Business
Marketing guru Jack Trout examined the effectiveness of brand Spain around the world
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2011-08-06
Thats that. This week in Madrid, marketing guru Jack Trout examined the effectiveness of “brand Spain” around the world, and his diagnosis is not good. Trout believes Spain must change its message. In his opinion, the country has not put across the...
Spanish firms hope to benefit from Americas stimulus plan
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2011-08-06
Apr 8th 2009 | MADRIDFrom *The Economist* print editionAmerican companies are not the only ones hoping for a boost from Barack Obamas economic stimulus plan. Spanish firms are also positioning themselves to benefit from what they call *el Plan...
Multinational companies are managing more revenue from their South Florida offices
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2011-08-06
Multinational companies are managing more revenue from their South Florida offices, but doing it with far fewer local employees, a new study released Thursday shows.The annual survey found South Florida multinationals managed operations with $221...
Prince says Spanish firms should look to US markets
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2011-08-06
March 16, 2009Spain's Crown Prince Felipe on Monday encouraged Spanish businessmen to intensify their presence in foreign markets with new products and alliances, as well as to explore other strategies to broaden cooperation with U.S. firms.Felipe...
Banco de Sabadell buys TransAtlantic
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2011-08-06
December 2007Spain's fourth-largest bank buys TransAtlantic Bank, a Miami-based Bank, for $175 million in cash. Barcelona-based Sabadell said it plans to keep TransAtlantic's name, management and employees and operate it separately from its...
Spain's Caja Madrid buys Florida bank for 927 million dollars
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2011-08-06
April 2008Spain's second largest savings bank, Caja Madrid, has bought City National Bank of Florida in the United States for 927 million dollars in what it said was its biggest international operation yet.City National Bank of Florida, the sixth...
Spain's Banco Popular buys U.S. TotalBank for $300 millions
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2011-08-06
July 2007Spain's Banco Popular buys Florida-based U.S. TotalBank for $300 millions, its first acquisition outside the Iberian peninsula. TotalBank, which caters mostly to small and midsize businesses and is based in Miami-Dade county, operates 14...
Spains Grupo OHL wins infrastructure contract in U.S.
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2011-08-06
Community Asphalt, the U.S. civil works subsidiary of Spanish construction firm Grupo OHL, has won a $110.8 million (75-million-euro) contract in Florida. The project, awarded by the Florida Department of Transportation after a year of negotiations,...
Grupo ACS awarded infrastructure concession by state of North Carolina
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2011-08-06
The consortium led by ACS Infrastructure Development, the North American subsidiary of concessions development company Iridium, and Dragados has been chosen by the North Carolina Turnpike Authority to serve as a partner in the preparation and...
Grupo ACS wins 1-billion-euro contract in United States
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2011-08-06
October, 28, 2008The Florida Department of Transportation has awarded ACS Infrastructure Development, the North American concession branch of Grupo ACS, a 35-year contract for interstate highway I-595.The deal, valued at some 1 billion euros,...
Opening of the first office of Bancaja in Cancun, Mexico
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2011-08-06
The President of Bancaja, Jose Luis Olivas was present at the official opening of Torre Emerald, one of the most emblematic projects carried out by the Grupo Grand Coral in Cancun, financed by the Bank. The President, accompanied by the Governor of...
Spanish insurer MAPFRE buys Commerce Group
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2011-08-06
October 2007Spain's largest insurer, Mapfre S.A., buys the Massachusetts-based personal lines insurer The Commerce Group, Inc. for $2.21 billion in cash in a bold move to expand its presence in the U.S. market.Mapfre, which has more than 250...
OHL will execute the prolongation of the Miami Metro to the airport
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2011-08-06
February 16 2009Construction group Spanish OHL will execute the first stage of the project to prolong the Miami Metro to reach the international airport of the city for 238.78 million Euros (about 360.41 million dollars), informed the company in an...
Dominican Republic to build two wind-energy parks with Spanish investors
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2011-08-06
February 18, 2009Dominican President Leonel Fernandez and Spanish investors inaugurated the construction of two wind-energy parks, a project that will add 100 MW to the nation's electricity grid, officials said.The project will be carried out over a...
Europe, U.S. key to finding way out of crisis, Spaniard says
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2011-08-06
El Rey de España Juan Carlos I dijo hoy que Europa y EEUU deben liderar los esfuerzos para superar la crisis económica mediante una mayor cooperación entre Estados, organismos internacionales y bancos centrales para fortalecer los vapuleados...