Spain jails 11 for attempted Barcelona metro attacks
Reuters - Mon Dec 14, 3:37 pm ETSpain's high court has jailed 11 men to up to 14-and-a-half years for attempted suicide bombings on Barcelona's metro in 2008, the court said on Monday.
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Spain's high court has jailed 11 men to up to 14-and-a-half years for attempted suicide bombings on Barcelona's metro in 2008, the court said on Monday.
The three points were not achieved in a spectacular manner, but they satisfied 'DD', who expected a comedown from the midweek encounter against Real Madrid.
Madrid - The fans of Spanish giants Real Madrid are keen for the club to sign a replacement for injured defender Pepe, according to online polls on Monday. A poll in sports daily Marca shows that 69 per cent of readers think that Real should buy a re...
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - European markets are going through advances beyond 1.0% Monday as news about Abu Dhabi's $10 billion bailout to Dubai has relieved investors, and favoured the banking sector; in FX markets, the Euro is trimming Friday's losses, while Pound remains trading in range.
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) – The Gold has opened the week with a positive note after the previous losses which take the metal from all time high at $1,226/oz in Dec 4 to $1,209/oz last Friday Dec 11. Today session the XAU/USD is rising 0.80% so far from opening price at $1,114/oz to the current $1,124/oz after hitting $1,128/oz as fresh intra-day high.
MADRID (Dow Jones)--Portuguese annual consumer prices continued to fall in November, marking nine months of decline on lower prices for food and beverages, data from the country's National Statistics Institute showed Monday.
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - Australian Dollar's decline from 0.9195 high on Friday found support at 0.9055 low on Asian session, and the Aussie has bounced up to consolidate withi8n a range from 0.9100 to 0.9125 on early European session.
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - Stock markets have reacted positively on Monday to Dubai Government's announcement of neighboring Abu Dhabi granting a $10 billion loan to ease part of Government's conglometate Dubai's World's $60 billion debt and its property unit's Nakheel.
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - Pound's decline from Friday's high at 1.6340 found support at 1.6190/00 area, and, if the mentioned support does not give way, the pair could attempt a minor rebound to 1.6375/6416 on the short-term, according to Alex Rudolph, technical analyst at Commerzbank.
DEAR AMY: I'm a 15-year-old girl. Recently, my best friend turned 15. Her family is from Spain, so they held a quinceanera party for her. I was invited to be in her "court," an important part of the ceremony.
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - Euro decline from 1.4770 area on Friday found support at 1.4600 and the Euro bounced up during Asian session to reach 1.4685 high where the Euro found resistance, which is being tested at European session opening times.
MADRID (Dow Jones)--Spanish home sales dipped again in October, pointing to a protracted correction in Spain's once-booming housing market. Spanish home sales fell 12% in October from September, after rising a monthly 11% in September. On the year, Spanish October home sales fell by 21%.
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - USD/JPY rally from 87.40 low on December 9, peaked on Friday at 89.80, and the pair's pullback has extended during Asian session to 88.40 low and Dollar's following rebound was halted at at 89.00, sending the pair down to 88.55 at European session opening.
A smattering of villages and towns in rich, independence-minded Catalonia gave a lukewarm embrace to the idea of breaking away from Spain in a rare vote Sunday at the grassroots level.
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - Pound's decline from 1.6340 high on Friday, tre-tested 1.190/00 support on Monday's Asian session, before bouncing up to levels right above 1.6300 although, rejected at 1.6325, the Pound has dropped, ahead of the European session opening, and is trading at levels around 1.6215 at the moment of writing.
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - Asian markets have turned to gains after a weak opening on Monday after news of Dubai receiving a $10 million credit to solve its financial problems, in FX markets, Euro and Pound are correcting upwards after Friday's declines.