Chris Lawrence

This week in Spain a carrier strike is being suffered in many cities. The workers of the sector are summoned by the Platform for the Defense of the Merchandise Transport Sector to support, from this midnight, an indefinite strike before the “Very serious situation in the sector and inadmissible working conditions”. Among their claims, is … Read more

Something more than the shadow of doubt has been looming over one of FC Barcelona’s global sponsors for years, the Russian capital online betting house 1xBET, but not even the war in Ukraine has managed to break the agreement signed in the summer of 2019 to the next five seasons, at least for now. The … Read more

16/03/2022 – 19:03 Updated: 19:30 – 03/16/22 There was no surprise. The Federal Reserve has announced an increase in interest rates interest a quarter of a point, around 0.25% to 0.5%, kicking off a series of increases for the next meetings. “Continued rate hikes will be appropriate” to stabilize inflation, the US central bank’s Open … Read more

In a matter of days, oil has gone from touching its historical highs to losing 100 dollars per barrel, falling to the levels it was at before the Russian invasion of Ukraine was triggered. This drop in crude oil has occurred despite the worsening of the war and the sanctions, which continue to putting global … Read more

7:00 – 16/03/2022 Updated: 08:16 – 03/16/22 The price of fuel at service stations is beginning to give consumers a slight break. The price of oil has already accumulated a fall of close to 30% in just eight days and this decline, albeit slowly, has already begun to be felt at service stations. The strong … Read more

The historic rebound in international nickel prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused a historic earthquake in the futures markets for this raw material. This earthquake may end with an important ‘victim’ in the markets: Tsingshan, the largest producer of this metal in China and in the world, is left in a delicate situation … Read more

Where no one can see it, track it or find it. That is where Russian crude is headed. The buyers of this type of oil carry out their operations with great care in order to prevent their purchases from companies from a country that has started a bloody war in Ukraine from being known. The … Read more

Going from a job to retirement is not done automatically: the pension application process goes through a series of procedures that depend on the worker but also on Social Security. Thus, at the moment in which the person requests the pension, the time it takes for Social Security is added as another of the variables … Read more

As of July, whoever approaches the stadium of the FC Barcelona you will see on its facade a new name: Spotify Camp Nouaccording to the agreement made official this Tuesday between the Swedish music company in streaming and the Catalan sports club, which has not disclosed the economic amount of the contract or its duration … Read more

The Russian economy is cracking, its currency has tanked, and its debt is junk. The next step is a possible default that could cost investors billions and leave the country without financing in the markets. The swap markets give a 70% chance that this will happen the same year and Fitch Ratings says it is … Read more