https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Banco Santander, the eurozone's biggest lender, said on Thursday that its bottom line shrank in the third quarter, hit by the cost of integrating smaller rival Banco Popular, which it acquired in June. https://www.thelocal.es/20171026/santander-profits-down-due-to-takeover-of-banco-popular Thu, 26 Oct 2017 12:27:48 +0200 santander-profits-down-due-to-takeover-of-banco-popular The Spanish state may only retrieve 28 percent of the multi-billion-euro aid granted to banks during the crisis, the central bank said on Friday, despite past government pledges that it wouldn't cost "one euro" to the taxpayer. https://www.thelocal.es/20170617/spain-may-recover-only-28-percent-of-aid-to-banks-report Sat, 17 Jun 2017 11:12:48 +0200 spain-may-recover-only-28-percent-of-aid-to-banks-report Spain's Ibex 35 stock market index suffered a steep fall as trading opened on Monday morning, losing 3.2 percent of its value to fall below 10,000 points - its lowest level since January. https://www.thelocal.es/20150824/spains-stock-exchange-takes-a-plunge-over-asia Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:01:09 +0200 spains-stock-exchange-takes-a-plunge-over-asia She speaks an impressive five languages, studied at Harvard Business School, became CEO of a major UK bank by age 50, she's a mum and she managed to outrank Queen Elizabeth II. Meet Ana Patricia Botín: the Spaniard who made it into the top 20 of Forbes magazine's most powerful women list. https://www.thelocal.es/20150527/ana-botn-one-of-forbes-most-powerful-women Wed, 27 May 2015 12:15:44 +0200 ana-botn-one-of-forbes-most-powerful-women Spain's third-biggest lender CaixaBank said on Tuesday it would launch a full takeover for Portuguese rival BPI, just months after it bought Barclays' Spanish operations, as it seeks to expand abroad. https://www.thelocal.es/20150217/caixabank-bids-for-portuguese-lender-bpi Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:07:00 +0100 caixabank-bids-for-portuguese-lender-bpi If your hopes of looking for work in Spain have been dented by news of sky-high unemployment rates, ever-decreasing salaries and long working hours, think again. https://www.thelocal.es/20130225/spains-top-jobs-for-expats Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:51:00 +0100 spains-top-jobs-for-expats Many of Spain's small-town mayors and councillors may have to work for nothing if the nation's latest round of cost-cutting measures is green-lighted. https://www.thelocal.es/20130215/city-officials-see-salaries-axed Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:44:00 +0100 city-officials-see-salaries-axed