Abertis faces the end of two concession contracts in Spain this Tuesday, that of Acesa, the most important of the group in the world, and that of Invicat. This will have a severe impact on the income statement of the company controlled by Atlantia and ACS. Specifically, both concessions represent, together, 13.2% of revenues and 18% of gross operating profit (ebitda). The reversal of these contracts is added to the one that already took place at the end of 2019 with Aumar, another of its major projects. However, the firm led by José Aljaro has been preparing for years to…
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Every time a citizen goes to a hospital for a diagnostic test, there is a chance that their most sensitive medical data will end up in the hands of a cyber hacker. The risk is that they could come from there through illegal activities at the hands of people who can decide a job or insurance. Today, the number of incidents in Spain is over 600 a day, according to official 2020 data provided by INCIBE, the National Cryptological Center and the Joint Cyber Defense Command. Of these, an estimated 41% (246) occur in hospitals, according to the study conducted…
Windows 11 will allow the installation on computers that do not meet all the requirements, but Microsoft declines its support in return. The hours after Windows 11 was unveiled were some of the most confusing in Microsoft’s history, and that is saying. The tool that the company released to check the compatibility of the new system marked many computers as incompatible, even if they far exceeded the minimum requirements (1 GHz dual-core processor). The culprit is TMP 2.0 , a technology that will be mandatory with Windows 11, but that many modern systems do not have (or have not activated).…
The new iPhone 13 would have the option of making low orbit satellite calls (LEO), allowing us to make calls, even if we do not have 4G or 5G antennas nearby. At first glance, the iPhone 13 will not differ much from the iPhone 12, to the point that Apple was supposedly thinking of calling it the iPhone 12s to reflect that there is no big leap. Finally, the decision to jump in numbers came for reasons such as the new screen with a smaller ‘notch’, and the new larger cameras. A few weeks after its introduction, now another secret…
The Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE) has reiterated this Friday that it does not consider that it is the time to raise the minimum interprofessional wage (SMI), after being summoned by the Government, together with unions and the employer Cepyme, to address this increase . The Confederation of Antonio Garamendi relies on the fact that it is not the time to raise the SMI, as reported by Europa Press , taking refuge in the need to maintain employment and not endanger it with an increase in this legal minimum. From the employer Cepyme match CEOE that ” it is…
Ferrovial is on the exit ramp of the recovery, still with a slope ahead, but improving. The construction company of the Del Pino family will return to pay its shareholders at the end of the year, payment with which it joins Ecodividendo, the portfolio that groups the five most attractive payments on the Spanish stock market and prepared by elEconomista . It will occupy the place left by Logista, who paid his payment this Friday. Check here the calendar of upcoming dividends for the Spanish stock market As usual, Ferrovial is expected to distribute the first of the dividends charged…
Still without official confirmation, but with a clear idea on the table , the Madrid City Council is working these days to introduce new changes in the Regulated Parking Service (SER) areas. The most central streets where parking meters are located and where parking costs money that, in the coming months, could cost even more, expand into more areas or change according to pollution levels . Madrid continues to finalize its plan to protect the environment. Known as Madrid 360 , the replacement measure of the previous consistory goes far beyond what is known as Madrid Central and, in addition…
AI will change our world in twenty years. “She” will soon flow through our lives like electricity does today, remaking every sphere of human activity. AI will bring enormous benefits to society and the economy, guaranteeing more efficient production and, therefore, the products and services in our environment will be more economical and accessible. In two decades, aspects of daily human life will be unrecognizable. AI will generate unprecedented wealth , revolutionize healthcare, transportation, the financial world, food and education through human-machine symbiosis, and create new forms of communication and entertainment. With AI it will be possible to achieve and…
This is the period you have to request retirement from Social Security. The institution establishes a specific period for this procedure. If it is exceeded, the retroactivity will only be three months. Once we reach the final stage of our working life, we do it with retirement in mind, but to carry out this process in the best way, we must request it within the corresponding deadlines. The Social Security has informed in its profile of the social network Twitter that the worker has to request retirement during the three months prior or the three months immediately after cessation of…
Activity in the euro zone continued to grow near record highs in August, at one of its highest rates in the past two decades, according to the PMI survey of European companies. But the euro zone faces serious challenges, starting with the increase in production costs due to inflationary pressures. The latest turn of the price spiral is suffered by the industry that denounces the lack of labor to meet the strong demand and a rise in wages. “It could translate into higher inflation,” experts warn. The rapid reopening of the European economy is causing unexpected problems. The pace of…