viernes, 31 de agosto de 2012
El Estado inyecta de urgencia fondos en Bankia tras perder 4.448 millones
El FROB inyectará capital de urgencia en BFA-Bankia ante las fortísimas pérdidas de 4.448 millones sufridas por la filial cotizada (Bankia) en el primer semestre, las mayores de la Historia de la banca española. Todavía no se ha cuantificado el importe de esta inyección, que se suma a los 4.500 millones que asumió el Estado en el capital dl grupo en mayo cuando nacionalizó la entidad. Este dinero saldrá del FROB y no de los 30.000 millones del dinero del rescate disponible para emergencias por razones de "urgencia", según fuentes de Economía.
S&P degrada a 'bono basura' el rating de Cataluña y amenaza con más recortes
La agencia de calificación deja la nota de la deuda catalana en 'BB' tras rebajarla dos escalones, la coloca en perspectiva negativa y alerta de un aumento de las tensiones con el Gobierno central. Moody's ya dejó el pasado mayo el rating catalán en 'bono basura'.
La prima no afloja la tensión y se dispara por encima de 555 puntos
Al mercado de deuda no le ha gustado la reforma financiera y esto se refleja en la prima de riesgo. El diferencial entre el bono español y el alemán a diez años se ha disparado por encima de los 555 puntos básicos a medida que los inversores han ido asimilando las medidas aprobadas en el Consejo de Ministros.
Los 50 bancos más seguros del mundo 2012
La revista “Global Finance” elabora anualmente una lista de los 50 bancos mas seguros del mundo, este año en su XXI edición, entre los diez primeros puestos se encuentran una serie de bancos europeos a pesar de la crisis del euro. KfW Bankengruppe un banco alemán gubernamental de desarrollo con sede en Frankfurt y fundado en 1948 ocupa el primer lugar de la lista.
Cinco instituciones financieras germanas se encuentran en el top 50 de la lista, y cuatro de ellas están entre los diez bancos más seguros del mundo. Ninguna institución española se encuentra en la lista
Los 50 bancos más seguros del mundo en 2012
1. KfW Bankengruppe – (Alemania)
2. Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (BNG) – (Holanda)
3. Zürcher Kantonalbank- (Suiza)
4. Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank- (Alemania)
5. Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg – Förderbank (L-Bank) – (Alemania)
6. Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) – (Francia)
7. Nederlandse Waterschapsbank – (Holanda)
8. NRW.Bank – (Alemania)
9. Banque et Caisse d’Épargne de l’État – (Luxemburgo)
10. Rabobank Group – (Holanda)
11. TD Bank Group – (Canadá)
12. Bank of Nova Scotia- (Canadá)
13. DBS Bank – (Singapur)
14. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp – (Singapur)
15. United Overseas Bank – (Singapore)
16. Caisse centrale Desjardins – (Canadá)
17. Royal Bank of Canada – (Canadá)
18. National Australia Bank – (Australia)
19. Commonwealth Bank of Australia – (Australia)
20. Westpac Banking Corporation – (Australia)
21. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group – (Australia)
22. Kiwibank – (Nueva Zelanda)
23. HSBC Holdings – (Reino Unido)
24. Nordea – (Suecia)
25. Bank of Montreal – (Canadá)
26. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce – (Canadá)
27. Svenska Handelsbanken – (Sweden)
28. China Development Bank -(China)
29. Bank of New York Mellon Corp – (Estados Unidos)
30. Agricultural Development Bank of China – (China)
31. National Bank of Abu Dhabi – (Emiratos Árabes)
32. CoBank ACB – (Estados Unidos)
33. Pohjola Bank – (Finlandia)
34. National Bank of Kuwait -(Kuwait)
35. DZ Bank – (Alemania)
36. Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel (BFCM) – (Francia)
37. U.S. Bancorp - (Estados Unidos)
38. National Bank of Canada – (Canadá)
39. Northern Trust Corp – (Estados Unidos)
40. Qatar National Bank – (Qatar)
41. Samba Financial Group – (Arabia Saudi)
42. BancoEstado – (Chile)
43. La Banque Postale – (Francia)
44. Bank of Taiwan – (Taiwan)
45. Shizuoka Bank – (Japón)
46. Banco de Chile – (Chile)
47. BNP Paribas – (Francia)
48. Wells Fargo – (Estados Unidos)
49. Standard Chartered – (Reino Unido)
50. SEB – (Suecia)
ESTIMADOS NIÑOS Y NIÑAS LEED ATENTAMENTE.... Greek deposits in Switzerland to be taxed
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An agreement between the government and the Swiss authorities regarding the taxation of hidden
Swiss accounts owned by Greeks is near completion, with the finance ministry hoping to draw in 4-6 billion euros through the measure, To Vima has reported.
The contract between the two countries would be similar to agreements that Switzerland has
signed with Germany, the United Kingdom, and other governments, according to German news magazine Der Spiegel.
According to sources, Deputy Finance Minister George Mavraganis will meet Swiss counterparts
on Monday to finalise the agreement. Der Spiegel cites that 20bn euros of undeclared Greek money is being held in Swiss Banks.
According to the agreement, this money would be taxed at 20-30 percent, brining in 4 to
6bn euros to the state coffers.
The agreement was not signed by either the Papadimos or Pikramenos governments,
on the grounds that they did not have the authority to do so before the elections.
A Syriza MP, Dimitris Papadimoulis, claimed that it could have been signed as early as 2005
, but was delayed because many MPs had undeclared Swiss accounts. (Athens News) | ||
El-Erian: Who Will Determine Greece's European Future?
Many feel that Greece's fate, including its continued membership of the eurozone, rests in the hands of the Troika - officials from the European Commission, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund charged with evaluating Greek's reform efforts, its financing needs and how they should be met. But this is not the entire story by any means.
The country's fate is also closely linked to what happens in Italy and Spain, and in a manner that is yet to be sufficiently understood by many. (Read More: Can Spain Avoid Greece’s Vicious Circle?)
Domestic political stability and economic reforms are clearly critical for Greece's continued membership of the eurozone. Many are thus interested in how the Troika, acting on behalf of official creditors, will react to the government's request to stretch out the budgetary adjustment over an extra couple of years.
Will they agree? If they do, how will the accompanied structural reforms be tweaked? And who will pony up the additional financing, either explicitly or through indirect methods (such as the refinancing undertaken recently by the ECB (Learn more)?
Important as they are, these questions are just part of the required analysis. You see, Greece's triple problem - of way too little growth, much too much debt, and a political elite that has lost popular credibility and legitimacy - cannot be solved by adding a couple of years to the adjustment program and finding a bit more money.
A sustainable solution requires a major reset of the country's parameters - economic, financial political, and social.
Domestic conditions are of course key here. Without common vision and a sense of shared responsibility - both of which are lacking in Greece today - it is virtually impossible for the country to regain its employment engines, realign its cost and revenue structure, and regain Eurocentric and global competitiveness.
Mohamed El-Erian CEO of PIMCO
Yet it is not all about internal challenges. Greece's continued membership of the Eurozone depends also on the evolution of the situation in Italy and Spain - two countries that will have an important impact on what the Greek reset looks like and when it would occur.
If the situation in Italy and Spain were to deteriorate further, Greece would get even less sympathy from the Troika; and certainly less money. (Read More: IMF's Lipton is Hopeful Greece Getting "Back on Track")
Any relaxation in policy conditionality would be viewed by the Troika as giving the wrong signal to other vulnerable Eurozone members. And creditors would be even more reluctant to pour good money after bad.
With the social fabric of Greek society already highly stressed, the government there would find it even more difficult, if not impossible, to implement an approach that promises the population greater austerity and pain. A disorderly exit (or "Grexit") from the eurozone would only be a matter of time. To make things worse, it is likely that this would occur in the context of an increasingly unstable Eurozone.
What if collective European efforts were to succeed in stabilizing Italy and Spain? You may think that this would be unambiguously good for Greece as a more robust Eurozone would be more willing to support its weakest member. But it is not that simple.
The stronger the eurozone firewalls protecting Italy and Spain, the greater the inclination for some European officials to de facto push Greece out.
This is not just about the difficulties that Greece faces to deliver on its policy commitments, regain competitiveness and create jobs within the confine of the single currency. It also goes beyond the realization that Greece would require another major debt restructuring which, this time around, would likely involve money owed to official creditors.
There are several member countries that believe that Greece never belonged in the Eurozone to begin with. Moreover, its membership was enabled only by questionable numbers.
Up to now, their desire to create conditions that would accelerate a Grexit has been held back by the fear that this would significantly disrupt other peripheral economies - something that strong eurozone firewalls would overcome.
Greece's future thus depends on the outcome of both domestic events and developments in Italy and Spain. Greek officials should certainly hope that collective European action will succeed in stabilizing these other two countries' economies. But they should also realize that too great a success could, ironically, map into a higher probability of a Grexit.
It could well be that continued muddle through for the eurozone as a whole, rather than full resolution or fragmentation, is what would deliver the most official support for Greece. This may be attractive for the current Greek government. It certainly won't be for the rest of the eurozone.
Barnier señala que la supervisión bancaria empezará a funcionar de manera escalonada y que ya el 1 de enero de 2013 "serán controlados de manera central todos aquellos bancos que son apoyados por los fondos de rescate".
El comisario europeo de Mercado Interior, Michel Barnier, ha anunciado que el BCE supervisará las más de 6.000 entidades financieras de la zona del euro a partir de comienzos del año próximo. La supervisión será gradual y cubrirá a toda la banca en 2014.
Moody's podría decidir si degrada el 'rating' de España a finales de septiembre
La agencia Moody's mantiene en revisión la calificación de la deuda a largo plazo de España (Baa3) para una posible rebaja y podría durar hasta finales de septiembre.
El examen comenzó el 13 de junio de 2012 pero aún queda, según indica la agencia,información pendiente, como el alcance que necesita la recapitalización de la banca, la naturaleza y el tamaño de los mecanismos de apoyo disponibles bajo el Mecanismo Europeo de Estabilidad (MEDE) y los posibles cambios y adiciones resultantes de las reuniones en las próximas semanas entre responsables políticos.
Además, Moody's pide a España más acción inmediata y la incita a buscar apoyo externo más allá del programa de recapitalización.
De rebajar la nota a España, ésta entraría en calificación de 'bono basura'.
jueves, 30 de agosto de 2012
Bank of Spain servants leave their jobs
The Spanish central bank is experiencing an escape by its most valuable assets, its servants, which has accelerated over the last weeks. More than 20 have left since the beginning of the year, which is about 10 percent of the total number of servants. About 15 have moved to other public organizations and the others to private entities or consultants.
These exits take place because, on the one hand, there is a growing interest among these entities to be able to count on their expertise in these times of changes and with the upcoming rescue of the banking sector. On the other hand, there is a feeling of mistreatment, both economic and professional, among servants that makes them leave.
Among central bank servants, it is relatively common to go over to the ‘enemy’s side,’ not the least as it multiplies their salaries several times. They usually ask for a few years of extended leave of absence, thus keeping the position in case the new experience does not turn out as good as expected. There are no strict rules regarding these extended leaves and it is the very Bank of Spain that approves or denies them.
New rules and regulations
The current interest on behalf of banks to hire central bank servants to their internal management branches is explained by the large amount of new rules and regulations that the entities will have to comply with.
They include the two financial reforms pushed forward by Finance MinisterLuis de Guindos this spring, which changed rules related to real estate provisions, as well as the new reform that will be approved this Friday, including changes related to the conditions set in the Memorandum of Understanding with Brussels over the rescue and the creation of a ‘bad bank,’ among other issues.
Also, they will have to adjust to major changes related to the rescue plan for the whole Spanish banking sector, and many questions still remain unanswered, such as, who will receive public funds, under which conditions, and who will, instead, have to look for financing on the markets.
Expertise and better communication
With these newly hired professionals, the entities want to be able to count on their expertise and, at the same time, achieve a more smooth dialogue with their former colleagues when it comes to the implementation of the new regulations and to negotiate various aspects that are still open and could be interpreted in various ways.
According to sources close to the situation, four persons have left the central bank for BBVA, Boston Consulting, KPMG andPriceWaterhouseCoopers. As can be seen, there is interest to hire these servants also among the consultants that are actively participating in the on-going evaluation of the Spanish banking sector and who expect to continue assessing these entities in the future.
The number of servants who turn to other public organizations also draws attention. For instance, some have moved to the SEPI (Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales), the FROB (the state-backed bank bailout fund), the ICO (Instituto de Crédito Oficial), the Ministry for Economy, and so on.
According to the mentioned sources, this is because the public servant career is a “dead road” – in Spain public servants are hired for life, but there is criticism that this leads to little flexibility for them to advance in their careers – and the professionals prefer to take advantage of the opportunities in other public administration areas where there are more development possibilities.
miércoles, 29 de agosto de 2012
El Rey irrumpe en una reunión de la élite empresarial para informarse sobre el rescate
Don Juan Carlos se ha sumado al encuentro al final de la reunión, cuando se debatían las conclusiones, y al almuerzo que se ha celebrado posteriormente. El Palacio de la Zarzuela ha confirmado a Europa Press el encuentro, que no venía anunciado en la agenda de actos oficiales del Rey, y ha precisado que el almuerzo en el que ha participado el jefe del Estado ha tenido lugar tras la reunión mensual que celebra este Consejo.
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martes, 28 de agosto de 2012
Los inversores creen que el euro puede 'saltar por los aires', según el secretario de Estado para la UE
28.08.2012Europa Press
Ante esta percepción, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo señala que hay que darles "garantías" de que la Unión Europea va a seguir defendiendo su moneda.
El secretario de Estado para la UE, que ha efectuado estas declaraciones tras intervenir en el seminarioRepensar el proyecto europeo: una visión española, en la Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, cree que septiembre y octubre van a ser "cruciales" para el futuro de la región, porque en este periodo los Veintisiete se juegan "una parte enormemente importante del proyecto europeo".
En septiembre será cuando el BCE haga públicas sus medidas a corto plazo para sostener al euro, en un momento en que las declaraciones de intenciones no bastan a los inversores, que quieren "pruebas", ha insistido. Unas pruebas que, en su opinión, pasan por creer "en la firme voluntad de no dejar caer a ningún país de la zona euro". Asimismo, Méndez de Vigo considera que no es posible salir de la crisis "sólo con ajustes", una "voluntad" que se vio en el Consejo Europeo de junio.
Respecto a la cumbre europea celebrada ese mes, el secretario de Estado para la UE ha señalado que "fue en la buena dirección; se tomaron buenas medidas, y estamos pidiendo que se ejecuten lo antes posible", al tiempo que ha recordado que también existe "un acuerdo para llevar a cabo una autoridad bancaria de aquí a finales de diciembre".
Méndez de Vigo ha destacado que los gobiernos europeos tienen ahora la "responsabilidad inmensa" al tomar decisiones de manifestar una voluntad política y de acción de continuidad, que en su opinión requiere "responsabilidad" pero también "solidaridad". Y además es importante que la ciudadanía entienda que el euro es una "parte consustancial" del proyecto europeo, ha dicho.
Méndez de Vigo ha explicado en su ponencia que la crisis actual en la UE tiene raíces anteriores, como un déficit de unión económica, la falta de voluntad política y una ampliación que era "una obligación moral y una necesidad política, importante para preservar la paz" pero que tiene "consecuencias" para el funcionamiento interno de la UE.
Avalancha de propuestas legislativas
Además, ha mantenido que Europa no estaba preparada para la crisis a la que se enfrenta, aunque desde que ésta se ha producido "la UE ha legislado más en todas esas materias que en los últimos 40 años". Así, ha dicho, en tres años de crisis, el "déficit de gobernanza económica se ha llenado de propuestas legislativas", aunque a su juicio no son suficientes y menos en este momento de recesión.
Además, ha mantenido que Europa no estaba preparada para la crisis a la que se enfrenta, aunque desde que ésta se ha producido "la UE ha legislado más en todas esas materias que en los últimos 40 años". Así, ha dicho, en tres años de crisis, el "déficit de gobernanza económica se ha llenado de propuestas legislativas", aunque a su juicio no son suficientes y menos en este momento de recesión.
Respecto de la deuda soberana, ha subrayado que el problema de España a la hora de financiarse "no tiene sentido", pero la UE no le deja "instrumentos" para adoptar otras medidas. No obstante, ha vuelto a referirse al "éxito" de la cumbre de junio en el sentido de que nuestro país e Italia puedan financiarse "con tipos razonables", así como que su sistema financiero reciba "inyecciones de liquidez", caso del crédito de hasta 100.000 millones al sistema bancario, que es "una muestra de solidaridad" europea.
Y es que, ha advertido, sólo españoles compran la deuda española porque el mercado de deuda "ha desaparecido". "Tenemos que volver a crear un mercado europeo y eso sólo se consigue dando seguridad y credibilidad".
Catalonia formally requests rescue
The region of Catalonia has requested a rescue from the Spanish government. The Catalan regional government formally made the request today Tuesday to the national government for a loan of €5bn from theLiquidity Fund for the Autonomous regions (FLA), although Catalan representatives said the region will not accept “political conditions” to get access to the funds “which actually belong to the Catalans.”
The spokesperson for the Catalan regional government, Francesc Homs, said this money will be used to comply with the public deficit target of 1.5 percent of GDP in 2012, which it is obliged to do, and to refinance “pending payment obligations” until the end of this year.
The Catalan government made the request to the FLA during its first meeting after the summer holidays, as had been announced by regional deputy premier, Joana Ortega, on August 19.
At that occasion, Ortega recognized that the delay in the creation of this fund –which may not be active until the fall – could create liquidity problems in Catalonian, although she added that the regional government wouldn’t analyze the financial situation of the region until today Tuesday.
In July, the regional minister for economy, Andreu Mas-Colell, and the spokesperson for the Catalan government, Francesc Homs, already took for granted that Catalonia would have to turn to the new fund for help, although they did not specify a date and they denied that this help would look like a request for a rescue.
Rajoy and Mas will meet on September 20
The request for the rescue from the Catalan government occurs one day after a letter from Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to Catalonia’s Premier Artur Maswas made public, in which the prime minister promises to look into the fiscal part that was suggested by Mas in July. Rajoy also asks Mas for his support to strengthen Spain’s position in Europe.
The two will meet on September 20 at the Moncloa, the government headquarter in Madrid, according to official sources. Rajoy did not mention the fiscal pact as a specific topic to discuss during the meeting, although the Catalan leader will ask for this.
The meeting between the two of them has been pending since April, but since then the political climate has become more complicated. The Catalan regional government and the Convergence and Union (CiU), a centre-right Catalan nationalist federation, have supported the idea of a so-called fiscal pact, which would introduce a similar structure in Catalonia as in the Basque country.
The decision to request a rescue had been preceded by speculations about the time and details of the rescue, and it was not expected to occur until in September.
Berlín y París crean un grupo de trabajo para buscar pactos sobre España y Grecia
Esta comisión bilateral trabajará "de forma muy estrecha para preparar las decisiones pendientes desde un enfoque bilateral", apuntó el ministro alemán Wolfgang Schäuble en una rueda de prensa junto a su colega francés, Pierre Moscovici. Pretenden concertar posiciones sobre el diseño de la unión fiscal y bancaria europea, pero también sobre cuestiones más urgentes, como la recapitalización del sector bancario en España o la renegociación del segundo programa de rescate de Grecia, explicaron.
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domingo, 26 de agosto de 2012
1,000 citizens provided new homes in Abu Dhabi
Equivalent number of units envisaged for the needy in second phase of public project
Abu Dhabi: Hundreds of Emiratis waited eagerly in the circular hall for their numbers to be called. Having presented the required documents at the counter, they soon left the building beaming closely clutching packages that contained the keys and deeds to their new homes.
Through the week, many more Emiratis are expected to visit the Municipality of Abu Dhabi City headquarters to claim the keys to their new residential units in Abu Dhabi city’s Al Falah residential area. Sunday marked the inauguration of the home allotments following a decree by President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan earlier this month. The decree called for 1,000 houses to be granted to eligible beneficiaries.
“This grant illustrates the keen attention of our prudent leadership to ensure a decent and stable life for all Emiratis,” said Owaidah Al Qubaisi, acting executive director of municipal services at the municipality.
While the houses currently being distributed were completed as part of the first phase of Al Falah City Residential Project, 1,000 more units are being constructed under the second phase of the scheme.
In total, 4,857 villas will be built across 12.5 million square metres in the development along with the Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Mosque that will be able to accommodate 2,000 worshippers at a time.
A representative from the Abu Dhabi Centre of Housing at the Ministry of Presidential Affairs told Gulf News that beneficiaries are selected based on their need for new housing. “Emiratis can apply for a house at any time and we receive thousands of applications each year. When selecting recipients, the ministry prioritises divorced women and widows with children, then divorced women and widows without children, and then large Emirati families that are needy,” the representative explained.
Abdullah Ahmad Salem Obaid, 40, a data entry executive, told Gulf News he was delighted that his application for a house had been granted.
“Till date, my family and I have been living in a rented three-bedroom apartment on Corniche Road. This was not ideal, however, because I have four children who are quickly growing up. Finding parking near my home was also a regular concern,” Obaid said.
“Comparatively, my new home consists of five bedrooms, which will greatly increase the comfort of my family. And even though the house is slightly distant from my workplace, it is in a safe and secure location, and many of my relatives live nearby,” he added.
Ayesha Hassan, 37, a housewife, said she could finally move from Sharjah to Abu Dhabi with her six children and husband. “I came to know that my application had been granted just before Eid, and this home therefore feels like an Eid gift to me,” she said.
In all, 23 counters have been set up at the municipality’s headquarters to process documents for beneficiaries during the week, and 75 per cent of the keys and documents have already been distributed to beneficiaries.
“We hope to finish the delivery process within the week, and municipal executives at the headquarters and the municipality’s Al Bateen branch will serve customers from 7:00 am to 8 pm daily during the period,” said Mohammad Al Murrar, director of customer service at the municipality.
He added that the process of validating documents only takes 15 minutes for each customer, and that the houses being handed out are fully ready to be moved into.
Those who have been selected to receive houses under the scheme must simply submit copies of their passport, their family book and Emirates ID. Divorcées, widows and their sons must also submit Declarations of Filiation.
El Bundesbank advierte al BCE contra la "adicción" a la compra de deuda publica
Berlín, 26 ago (EFE).- El presidente del Bundesbank, el banco central alemán, Jens Weidmann, ha advertido al Banco Central Europeo (BCE) contra el inicio de un nuevo programa de compra de deuda pública y afirmado que ese tipo de financiación puede "crear adicción como una droga".
"Una política de ese tipo es para mí cercana a la financiación estatal mediante la máquina de imprimir dinero", afirma Weidmann en declaraciones que publica hoy el semanario Der Spiegel.
Añade que "en las democracias deben decidir los parlamentos y no los bancos centrales sobre una tan amplia mancomunización de los riesgos".
Asimismo subraya que si los bancos centrales de la zona del euro adquieren deuda pública de determinados países "los títulos acabarán figurando en el balance del sistema del euro" y "al final deberán responder los contribuyentes de los restantes países".
Tras destacar que esa no es la forma de resolver los problemas básicos de la crisis, comenta que "la lluvia de dinero de los bancos centrales no haría sino despertar ambiciones existentes".
"No deberíamos infravalorar el peligro de que la financiación a través de los bancos centrales puede crear adicción como una droga", declara Weidmann, quien además ve amenazada la independencia del BCE.
Agrega que a segunda vista llama la atención que los planes "conducen a acciones concertadas de los fondos de rescate estatales y el banco central. De esa manera se produce una vinculación entre la política fiscal y monetaria" y por ello desea evitar que "la política monetaria se vea sometida al dominio de la política fiscal".
Pese a todo, Weidmann considera que no existe un riesgo inmediato de inflación, aunque advierte de que "si la política monetaria es manipulada para convertirse en la solución política de los problemas, acabará viéndose relegada su meta cada vez mas a un segundo plano".
El presidente del Bundesbank es contrario además a que el BCE se vea comprometido "a garantizar a cualquier precio la permanencia de los países miembros en la zona del euro".
Por ello considera que a la hora de decidir si Grecia debe permanecer en el euro "debe jugar también un papel que no sufra una mayor pérdida de confianza la construcción marco de la Unión Monetaria y que las condiciones político económicas de los programas de ayuda mantengan su credibilidad".
En cuanto a las críticas contra su persona por su postura crítica señala: "Nosotros, (los responsables) de los bancos centrales, actuamos actualmente en una situación límite y por ello surgen cada vez mas cuestiones básicas. Por ello debemos estar preparados para defender las posturas que mantenemos en el consejo también de manera pública".
Murió a los 82 años Neil Armstrong, primer hombre en pisar la Luna
Además de astronauta, Armstrong era también veterano de la guerra de Corea, un piloto de pruebas y un aviador de la Marina estadounidense, y aseguró que fue "un verdadero pionero cuyo pequeño paso enseñó a la humanidad todo lo que puede conseguirse cuando alguien se entrega a la tarea.
La misión que le hizo famoso fue el último viaje al espacio de Armstrong, que abandonó la NASA en 1971 y trabajó a partir de entonces como ingeniero y como profesor de Ingeniería Aerospacial en Ohio, donde evitó las apariciones públicas y entrevistas.
"Aunque valoraba su privacidad, Neil siempre apreció las expresiones de buena fe de gente de todo el mundo", aseguró su familia, que consideró que el astronauta es "un ejemplo para que los jóvenes sigan sus sueños, tengan ganas de explorar y sirvan de forma desinteresada a una causa mayor que ellos mismos".
sábado, 25 de agosto de 2012
va llegando el momento de los silencios........caballeros a sus monturas....le jeux cest fait
Merkel gestiona la creación de un nuevo tratado más integrador para la UE
Es el fin del euro.............y de muchas cosas más.....
eso es malo......
pues no para todos....
pero los culpables han sido todos............especialmente los que no han querido ver...
una nueva normalidad.......donde lo solido sera más solido.....
y lo endeble caera....
tendrá cosas buenas sin duda....
y malas seguro que también.....
NO sobrevivirán como en las leyes de Darwin...ni los mas fuertes...ni los más grandes...ni los más inteligentes.....
ni los más numerosos.....
sino los que mejor se adapten......
Cuando se ha tenido la información no se ha creído......y cada cual ha mirado lo suyo........
En cuanto a España....protectorado ........que servirá de base para recuperación de otros imperios....mejor adaptados.....
UAE win Longines FEI World Endurance Championships Shaikh Mohammad led home a sensational one-two finish for the UAE to win the Longines FEI World Endurance Championships at Euston Park
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai led home a sensational one-two finish for the UAE to win the Longines FEI World Endurance Championships at Euston Park, UK, today (Saturday).
Shaikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum finished runner-up and Dubai-based Spanish rider Maria Alvarez Ponton third in the 160km event.
A field of over 150 riders from 38 countries participated in the championships.
Shaikh Mohammad led the UAE to a team gold at the World Endurance Games in Kentucky in 2010.
JCB:EN TIERRA HOSTÍL 25-008-2012 “Y CUANDO SE DESPERTÓ RAJOY, LA TROIKA TODAVÍA ESTABA ALLÍ
Si salen ustedes a pasear vayan con cuidado y pongan cara de solventes porque este viernes ha llegado a Madrid “la troika”. Los hombres de negro han aterrizado en España
viernes, 24 de agosto de 2012
JPM:Un simple y bello horno solar hace potable el agua salada
El diseñador italiano Gabriele Diamanti sabe que los proyectos no sólo son para hacer dinero, sino también para contribuir al bien común. Por ello creó Eliodomestico, un purifivador solar de agua.
Su funcionamiento es sencillo: en la mañana, se llena con agua salada el depósito superior del aparato y posteriormente se aprieta la tapa. Tras un día de constante exposición al sol, la temperatura y la presión se incrementan por el calor, haciendo que el vapor desciende a través del tubo conexión y posteriormente el agua (o vapor) desalinizada se acumula en un recipiente transportable.
El objetivo de Diamanti era diseñar algo sencillo y reconocible, especialmente para las personas de África, a quienes Eliodomestico les permitirá transportar el agua potable con mayor facilidad.
“Traté de hacer algo que pudiese manejar cualquier integrante de una familia, sin importar su tamaño o edad”.
Las sociedades de inversión inmobiliaria no pagarán impuestos
El Proyecto de Ley de Flexibilización de Medidas del Mercado de Alquiler, que se aprobará mañana en Consejo de Ministros, reforma la regulación de las Socimis para promover este instrumento, que hasta ahora ha tenido un éxito "escaso", según fuentes de Fomento.
Unas sociedades de inversión inmobiliaria más potentes podrán servir como "vehículo" con liquidez suficiente para adquirir algunos de los inmuebles que están actualmente a la venta en España "a precios razonables" y ponerlos en alquiler.
Entre esos inmuebles pueden incluirse los activos inmobiliarios que adquiera la futura Sociedad de Gestión de Activos a las entidades financieras españolas, con el objetivo de liberar sus balances, el denominado "banco malo".
Entre otras cuestiones, la normativa que se aprobará mañana prevé reducir a cero la tributación de las sociedades, que solo pagarán unos impuestos del 19 % por la distribución de dividendos.
jueves, 23 de agosto de 2012
Mohammed bin Rashid arrives at UK to lead UAE endurance team
UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, arrived at UK to lead the UAE team in next week’s Longines FEI World Endurance Championships at Euston Park in Suffolk, UK.
The UAE team are eyeing to harvest gold for the third time in a row following victories in 2008 World Endurance Championship- Malaysia and in the 2010 World Endurance Championship- Kentucky, USA.
Headed by Sheikh Mohammed, the UAE team will include Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority Sheikh Majid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Sheikh Rashid Dalmouk Al Maktoum, Ali Khalfan Al Jahouri and Ahmad Mohammad Ahmad Belqazi.
A total of 29 teams will be participating in the FEI CEI four-star 160-km competition scheduled to be held on August 25.
Alongside title sponsor Longines, Meydan and Emaar Properties are joining the sporting event as additional supporters.
Bruselas exige a España endurecer las pensiones a cambio de las ‘ayudas’
Bruselas considera que, en el entorno actual de crisis, las pensiones en España son demasiado altas. Por eso, ha dicho al Gobierno deMariano Rajoy que si quiere recibir las ‘ayudas’, debe bajarlas; incluso las de este año 2012 que incrementó el Ejecutivo. Además, lejos de ser una exigencia menor, en Bruselas entienden que es una condición indispensable para que nuestro país acuda al rescate global.
Exclusive: Spain in talks with euro zone over sovereign aid
(Reuters) - Spain is negotiating with the euro zone over conditions for international aid to bring down its borrowing costs though the country has not made a final decision to request a bailout, three sources with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.
The favored option being discussed is that the existing European rescue fund, the EFSF, would purchase Spanish government bonds at primary auctions while the European Central Bank would intervene in the secondary market to lower yields, the sources said.
No specific figure for aid has been discussed in the talks, which started several weeks ago, one of the sources said.
Other senior euro zone sources were more cautious, one saying nothing clear-cut had emerged on aid for Spain, while a fifth said no talks were going on at all.
Spain's prime minister's office declined to comment. A spokeswoman for the economy ministry said there was no change in the Spanish position, which is that it would wait until the next meeting of the governing council of the ECB on September 6, hoping for details on how the ECB plans to intervene, before deciding on any move.
ECB President Mario Draghi has said the central bank could intervene to lower painfully high yields but only if the country concerned asked for similar help from the bloc's rescue fund first.
The three sources who spoke with Reuters on Thursday said the negotiations were focusing on conditions attached to the aid, which will be included in a memorandum of understanding.
While there is a political consensus that the conditions should be limited to what is already included in EU recommendations to Spain, which has pushed through a raft of painful austerity measures, two of the sources said euro zone countries were insisting on setting up a tougher schedule of monitoring.
Separately, two of the sources said Spain's euro zone partners and the European Commission have dashed its hopes of getting an emergency liquidity line for its banks before the first tranche of up to 100 billion euros of aid is disbursed in the autumn.
Spanish authorities had hoped to receive up to 30 billion euros in August to start recapitalizing state-rescued banks, such as Bankia (BKIA.MC), CatalunyaCaixa and NovaGalicia.
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