SunPower Completes 18-Megawatt Olivenza Solar Power Plant in Badajoz, Spain Nov 24, 2008
MADRID, Spain, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SunPower (Nasdaq: , SPWRB), a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced the completion of the 18-megawatt Olivenza solar electric power plant in Badajoz, Spain. SunPower installed its proprietary SunPower(R) T20 Tracker solar tracking system at the site, covering a total of approximately 70 hectares. (PR Newswire)
AEGON Buys 50% Stake in Caixa Terrassa's Life Insurance and Pension Unit Aug 29, 2008
Today, AEGON has partnerships in place with five of Spain's largest savings banks: Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo, Caja Navarra, Caja de Badajoz, Caja Cantabria and Caixa Terrassa. Strong economic growth, changing demographics and the recent focus on bancassurance have transformed Spain into one of AEGON's fastest-growing businesses. (PR Newswire)
The Awakening Land Aug 14, 2008
Near Badajoz, on the bitter western plateau that the Spaniards named Extremadura because life there was so extremely hard, irrigation has transformed into 5,000 gardens of vegetables and cotton the chalky arid land whose owners were half starved a decade ago. In her new white stucco farmhouse, a wife pauses under a gaudy framed print of Jesus to explain why she has not yet bought a television set: "The neighbors would come in every night and track up my floor.". (Time.com)
In Spanish election, economy eclipses issues like gay marriage Mar 8, 2008
Prime Minister: Supporters, such as these in Badajoz Wednesday, have applauded Jose Lus Rodrguez Zapatero's Socialist reforms. Javier Barbancho/Reuters. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Food: You'll go nutty for Spain's Iberico ham Feb 15, 2008
R. L. Wolke Iberico pigs enjoy a free-range diet of acorns under holm oak trees near the town of Badajoz in the Spainish region called Extremadura. Iberico ham is the pride of Spain. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
/FIRST ADD -- LNTH001 -- AEGON N.V. EARNINGS/ Nov 8, 2007
9) Includes Spain which includes 50% of CAM, 50% of Caja Navarra and 50% of Caja de Badajoz. 10)APE = recurring premium + 1/10 single premium. (PR Newswire)
AEGON Delivers Strong Third Quarter Operational Performance Nov 8, 2007
The agreement will complement AEGON's existing partnerships in Spain with Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo, Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Navarra and Caja de Badajoz ... In the third quarter, new life sales in Spain increased to EUR 13 million, up from EUR 9 million, reflecting bancassurance sales through AEGON's joint ventures with Caja de Badajoz and Caja Navarra. (PR Newswire)
Spanish Investors Plan New Ethanol Plant for 2009 Sep 27, 2007
Alcoholes Biocarburantes de Extremadura (Albiex) has already started work on the site near Badajoz and expects to spend 42 million euros (US$59 million) on the plant in the next two years. It will produce 110 million litres a year of bioethanol and 87 million kg of grain byproduct that can be used for animal feed. (Planet Ark, United States)
AEGON Continues Strong Profitable Growth of New Business May 9, 2007
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, May 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VALUE OF NEW BUSINESS FOR Q1 2007 INCREASES to EUR 232 MILLION - Broad based contribution to Value of New Business growth; AEGON UK leads growth with 77%(i) increase in VNB - AEGON's (LSE: AGN , NYSE: AEG) internal rate of return increases to 17. 7% in the first quarter of 2006 - The internal rate of return in AEGON The Netherlands meets the internal hurdle rate NEW LIFE SALES(1) INCREASE 20%; total deposits increased by 21% - Record sales... (PR Newswire)
Solar Power Plants in Spain Energized By SunPower Apr 25, 2007
PowerLight is partnering with Solarpack Corporacion Tecnologica, S.L. on three major projects in Spain, two in the province of Seville and one in the province of Badajoz, for a total of 17 megawatts. PowerLight announced one of those projects, the approximately 4. (PR Newswire)
AEGON Achieves Strong Growth in 2006 Mar 8, 2007
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, March 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Solid financial performance - Net income increased 2% for the full year; operating earnings up 32% - Value of new business increased 41% totaling EUR 775 million, ahead of target to double VNB by 2010 - New life sales1) increased 20% with record sales in the UK and Poland. Sales in the Americas and Netherlands return to growth - year marked by successful expansion - Global pension capability expanded with new pension initiatives in... (PR Newswire)
Real Betis fails in appeal of stadium closure Mar 8, 2007
Castano said Betis had no alternative to playing at Manuel Ruiz de Lopera stadium on Sunday because the options of using Recreativo Huelva, second-division Cadiz, fourth-division Badajoz or Seville's Olympic stadium were unsuitable. Betis was punished last Friday after a bottle thrown from the crowd at a Copa del Rey quarterfinal second leg two days earlier hit Sevilla coach Juande Ramos in the head and left him unconscious. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Portugal votes on lifting abortion ban Feb 10, 2007
Yolanda Hernandez, the director of two abortion clinics just over the Spanish border in Badajoz, which receives some 4,000 Portuguese women a year, today visited the capital with a view to opening a clinic there next month. "It looks like Portugal will do the right thing so I want to be ready to open a clinic as soon as possible," she explained. (Telegraph.co.uk)
* Church fights ahead of Portugal abortion vote Feb 10, 2007
THE GUARDIAN, BADAJOZ, SPAIN Saturday, Feb 10, 2007, Page 6. Advertising Tomorrow, Portuguese voters have a chance to strike down one of Europe's harshest abortion laws at a referendum on a proposal for abortion on demand during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Portugal to vote on legalising abortion Feb 9, 2007
Giles Tremlett in BadajozFriday February 9, 2007 ... The waiting room at Los Arcos, an abortion clinic in the Spanish border city of Badajoz, was overflowing with women, their faces grim as they awaited their turn to see a difficult decision through to its end. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Spain police smash 'relic ring' Feb 9, 2007
Others were in Cadiz, Huelva, Jaen, Malaga and Badajoz. Nine of those detained were "collectors", while 13 were presumed accomplices. (BBC News -- Europe)
Emotive votePortugal split ahead of poll on whether to legalise abortion Feb 9, 2007
In the town of Badajoz, more than 4,000 Portuguese women have had abortions at the Clinica dos Arcos in the past two months alone ... But even if we are desperate there is always someone to extend a helping hand as happened with me," she says. Despite the heated opinions expressed by those people most involved in the abortion debate, there is a real concern on both sides that not enough people will vote on Sunday to make the referendum result binding. If that happens, the government says it will... (BBC News -- Europe)
