The challenge ‘Response to the pandemic’, organized by XPRIZE together with Cognizant, has selected as the first winner the predictive model based on AI and data from the Spanish team VALENCIA IA4COVID19 coordinated by the telecommunications engineer Nuria Oliver. ‘Response to the pandemic’ is a four-month, global contest that encourages participants to use data and […]
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Spanish airports will have spaces to test Covid tourists who return to their destination
A total of 15 Spanish airports will have spaces dedicated to conducting diagnostic tests for Covid in the departure areas. Will be made to passengers who are in Spain and have to return to their countries of origin. Tourists entering Spain from another destination must provide the PCR test performed in the country of origin, […]
Maroto announces more measures by the communities for trade and tourism
The Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, said this Monday that there are many communities that they will announce more measures to support tourism, hospitality and commerce. He pointed this out at a press conference after meeting with the autonomous communities and municipalities at the intersectoral conference on trade and tourism. At the […]
The shareholders of CaixaBank and Bankia approve the creation of the ‘superbank’
The CaixaBank Shareholders’ Meeting approved this Thursday the absorption of Bankia to create the largest bank in the country. The ‘green light’ of the owners of the Catalan group – added to that of the Bankia shareholders last Tuesday – means the backlog for the operation to close in the first quarter of 2021 if […]
José Ángel Martínez Sanchiz, re-elected president of the General Council of Notaries
On November 28 it was constituted the new General Council of Notaries, which represents the almost 3,000 notaries in Spain and is made up of the deans of the 17 Notarial Associations. The association agreed to the reelection as president of Josà © à ?? ngel MartÃnez Sanchiz (Dean of the Notarial College of Madrid); […]
The #QuieroCorredor movement observes “slow progress” in the Mediterranean axis
The construction of the Mediterranean Corridor continues its course with “slow progress” and some important “milestones” in the last year such as the launch of the AVE Granada-Antequera, the placement of the third lane between Castellón and Alicante -which allows AVE trains to circulate between both cities- and the start-up of the Vandellós bypass in […]
Glovo wants to be ultra-fast and position itself in retail as well as food
Glovo sees business beyond food delivery. “There is an opportunity to go beyond the food part and this opportunity is in the trade online“, explains Daniel Alonso, global general manager of Q-commerce at Glovo. In this new division, the Q responds to the term quick, fast,” the component of speed that makes the company unique, […]
Garamendi believes that the Government Budgets are “unrealistic”
This was stated during the 35th congress of Aecoc, the Association of Manufacturers and Distributors of Mass Consumption, which is held today in Valencia. According to Garamendi, now “is not the time to raise taxes.” “It is a mistake and it goes in the opposite direction to what other countries are doing”, such as France, […]
The Frob blesses the absorption of Bankia by CaixaBank: “It will facilitate the recovery of aid”
The Fund for Orderly Bank Restructuring (Frob) has definitively blessed the absorption of Bankia by CaixaBank by concluding that it will facilitate the recovery of part of the billions of public euros allocated to the rescue of the entity in the year 2012. The public body has issued a report this Friday in which […]
The CEDE Foundation awards EDEM, Casa Caridad, Grupo Pamesa, Aitex and businessman Javier Fur Quesada
The CEDE Foundation, Spanish Confederation of Directors and Executives, has delivered its annual awards for business excellence during the opening of the XIX CEDE Directors Congress held in Valencia. These awards recognize companies for their contribution in areas such as internationalization, social commitment, business revitalization and innovation. Finally, there is a category that distinguishes an […]