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Spain’s Competition Regulator Approves BBVA’s Hostile Bid for Sabadell
BBVA is Spain’s second largest bank by market capitalization but makes the bulk of its business in emerging markets like ...
Spain's grid denies dependence on solar power to blame for blackout
Spain's grid operator denied on Wednesday dependence on solar power was to blame for the country's worst blackout, while ...
Spain and Portugal Look for Cause of Widespread Blackout
The countries’ top officials were trying to determine the cause of an outage that left tens of millions of people across the ...
A day without power: What 12 hours of darkness looked like in Spain and Portugal
Alanna Gladstone, a 40-year-old film editor, had landed in Portugal’s capital, Lisbon, on a flight from New York hours before ...
Fact Check: Power cuts hit Spain, Portugal, not Belgium, Greece or Netherlands
Spain, Portugal, France and Andorra suffered power outages on April 28, but not Belgium, Greece and the Netherlands, contrary ...
Power restored to half of Spain as travel decimated and authorities still investigating cause
A massive power outage is impacting Spain and Portugal, knocking out key services and forcing the evacuation of subway ...
Spain’s antitrust watchdog approves BBVA’s €11bn hostile bid for Sabadell
Spain’s competition watchdog has approved BBVA’s €11bn hostile bid for rival lender Sabadell, paving the way for the ...
How Spain’s Success in Renewable Energy May Have Left It Vulnerable
The Iberian Peninsula’s widespread blackout raises questions about the resilience of the electric power infrastructure in the ...
Spain Has Best Electricity Grid in Europe, Chairwoman Says
The chairwoman of Spain’s power grid operator made a staunch defense of the company’s performance and refused any ...