Airlines recommend that travelers preparing their summer holidays buy their tickets “as soon as possible” given the uncertainty surrounding the war in Iran and the problems of scarcity and rising kerosene prices. It is a common request that now gains weight in the face of a sharp rise in costs that will have to be absorbed “via company margins or via prices,” assures the association that represents them in Spain.
Dan Jørgensen (Odense, 1975) is the European Commissioner responsible for one of the most sensitive portfolios in the midst of a global crisis, which is shaking oil and gas markets as a result of the war in Iran. The Commission’s Energy Commissioner, who also leads the community’s housing strategy, visited Barcelona yesterday to explore solutions to this other major emergency: housing. Nevertheless, current events dictate, and questions focused on the European response to mitigate the inflationary effects of the conflict in the Middle East.
Apple announced on Monday the appointment of John Ternus, senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, as its next chief executive officer. Ternus, with a long career in the hardware sector, will lead the company after Tim Cook’s departure scheduled for September, as the iPhone manufacturer prepares for an industry transformation driven by artificial intelligence.
Air transport faces a situation of maximum uncertainty at the gates of summer due to the war in the Middle East. No matter how much airlines and the tourism sector in general strive to show a public image of calm, the reality behind closed doors is one of great concern about the real risk of aviation fuel shortages in the coming weeks. The airport association, ICE, warns of supply problems in just two weeks, and the International Energy Agency (IAE) estimates that in little more than a month there will be a lack of kerosene in Europe.
Gabriel Zucman, former academic at the University of California (Berkeley), is director of the International Tax Observatory in Paris. He is the ideologue behind the 2% global minimum tax on the ultra-rich with assets exceeding $1 billion, which would affect 3,000 people worldwide. This interview took place on the occasion of the Global Progressive Mobilisation, which kicked off yesterday in Barcelona.
With the permission of Trump, Khamenei and the Strait of Hormuz, negotiations for a possible merger between the American giant Estée Lauder and the Catalan multinational Puig are moving forward. Beyond geopolitical tensions, the operation “makes sense
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has once again lashed out at Spain, but he has done so with an incorrect statement. Coinciding with the celebration of the Meeting for the Defense of Democracy being held in Barcelona, Trump stated on his social network Truth Social that it is “a shame” to see Spain due to its “disastrous economic figures.” The country’s macroeconomic reality clashes with that accusation.