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Spain's Banks Need to Recapitalize

Banks in Spain were told yesterday they need to raise an extra 30 billion Euros of capital to avoid problems with bad loans, a move that comes after Mariano Rajoy's announcement a few days ago that he intends to nationalise Bankia, which is heavily expose

Set your doctor straight when it comes to your health

Ufff, doctor's appointments! And I know I'm just going to come home and do my own research anyway to confirm what she says, or give myself a headache if I disagree with the diagnosis and have to hunt around for another possible cause of my illness. Someti

Fountains in Spain often look quite gruesome

Some of the most interesting drinking fountains I've seen anywhere in the world are in Spain, with gruesome heads and other monsters decorating the plinth. Apparently these have been added to ward off evil spirits and protect the water from turning bad.

Spain's Economic Doldrums, Mortgages, and Bankia

In 2008 things started to go terribly wrong for Spain as the construction industry came to a gringing halt, then tourism started to be affected. Even the agricultural sector hasn't been immune. Add to that a small industrial base that suffered reduced exp

Sunset

I love the look of a rich sunset, and this one from my collection of photos really stands out. these sorts of views don't happen very often.

Trusted Car Dealers

Here's a new site I've enjoyed browsing through for cars in the UK, specifically they are used cars offered by dealers as opposed to private sale used cars. I'm not sure if everyone will agree with me, but I do tend to think buying from a dealer gives mor

A Mushroom

I must confess I have no idea what type of mushroom this is, but I thought the photo was cool, I took it a few years ago, I don't even remember where, but the colour and mottled top are fantastic. And offset with the dark background makes the mushroom lit

Bulgaria gets Chinese Car Plant

Good luck to Bulgaria, they've just secured an investment from a Chinese car company to make a bunch of Chinese brand cars for sale throughout the EU... yeah I'll be interested to see how this works out for them. In the

Getting my home office sorted out

I had a very pleasant experience the other day, dealing with a company specialising in finance, specifically unsecured personal loans because I need to redecorate my home office to allow me to have clients visit. Typically I'd go to my bank,

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