
Shop-floor bosses: what's the point?
McDonald's, Ikea and others like to confront their executives with reality The experience can be useful, experts say, but it depends on how it is done

McDonald's, Ikea and others like to confront their executives with reality The experience can be useful, experts say, but it depends on how it is done

After years in the shade Barcelona's El Prat is catching up with Madrid Barajas New rivalry reflects a change in the airline industry as Vueling threatens Iberia
Experts and hotel owners expecting record year, though jobs and inland tourism yet to pick up

Fernández de Sousa faces charges of falsifying failed seafood processor’s accounts
Seafood processor gave instructions on massaging debts and issuing false bills
Manuel Fernández de Sousa says conscience clear as he ordered audit of company

Oil firm denies practice is aimed at skewing official statistics

Fashion retailer has designs on tripling its turnover over the next five years with new chain-store brands
Adding subsidiaries and foreign units, fish-processing company’s arrears more than double admitted amount

A new law is designed to let gamblers deduct their losses from taxes owed But the gambling industry says the Kafkaesque rules are unworkable
Sell-off came in the months just before seafood firm's financial problems came to light
Turbot factory failures caused losses worth 70 million Company never published 2012 financial results

Galician food processor plans to file suit against its auditor BDO
Retailer denies making illegal contributions to PP

Visa relaxation and better travel opportunities have helped
Well over half of toxic assets come from Bankia, with eventual total to reach 55 billion when rest of institutions make transfer

Spain's loss-making state hotel chain may have to be privatized to survive

The crisis is prompting many to move to another city or even another country The trend marks a major change in social attitudes compared to just a few years ago

File on Ryanair still open, says airports watchdog

O´Leary defends low-cost carrier from accusations he says constitute government campaign

Over 85 percent of items used to compile CPI data subject to increase

Grifols' share price rose 89 percent over the last year, while the Ibex lost 31 percent
Barcelona factory owner Uralita will not now have to pay out 3.9 million euros to 45 victims
PP administration loosens store trading hours in tourist hotspots such as Barcelona and Seville

Barcelona’s Alimentaria food fair is back with its usual array of wacky creations

Clan also diverted ailing group’s money to maintain “high standard of living”

The abrupt closure of the Catalan airline left 83,000 passengers in the lurch. While bosses blame safety reasons, others believe a more orderly end was possible