Guiri Business

Professional network for Foreigners / Expats in Spain

29 October 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Guiri Business Drink Monthly Meet-up | MAD April TBD 7 – 9 pm | BCN May 15th 7 – 9 pm (sponsored by Metropolitan Magazine)

Last month we had two great Guiri Business Drinks and we hope to continue to build on that this month. We continue to kindly request that you share the group profile and ask your contacts to join us on the LinkedIn group: http://linkd.in/ue8sig And join us on Twitter: @GuiriBusiness *** Barcelona Guiri Business Drink/ sponsored [...]

Share

18 May 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Tales for Tapas: Irrational exuberance

An economy ministers upbeat outburst; Germanys banking downer; and money for young talent. Not so fast: Mariano Rajoy and Pedro Passos Coelho want swifter Eurozone banking union. Spanish government borrowing costs continued to moderate this week, the latest consumer price index figures showed a downward trend without being full-on deflationary, andArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Expatica-SpanishHeadlines/~3/Ebs46WHfAd4/tales-for-tapas-irrational-exuberance_265039.html

Share

18 May 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Top Spain banker in jail pending bail in crisis probe

The former head of Spanish bank Caja Madrid became the first top banker to be held in jail over alleged mismanagement in the financial crisis, a court said on Friday. A court sent Miguel Blesa, 65, to a Madrid jail and said he must pay 2.5 million euros ($3.2 million) inArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Expatica-SpanishHeadlines/~3/y18bdbO0nlc/top-spain-banker-in-jail-pending-bail-in-crisis-probe_265111.html

Share

18 May 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Top Spain banker in jail pending bail in crisis probe

The former head of Spanish bank Caja Madrid became the first top banker to be held in jail over alleged mismanagement in the financial crisis, a court said on Friday. A court sent Miguel Blesa, 65, to a Madrid jail and said he must pay 2.5 million euros ($3.2 million) inArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Expatica-SpanishHeadlines/~3/y18bdbO0nlc/top-spain-banker-in-jail-pending-bail-in-crisis-probe_265111.html

Share

18 May 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Spain government approves crisis education reform

Spain’s government Friday approved an emergency reform of the crisis-hit education sector, hoping to reduce the number of school dropouts and curb the soaring youth unemployment rate. Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said the plan aimed to improve young people’s job prospects at a time when unemployment among thoseArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Expatica-SpanishHeadlines/~3/8diTh0Gq63M/spain-government-approves-crisis-education-reform_265121.html

Share

18 May 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Fake Honduran priest swindles nuns with promise of …

May 17, 2013 Franklin Jeovany Torres Torres is a trickster of the cloth. This extremely devout Honduran man claims to be a priest. In 2007, when he was just 20, he crisscrossed the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, knocking onArticle source: http://spanishvida.com/2013/05/17/fake-honduran-priest-swindles-nuns-with-promise-of-new-recruits/

Share

18 May 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Spain government approves crisis education reform

Spain’s government Friday approved an emergency reform of the crisis-hit education sector, hoping to reduce the number of school dropouts and curb the soaring youth unemployment rate. Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said the plan aimed to improve young people’s job prospects at a time when unemployment among thoseArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Expatica-SpanishHeadlines/~3/8diTh0Gq63M/spain-government-approves-crisis-education-reform_265121.html

Share

18 May 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Blesa had no banking experience when named head of …

May 17, 2013 Nearly a year ago, in June 2012, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said this was not the right moment to assess Miguel Blesa and Rodrigo Rato’s performance as presidents of Caja Madrid, the regional savings bankArticle source: http://spanishvida.com/2013/05/17/blesa-had-no-banking-experience-when-named-head-of-caja-madrid/

Share

18 May 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Top Spain banker bailed in crisis probe

The former head of Spanish bank Caja Madrid became the first top banker to spend time in jail over alleged mismanagement in the financial crisis, officials said on Friday. Miguel Blesa, 65, who has links to senior members of Spain’s governing Popular Party, was held overnight in a Madrid jail andArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Expatica-SpanishHeadlines/~3/DdqeTEFL2HA/top-spain-banker-bailed-in-crisis-probe_265126.html

Share

18 May 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Ex-Caja Madrid chief leaves jail after posting …

May 17, 2013 Former Caja Madrid chief Miguel Blesa walked out of a Madrid prison on Friday after his lawyers posted the 2.5-million-euro bail set by a court investigating his mismanagement of the savings bank. Blesa, who headed Caja Madrid betweenArticle source: http://spanishvida.com/2013/05/17/ex-caja-madrid-chief-leaves-jail-after-posting-bail/

Share

18 May 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Ex-Caja Madrid chief leaves jail after posting …

May 17, 2013 Former Caja Madrid chief Miguel Blesa walked out of a Madrid prison on Friday after his lawyers posted the 2.5-million-euro bail set by a court investigating his mismanagement of the savings bank. Blesa, who headed Caja Madrid betweenArticle source: http://spanishvida.com/2013/05/17/ex-caja-madrid-chief-leaves-jail-after-posting-bail/

Share