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Barclays to Invest in Spanish "Bad Bank"

Britain's Barclays (BARC.L) will invest in Spain's so-called 'bad bank' as a signal of its commitment to helping fix the country's banking troubles, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.

Catalonia Election Tests Spanish Unity

Voters in Spain's Catalonia region go to the polls on Sunday and are likely to elect a pro-independence leader who will test Spanish unity at a time of deep economic crisis.

Spanish Language Campaign Ad Spending Stagnant

Just two weeks after GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney addressed the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the organization has released a new report that found that Spanish-language advertising continues to "represent a relatively small fraction of election advertising spending, even in the states with the largest and most electorally-significant Hispanic populations."

Spanish recession darkens as country mulls bailout

The Spanish economy is falling deeper into recession and depositors are pulling their money out of the banks, figures published on Tuesday showed, while the country's most economically important region, Catalonia, said it needed a major rescue from Madrid.

Spanish ministers argue over austerity measures

Two Spanish government ministers traded public barbs on Tuesday, clashing over implementation of tough austerity measures demanded by the European Union as Spain's borrowing costs soar, pushing it toward needing an international bailout.

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