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Spain fines insurers for price-fixing

Spanish regulators said Thursday they have fined six European insurance companies a total of euro120.7 million ($180 million) for fixing prices on building-defect coverage during the Spanish housing boom. It was the heftiest fine ever imposed by ...

From DANIEL WOOLLS, eTaiwan News,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Munich Re

Spain moves to win hostage sailors' freedom

MADRID - Spain moved Monday to win the release of 36 fishermen held hostage on a Spanish trawler off Somalia by indicting two captured pirates in a fast-track procedure so they can be returned to Somalia as demanded by the hijackers. ...

From DANIEL WOOLLS, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Spanish judge indicts 2 suspected Somali pirates

MADRID - A judge indicted two suspected Somali pirates captured in connection with the hijacking of a Spanish tuna trawler, moving Monday for swift resolution of a case that is prolonging the six-week hostage crisis. ...

From DANIEL WOOLLS, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  16 Nov 2009

Iberia reports

Spanish airline Iberia SA, poised to merge with British Airways PLC, reported Friday a loss of ⁈illion ($24.5 million) in the third quarter, compared to a profit of ⁈illion a year earlier, as the economic crisis sapped demand for air travel. ...

From DANIEL WOOLLS, eTaiwan News,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: British Airways

Iberia reports euro16.4 million Q3 loss

Spanish airline Iberia SA, poised to merge with British Airways PLC, reported Friday a loss of euro16.4 million ($24.5 million) in the third quarter, compared to a profit of euro30.4 million a year earlier, as the economic crisis sapped demand for ...

From DANIEL WOOLLS, eTaiwan News,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: British Airways

Iberia reports €16.4 million Q3 loss

MADRID - Spanish airline Iberia SA, poised to merge with British Airways PLC, reported Friday a loss of €16.4 million ($24.5 million) in the third quarter, compared to a profit of €30.4 million a year earlier, as the economic crisis sapped demand for ...

From DANIEL WOOLLS, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: British Airways

Spain refuses demand to free Somali pirates

MADRID (AP) — Spain said Friday it would not free two captured pirates as demanded by fellow brigands who are holding a Spanish trawler and 33 crew members off the coast of Somalia. Three crewmen that had been removed from the vessel and taken to the ...

From DANIEL WOOLLS, NevadaAppeal.com,  7 Nov 2009

Spanish hostages' wives: 3 crew taken ashore

MADRID Pirates holding a Spanish trawler off Somalia took three crew members ashore Thursday to press Spanish authorities for the release of fellow pirates captured in connection with the month-old hostage drama, wives of two sailors said. Later, in a ...

From DANIEL WOOLLS, San Diego Union-Tribune,  5 Nov 2009

Spanish hostage wives: 3 crew members taken ashore

Pirates holding a Spanish trawler off Somalia have taken three crew members ashore to press Spanish authorities for the release of fellow pirates captured in connection with the month-old hostage drama, wives of two sailors said Thursday. The ...

From DANIEL WOOLLS, Taiwan News,  5 Nov 2009

Spain: Tuna boats off Somalia can boost firepower

Spanish fishing vessels in the Indian Ocean can now carry private security guards armed with military-grade weapons to repel pirate attacks off Somalia, the government said Friday. One Spanish trawler, meanwhile, neared a month in the hands of ...

From DANIEL WOOLLS, Taiwan News,  31 Oct 2009

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