Economía

The so-called trial of the century ended with Sam Altman’s victory over Elon Musk, two old friends and collaborators now at odds in the artificial intelligence ring.

The general assembly of Foment del Treball has renewed Josep Sánchez Llibre as president this Monday, who will continue to lead the Catalan employers’ association until 2030. The leader faced this re-election without competition, as no other candidacy was presented in a process without possible surprises. This will be Sánchez Llibre’s third term, accumulating 12 years in office by the end of the term.

In the latest strategic plan of Criteria, the financial arm of the La Caixa Banking Foundation, the 30% stake in Caixabank came to be considered “foundational.” The reason: that CaixaBank “shares the same historical origin as La Caixa and gives meaning to the nature of…

The sale of homes fell by 2.2% in March compared to the same month in 2025, totaling 61,295 transactions, dragged down by operations on new homes, which fell at a double-digit rate, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE) reported this Monday.

“You left me with the mother-in-law as a neighbor with the press at the door and the debt to the Treasury,” Shakira sang to Gerard Piqué after their separation. But none of that is real anymore, because the singer left Barcelona and moved away from the mother-in-law. And now the National Court has issued a ruling that exempts her from her famous tax debt and orders the Treasury to return 55 million euros to her. These are the key points of the long dispute between the Tax Agency and the Colombian artist:

The constant technological transformations and advances in digitalization are providing endless new opportunities for companies to consolidate increasingly innovative, efficient, and sustainable models. This is precisely what the Expo Foodtech will highlight in its sixth edition, the great technological fair of the food industry, which will return once again to Bilbao on May 27 and 28. Under the motto Optimize Everything, Accelerate Success, this important event will focus especially on various key tools, such as automation and food processing solutions, designed to optimize processes and improve the production and distribution of their products.

Queen Victoria, seven days through the western Mediterranean in July, 777 euros; Sun Princess, eight days through the eastern Mediterranean with Italy in July, 737 euros (903 if it is an outside cabin); Celebrity Xcel, eight days through France and the Italian Riviera in July, 731 euros and the possible promotion of up to 600 euros as a gift to spend onboard. These are just some of the offers in the premium cruise segment that have recently started to proliferate in the European tourist market, with unprecedented prices in the high season. It is the result of the indirect impact that international geopolitical instability is causing in the cruise sector, where, rather than a drop in bookings, what has been prompted is a change in tourist flows and commercial strategies by the shipping companies.

Less than four years ago, at the end of 2022, Florentino Pérez moved heaven and earth and managed to get Pedro Sánchez’s government to repeal the obligation for the executives of football clubs that were not public limited companies to guarantee 15% of the annual budget, a…

China and the United States agreed to reduce tariffs on some products to promote bilateral trade, according to a statement from the Ministry of Commerce of China, which describes the agreements as preliminary.

“I have a whole volume of signed appointment sheets. Every two months, we sign one.” For the past ten years, Fernando Casamayor, a procedural clerk in the social courts of Madrid and founder of the DJusticia union, has chained dozens of temporary contracts for the same job position, reinforcement staff. He has been working in Justice for 21 years, always as a temporary worker but has not managed to stabilize his position, despite having met the requirements and passed the necessary tests for the job pool. Although the law requires that reinforcement positions become permanent after three years and be opened for transfer contests or competitive exams, “they remain in fraud,” he explains.