Julien Toyer

Gowex files for bankruptcy, ex-CEO could face 10 years in jail

June 18, 2018 at 1:58 p.m.

Spanish wireless networks provider Gowex filed for bankruptcy on Monday, a week after an accounting fraud at the firm was revealed, while the High Court said its founder could face...

South Europe’s families offer short-term fix to pensions crisis

August 25, 2021 at 5:20 a.m.

By Julien Toyer and Lisa Jucca MADRID/MILAN (Reuters) - When Angel Gomez and Maria Luisa Fernandez retired a decade ago, they imagined spending their pensions largely on restaurant meals, holidays...

Exclusive – Vodafone reaches preliminary deal to buy Spain’s Ono: sources

December 23, 2018 at 10:35 p.m.

MADRID (Reuters) - British telecoms group Vodafone has reached a preliminary deal to buy Spanish cable group Ono after raising its initial bid for the company, two people with knowledge...

Panama Canal, consortium make new proposals to rescue expansion

August 25, 2021 at 1:09 a.m.

PANAMA CITY/MADRID (Reuters) - The companies working to widen the Panama Canal and the waterway's administrator on Friday each made new proposals aimed at reviving the multibillion dollar project, after...

Spain’s budget to focus on nascent recovery, reforms

August 24, 2021 at 8:40 p.m.

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will boost economic and job forecasts in the 2014 budget to be presented on Friday, moving away from tough spending cuts and relying instead on lower...

Rajoy’s risky bet on Spanish economic recovery

August 24, 2021 at 6:12 p.m.

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Mariano Rajoy is making a risky political bet in claiming recovery is close at hand as a recent economic upturn is fragile and even if it...

Spain lenders brace for tough year-end as new rules bite

August 24, 2021 at 5:36 p.m.

MADRID (Reuters) - 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...

Bank of Spain urges Spanish lenders to curb cash dividends

August 24, 2021 at 5:35 p.m.

MADRID (Reuters) - The Bank of Spain on Thursday urged Spanish lenders to limit 2013 cash dividends to the equivalent of 25 percent of annual profit in a move that...

Spain’s obsession with high-speed trains runs into budget reality

August 24, 2021 at 5:01 p.m.

ONBOARD MADRID-ALICANTE HIGH-SPEED TRAIN (Reuters) - A one-track dirt road used by local farmers is the main access to a magnificent glass-and-steel train station in the small city of Villena,...

Spain’s obsession with high-speed trains runs into budget reality

May 14, 2019 at 4:52 a.m.

ONBOARD MADRID-ALICANTE HIGH-SPEED TRAIN (Reuters) - A one-track dirt road used by local farmers is the main access to a magnificent glass-and-steel train station in the small city of Villena,...

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