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Naturgy enters the US with the purchase of a solar company and an investment of 1,400 million

Naturgy enters the US with the purchase of a solar company and an investment of 1,400 million

Naturgy has entered the US renewable energy market after buying, through its subsidiary Naturgy Solar USA, 100% of the economic interests in Hamel Renewables, a platform for the development of solar energy and storage, as reported the company this Friday to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). Specifically, Hamel Renewables has a portfolio of 8 […]

Dia closes 2020 with the first growth in sales in years

Dia closes 2020 with the first growth in sales in years

The Dia supermarket chain, present in Spain, Portugal, Argentina and Brazil, managed to close 2020 with the first improvement in sales in years. Specifically, it increased sales by 0.2%, to 6,882 million. The company will present its accounts on February 26, but provided the data this Thursday to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). Like-for-like […]

HIG’s North American investors enter with 40% in the construction of the Madrid audiovisual hub, the largest set in the EU

HIG’s North American investors enter with 40% in the construction of the Madrid audiovisual hub, the largest set in the EU

The HIG fund breaks into the construction of Madrid Content City, a hub audiovisual that rises around the facilities that Netflix already uses in Tres Cantos. The real estate plan, promoted by the Secuoya Group, consists of building a 140,000-square-meter business park through Roots Real Estate, a company led by the producer’s leading partners, Raúl […]

Spain loses more than 200 million passengers in 2020 due to the pandemic

Spain loses more than 200 million passengers in 2020 due to the pandemic

The air sector continues in free fall and the unprecedented fall in traffic is confirmed in 2020. The airports in the Aena network closed the year with just over 76 million passengers, compared to the 275.2 million who passed through them throughout 2019. That year, traffic had grown by 4.4% compared to the previous one. […]

Vodafone and Telefónica give themselves free rein to monetize their joint telecommunications towers in the United Kingdom

Vodafone and Telefónica give themselves free rein to monetize their joint telecommunications towers in the United Kingdom

Vodafone and Telefonica have signed a long-term agreement to add value and monetize their joint telecommunications infrastructure in the United Kingdom through Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited (CTIL), a company that they both control 50% under the formula of joint venture. This pact is effective from this month and will run for eight years, with the […]

Neinor Homes shakes the real estate board by closing Quabit takeover

Neinor Homes shakes the real estate board by closing Quabit takeover

First big move of the year in real estate with Neinor Homes as the protagonist. The developer has just closed the absorption of Quabit in an operation that will be implemented through an exchange of shares that places the valuation of the company at around 60 million euros. As a result, Neinor Homes will integrate […]

La Lanzadera de Juan Roig adds 100 startups: from artificial intelligence to vegan fashion

La Lanzadera de Juan Roig adds 100 startups: from artificial intelligence to vegan fashion

Lanzadera, the business accelerator supported by Juan Roig, has selected 100 new startups to promote it, with which there are currently more than 300 projects at the Marina de Empresas headquarters. Among 1,100 candidates in the call, the hundred chosen startups try to position themselves in sectors as diverse as medicine, sports, food or fashion, […]

The odyssey of those who have not been able to telecommute: “It took longer to arrive than to go to Barcelona”

The odyssey of those who have not been able to telecommute: “It took longer to arrive than to go to Barcelona”

He has traveled 15 stops on the subway, which today was slower than usual. To this he has added the section from the Moncloa metro to the cafeteria where he works, located in the Chamberà neighborhood. Normally it takes an hour to go through all these stages, but today its times have been extended. His […]

Tubos Reunidos asks Sepi for a rescue of 115 million after the stoppage of half of its contracts

Tubos Reunidos asks Sepi for a rescue of 115 million after the stoppage of half of its contracts

Tubos Reunidos has requested financial support for an amount of about 115 million euros to the Support Fund for the Solvency of Strategic Companies affected by the pandemic that is managed through the SEPI, the Basque pipeline reported. Specifically, it has asked the fund for a participating loan for an amount of approximately 100 million […]

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, surpasses Jeff Bezos and is already the richest man in the world

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, surpasses Jeff Bezos and is already the richest man in the world

Elon Musk is already the richest man in the world, after unseating Jeff Bezos on the list of the world’s top millionaires. The CEO of Tesla has surpassed the founder of Amazon thanks to a relentless rise in the stock market of the titles of the automotive company. The manufacturer surpassed the 700,000 million euros […]