More than 450,000 people have died in the United States’ opioid crisis in the past two decades. The US government sees Walmart as partly responsible. The retail group takes a completely different view.
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Amazon stops selling single-use plastic items across the EU starting today
Amazon will stop selling single-use plastic items, such as drinking straws, cotton swabs, plates, cutlery and glasses made of this material starting this Monday in its virtual stores in the European union, UK and Turqua. Specifically, the electronic commerce giant sent a communication to its sellers last October, to which Europa Press had access, in […]
Nine out of 10 SMEs have seen their income fall due to COVID-19 and half fear for its viability in 2021
Small and medium-sized companies, the overwhelming majority of the Spanish productive fabric, are beginning to shape their balance at the end of the year, including, as they anticipated, sharp falls in their income. Nine out of 10 confirmed this according to the SME barometer, a periodic study carried out by the employers’ association that groups […]
Torres (BBVA): “European recovery funds must reach SMEs, the self-employed and families”
The president of BBVA, Carlos Torres, believes that the role of banks in the management of European funds would be crucial for the money to reach small companies and families, preventing it from being distributed only between infrastructure and environment megaprojects concentrated in large multinationals. The Madrid banker focuses specifically on the renovation of homes. […]
The Ibex 35 leads the losses in Europe due to the fear of the new strain of coronavirus
The new strain of coronavirus has also reached the bags. The main European squares have opened downwards and in Spain, the Ibex 35 plummets by around 3% and has lost all 7,800 points after rekindling fears about new infections and the possibility of more restrictive measures to try to control them. The new mutation, located […]
How to Take Advantage of the Christmas Lottery Jackpot
December 22 2.408 million euros will be distributed in prizes in the Extraordinary Christmas Draw in Spain. The greatest of all, Fat, It amounts to 328,000 euros to the tenth after paying taxes, an amount that would give the lucky ones the opportunity to plug holes, finish paying the mortgage, buy a new home, invest, […]
Spain also suspends its flights and the United Kingdom is isolated due to the new strain of coronavirus
At the end of last January, when the coronavirus was spreading across China but had not yet reached Europe, British Airways decided to suspend all its flights with the Asian country. It was the first airline to take this measure, which was to last until March. By then the virus had already roamed Europe, and […]
Ban on flights to the United Kingdom: third blow to the air sector in the middle of Christmas campaign
The decision of several countries to ban flights to the United Kingdom supposes the third great blow to the tourism sector, with the airlines, again, in the front line. The coup comes in the middle of the Christmas season, which is usually the busiest time after the summer, and with the airlines already in a […]
The internal division of the Government blocks the rise of the SMI
The open dispute within the Government for the increase in the Minimum Professional Salary (SMI) will remain open for another week as the Government has not decided what to do with a view to 2021. The Ministry of Labor has convened this afternoon to social agents to the second meeting in seven days without transferring […]
The Supreme Court cuts even more what municipalities can charge for capital gains tax so that it is not “confiscatory”
The Supreme Court has issued a ruling that cuts what municipalities can claim from neighbors for capital gains tax. After the Constitutional Court rejects that more than what is actually earned could be demanded, the Supreme Court rejects that all or almost all the benefit obtained can be collected. Doing so would be “confiscatory” and […]
