Barclays lifts Spanish bank targets, backs BBVA as sector’s top pick

Barclays lifted price targets for Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BBVA) to €18.5 from €18, Banco Santander SA (Santander) to €10 from €8.4, CaixaBank SA to €9.6 from €8.6, Banco de Sabadell SA to ...
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Juan Manuel Santos: ‘In the fight between the world’s largest drug producer and its largest consumer, only organized crime wins’

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former Colombian president urges restraint from Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro after their ...
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María Corina Machado: ‘Venezuela’s freedom is near. It has been a long and painful journey’

The Venezuelan opposition leader, recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, asserts that the Maduro regime ‘is weaker than ever ...
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HSBC names former NatWest executive David Lindberg as UK chief; Shawbrook targets £2bn valuation in London IPO

HSBC has appointed former NatWest executive David Lindberg as chief executive of its UK bank. Lindberg, who ran NatWest’s ...