Orange makes $4.4B takeover bid for Spain’s Jazztel
The French telecoms giant Orange is to offer €3.4 billion ($4.4 billion) for the Spanish fixed-line broadband and TV supplier Jazztel, it said on Tuesday. The “friendly voluntary cash tender offer” would give Jazztel’s shareholders €13 per share.
Eying Scotland, Spain Catalans seek secession vote
BARCELONA, Spain — Hundreds of thousands of Catalans energized by Scotland's upcoming independence referendum protested Thursday for a secession vote aimed at carving out a new Mediterranean nation in what is now northeastern Spain. The events ...
Huskies must cut out penalties against Spain Park
TRUSSVILLE — Hewitt-Trussville’s biggest problem hasn’t been burly defensive fronts or freakish athletes to defend. It’s been a yellow cloth. Hewitt-Trussville is averaging right at 18 points per game through three games this season. The Huskies ...
France's Orange offers $4.4 billion for Spain's Jazztel
MADRID: France's Orange has offered 3.4 billion euros ($4.4 billion) to buy the operations of Spanish telecommunications company Jazztel. Jazztel PLC says in a statement to Spanish securities regulators that Orange SA offered 13 euros ($16.80) in cash for ...
Chasing Windmills In Spain With The Masters
For centuries, Spain has been home to some of the world's greatest artists. Imagine what it would be like to have coffee at a local cafe in Madrid with some of these legends from across time. Perhaps Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes would share his ...
вечер. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Русские - нация героев, нация недостойных уважения и проклятых по определению, вновь помешала Украине стать цивилизованной страной и подписать соответствующий договор об ассоциации с Европой. Сама Европа второй раз предает Украину и отдает ее своему жандарму на растерзание эффективному, но подлому д ...
The Big Idea: David Barnett
There’s the saying that “Freedom isn’t free” — but how to express that concept in a way that makes it more than just a bumper sticker platitude, and fold in some steampunk aweseomeness to boot? With Gideon Smith and the Brass Dragon, author David Barnett may have just the ticket. Here he is to expla ...
Banco Santander SA breaks into Canada’s car loan market with $298-million purchase of Carfinco Financial Group
Banco Santander SA, Spain’s biggest bank, agreed to buy Canadian car-financing company Carfinco Financial Group Inc. for about $298 million. Santander will pay $11.25 per share, representing a premium of 32% on the share price over the past 90 days of trading, the Santander, Spain-based lender said ...
Cocaine, cannabis, found in car belonging to Vatican cardinal
The Vatican has been left red-faced after it emerged that a car bearing its diplomatic plates had been stopped in France with four kilograms of cocaine on board. The car - which also contained 200 gram of cannabis - belonged to 91-year-old Argentinian cardinal Jorge Mejia, emeritus librarian at the ...
