and can…
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Climate change: does anyone in the world really care?
< /a>Climate change: does anyone in the world really care? Let’s see… To the big transnational companies? the little ones? Merkel, perhaps? The European Commission?… Cold, cold… Who then? Don’t be alarmed!! There are many people who are concerned about this issue. Specifically, no less than 144 million people are extremely interested in it, which…
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Methodological changes in the estimation of GDP. Let’s measure well, but everything
Only a few days ago the press front page featured the impact it will have on the figures of GDP the methodological change in the elaboration of the National Accounts as a consequence of its adaptation to the European System of Accounts 2010 (ESA 2010), statistical improvements and other changes among which are the estimation…
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When industry catches a cold, the Basque Country goes into a coma
If the serious economic crisis that we still have upon us has been useful for anything, it is to be more aware of the importance of industry as the real engine of the Basque economy as a whole. With the rising economic cycle, our industry lost relative weight (it went from being 27.1% of GDP…
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The Biennial of Machine Tools, between the oasis and the mirage
These days are held in Bilbao the main trade fair of the city: the Spanish Machine Tool Biennial. A reference fair in the sector at a European level and even at an international level. There are two reasons to rejoice at this event. On the one hand, the Biennial shows these days at the BEC…
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Bizkaia Sustainable Energy Strategy
This week we received the publication of the Bizkaia Sustainable Energy Strategy (EESB 2020) approved by the Provincial Council. A political commitment in which a series of objectives and lines of work in terms of energy saving and efficiency are bravely addressed, as well as the promotion of renewables oriented both to the management of…
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Agreement, halfway between the social and the digital
It has been moving around for a while There is a very interesting project that we think may interest more than one of you. Acuerdo (http://acuerdo.us/) is a suggestive business proposal in the world of journalism. It proposes an innovative way of doing quality journalism through new narratives that take advantage of new technologies. The…
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Emissions trading: the changes ahead
There are less than 3 months to go before 2013 begins. A year that will bring important changes to the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). Three are the newest elements. First. Imposition of increasingly demanding emission reduction targets for facilities in the affected sectors: power generation; petroleum refining; iron and steel industry; glass; lime;…