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The auditor of Dia detected accounting irregularities of more than 95 million in 2017 and 2018 They affect outstanding bill payments and discounts applied to suppliers, while the company "will reinforce controls"   The current leaders of Dia intend to look to the future, and even do not rule out a possible last-minute agreement with the first shareholder of the distribution group, the Russian tycoon Mikhail Fridman (29%) - at least to negotiate better financial conditions with the creditor bank , and even get a credit from the company that shares with other Russian investors and controls those titles - but they will not be able to stop attending to the past either. And her decision to complain to the prosecutor 's accounts of 2017 can bring tail.   That announcement was made on Friday, after presenting the worst results in its history with losses of 352.6 million euros last year, and was the result of an investigation ( report 'forensic' ) commissione...

Mercadona and Lidl grow thanks to the decline of Dia engaged in its worst crisis The supermarket chain drops by 0.7% in 2018 to 7.5% market share, despite "not yet accounted for the negative effects of layoffs", explains the head of retail sector of Kantar Worldpanel Mercadona and Lidl grow thanks to the decline of Dia in the year of its worst crisis. The supermarket chain drops by 0.7% in 2018 to 7.5% market share, despite "not yet accounted for the negative effects of layoffs", explains the head of retail sector of Kantar Worldpanel . The Valencian chain Mercadona remains one more year the undisputed leader for Spanish consumers with a market share of 25%. This means that 1 of every 4 euros spent on mass consumption goes to the firm of Juan Roig, which has strengthened its position especially in fresh products, which account for half of what we Spaniards spend in the shopping cart, according to the figures of the report 'Balance of the Distribution...

Germany, France and Spain, alone in the defense of qualified majorities for fiscal policy The unanimity of the Twenty-eight that is demanded today to validate any decision supposes a "blockade", regrets Moscovici   The Venezuelan crisis has been the last and most obvious example that the vote against a single country (in this case Italy) can break the common position and transfer the image of division and weakness to the rest of the world. The unanimity of the Twenty-eight that is required in foreign policy is also imposed on fiscal and economic matters. And there the clearest effect is the blockade . Europe does not advance when it comes to setting taxes on financial transactions, nor in the VAT reform, there is no cohesion in corporate tax and measures such as the application of the so-called 'Google tax', are arbitrated on a free-choice basis after fail again and again the possibility of activating a common strategy.   That is the reality and the Minis...

The Government will approve the 'sandbox' in the coming weeks The regulatory bank of financial innovations has been in public consultation since last year   The Ministry of Economy plans to approve the Council of Ministers "imminently" the bill that creates the regulatory test bank for digital innovations in the financial system, known as 'sandbox'. The director of the Technical Office of the General Secretary of the Treasury and International Financing, Bernardo Hernández San Juan , announced it during the conference organized by the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) on 'The Fintech phenomenon: opportunities and challenges' .   Hernández pointed out that "in a few weeks, possibly in February," the draft law, which has been in public consultation since last year, will go to the Council of Ministers for approval, which also intends to act on the principle of proportionality - that the requirements that are applie...

The Ibex-35 loses 9,000 despite good news from Washington The selective Spanish closed the day with a revaluation of 0.52%   Second session of rebound for the Ibex-35, with the rest of Europe accompanying and also Wall Street in positive. The selective Spanish closed the day with a revaluation of 0.52%, insufficient to recover the 9,000 points: it remained at 8,983.1 points. The selective lost 9,000 points in the last minutes of negotiation : during much of the day, from mid-morning to past five in the afternoon, was above that psychological level. Only nine Ibex-35 securities closed the session with losses. IAG was the worst, with a cut of 2.12%. Then Cellnex was placed, which suffered a 1.09% decrease. They also ended with Colonial and Merlin losses , in addition to Ferrovial, Grifols, Acerinox and Red Eléctrica.    Santander was the only one of the large values ​​of the selective that ended in negative: it was left 0.16%. Perhaps it affected the bank that...

First acquittal to a bank dome, that of Caixa Catalunya, for millionaire salaries in the crisis The ex-president of the entity, Narcís Serra, gets rid of the jail sentences that demanded the accusations for granting a high remuneration in full swing of the bank a decade ago   The last managers of Caixa Catalunya, with their former president and ex-socialist Narcís Serra at the head, have been acquitted of the crimes of unfair administration and misappropriation for the compensation they received when the entity was in full decline due to the economic crisis that began a decade ago This has been determined by the Eighth Section of the Audiencia of Barcelona in a ruling in which it frees almost 40 former directors, including its CEO, Adolf Todó.   The ruling supposes the first acquittal that the Justice grants to part of the old domes of the savings banks for the acts related to the recession stage of those businesses, with millionaire salaries in NovacaixaGalicia; t...

Germany will need 260,000 immigrants each year in the next four decades An analysis reveals the urgency of # qualified personnel from abroad to alleviate the demographic crisis suffered by the German country   The German labor market needs, in the medium and long term, over the next 40 years, the reinforcement of no less than 260,000 qualified annual immigrants for the powerful local industry to maintain its current operating levels and the country to maintain its well-being. The demographic crisis due to the aging of the population will inevitably lead to the loss of a workforce of 16 million people, practically one out of every three workers at present, until the year 2060, according to a study published yesterday by the Bertelsmann Foundation.   Those responsible for the analysis emphasize that at the time of carrying it out they have taken into account a slight increase in the birth rate and a prolongation of the real work period of men and women. "Even if men ...

The State pushes Red Eléctrica to buy Hispasat for 949 million The system manager, with 20% public capital, acquires Abertis the technological firm whose control was key for Spain   Objective fulfilled Hispasat will be fully Spanish as the Government wanted. Through a bobbin lace, the satellite infrastructure company will be controlled by Red Eléctrica Española (REE), in turn owned by the State. An operation in which the company that manages the entire light transport system, from the power plants to the distribution points, will invest 949 million euros, as reported yesterday to the CNMV. The semi-public company chaired by Jordi Sevilla since last July has reached an agreement with Abertis to buy 89.6% of the capital that this company had in Hispasat, an operation that has suffered continuous ups and downs in recent years by the last change of government; for the purchase of Abertis, in which ACS and the Italian Atlantia finally participated; and by the ministerial rel...

Cabify does not comply and maintains its plan to go public in Spain The VTC vehicle platform intends to be quoted in a period of between 12 and 18 months, despite having to leave Barcelona due to the new regulation     The Calcify platform has announced that it plans to go public in Spain in 18 months, just as it said at the end of last summer, despite its latest conflicts in Madrid and Barcelona . Since the company did not want to make statements because "there is no news about it." It was in Barcelona where the company decided, together with Uber, to stop operating earlier this month due to the entry into force of the new regulations that require a VTC to be contracted at least 15 minutes in advance. But the company founded in 2011 is not satisfied and remains firm in the plan to go public , after taking the first steps by contacting the main investment banks, according to 'Cinco Días'. And that is still unclear regulations that can be made by the vario...

A contract that is neither for young people nor serves to train and find a job CC OO denounces the misuse of the contract for training and learning, as well as its low incidence but high cost   The use made in Spain of the contract for the training of young people is practically residual - despite the fact that the country still has a youth unemployment rate of over 30% - and barely represents 0.2% of the total contracts signed. Thus, last year of the more than 22.2 million registered contracts, only 52,800 were made with this modality.    This means that they have plummeted 70% since the peak reached in 2015, when 175,000 contracts were signed, and this despite the boost that has been in the last two years, with an increase of 9% in 2018. If compared with the existing level before the crisis, have now been reduced by half compared to 2007. However, despite having a negligible impact on the Spanish labor market, the cost to the public coffers is high and amou...

BBVA admits that it may have an "economic impact" in the case of espionage The compensation of Francisco González was 5.5 million in his last year in office at the head of the entity, whose current management also recognizes the "reputational risk" of the open investigation into Villarejo.   Among all the risks that may affect BBVA this year -evolution of the economy, interest rate policy, judicial disputes-, the entity has recognized for the first time and officially that the case of the alleged espionage commissioned to former Commissioner Villarejo joins the potential problems that you will have to face. Therefore, and also explicitly, the bank points out that such practices "could have a negative impact" that can be "reputational" or "economic" for the business of the corporation.   A month after the first information was leaked about the work allegedly carried out by the bank to the security company Cenyt -linked to Vi...

The Ibex tries to settle on the 9,200 with the complicity of Wall Street The optimism in the markets may be due to the fact that Trump is finally going to meet with the main Chinese negotiators who participate in the trade talks.   The Ibex-35 moves on the 9,200 points in half session: it is placed in the 9.212, which means a revaluation of 0.25%. This morning he scored highs in the 9,240 points, but has fallen back slightly. The German Dax and the British Ftse 100 are scored around 0.6%. Meanwhile, the French Cac 40 scores 0.37%. The Ftse Mib of Milan, meanwhile, advances 0.29%. The PSI-20 of Lisbon, for its part, is flat. European stock markets hold up, despite the Ifo index, which measures business confidence in the economy has weakened more than expected, passing, in its expectations component, from 94.2 points to 93.8.   In the Ibex-35, Indra is the value that rises the most, with a revaluation of 3.84%. Next ArcelorMittal is placed, which scores almost 3%. ...

Google Duo lands in Spain The search giant is trying to gain a foothold in the video-calling market hoarded by Facebook, Apple and Microsoft    Three months after your announcement, Google Duo is here and you only need a phone number. This is the card of presentation of the last bet of the giant of the searchers to recover ground in the market of the instantaneous mail. Last May at the annual I / O conference, Google surprised with the announcement of the creation of Duo, an exclusive video call app independent of Hangouts, the everlasting communication tool of Google. Since this week, Android and iOS users can now download and make calls to their contacts after receiving a verification code by registering their number in the app, following the wake of the registry of other messaging applications such as Whatsapp or Telegram.    Beyond the race to lead the development of artificial intelligence, the great technology have saved part of their efforts to video call serv...

Project Alloy, Intel's bet on virtual reality The prototype, only for developers at the moment, works without a computer or mobile    The commitment of Facebook and Google among others for the virtual reality has caused that the technological sector have devoted a great part of their efforts to present new proposals to lead this new 'virtual' career, The last one to join the battle has been Intel with the presentation of a new concept of virtual reality that does not need a computer or mobile phone to function and that aims to create a "mixed reality".    The multinational has presented at IDF, the annual appointment of developers in San Francisco, Project Alloy. It is a helmet that is based on immersion without any other additional device, except with the hands, which serve to move within the created reality. The helmet includes a great power and everything necessary to carry out the experience: chips, batteries or sensors, among others. It is still only a protot...

Twitter has closed 360,000 accounts since 2015 for promoting terrorism The company admits that there is no "magic algorithm" to identify the contents, but says it has managed to reduce the time that these types of accounts remain active.   Twitter social network has announced the suspension of 235,000 accounts during the last six months to promote terrorism. In addition, last year already closed 125,000 profiles for the same reason. "This makes our total number of suspensions to 360,000 since mid-2015," the US company said in a statement. "The world has witnessed a new wave of deadly repugnant terrorist attacks around the world, we strongly condemn these acts and are committed to eliminating the promotion of violence or terrorism on our platform," the popular social network explained. of messages of 140 characters. The company admits that there is no "magic algorithm" to identify the content that promotes and promotes terrorism in the network, bu...

How to move all contacts, photos and conversations between mobile phones without cables The Huawei Phone Clone app allows you to change devices quickly and reliably only using the Wi-Fi network    After purchasing a new smartphone, you start from scratch: the installation of applications, the transfer of photos and messages, etc. Something quite cumbersome and time consuming. With the aim that the change of mobile device is "easier than ever" the Phone Clone app is born. The Chinese company Huawei has been responsible for developing this application that transfers all data to the new phone without the need for cables, backup copies or internet connection. "All that is needed are two devices with WiFi and the application installed in both," they say from the company.    Huawei Phone Clone is available for free for Android and Apple devices. Depending on the device, it allows to choose the transfer of different data, such as contacts, messages, photos and videos, musi...

The MIT of Massachusetts awards Spanish doctors for their research in patients in coma The Valdecilla Hospital (Cantabria) monitors the neuronal activity of patients in coma with brain damage through a single technological device   The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has awarded the Hospital Valdecilla for a project to monitor the neuronal activity of patients in coma with brain damage through a single technological device. This project is one of fifteen works chosen by the famous American institute and has incorporated it into its innovation programs. The study led by the head of the Valdecilla Clinical Neurophysiology Service, José Luis Fernández Torre, and the assistant doctor of the Internal Medicine Service Miguel Ángel Hernández-Hernández, will enjoy six months of training and mentoring of their projects by professors from the MIT and other international centers. The project, carried out with the Cajal Institute, the CSIC and the MicroLiquid company, aims to devel...

Bangkok creates the 'Pokémon Go Police' The new surveillance unit will travel the main avenues of the Thai city and fine up to 25 euros to the most reckless players The metropolitan authority of Bangkok has created the 'Pokémon Go Police' with the mission of monitoring the main avenues of the city and to avoid that the "fans" of the game of the year cause a calamity in their hunting of "Pokémon", have informed the media local. The new surveillance unit will have 50 agents armed with mobile phones with cameras that guard ten arteries of that metropolis inhabited by some eight million people, not counting the suburbs, according to the newspaper 'Bangkok Post'. The selected streets are Sukhumvit, Phaya Thai, Rama I, Rama IV, Henri Dunant, Sathon, Phetchaburi, Phahon Yothin, Vibhavadi Rangsit and the roundabout of the Monument to Victory. The persecutors of 'pokémones' who with their reckless behavior threaten the circulation of vehicles ...

MIT turns the skin into a touch screen Microsoft and the MIT Media Lab develop an intelligent tattoo that becomes an extension of smartphones The days of the wearables are numbered. Researchers at the most prestigious laboratories remain focused on using human skin as an extension of mobile devices. This is what the members of the MIT Media Lab and Microsoft Research have thought that they have developed an intelligent tattoo that becomes a touch screen. DuoSkin, that's the name of their work, is made up of gold leaf, which when it comes into contact with the smartphone camera becomes a touch panel temporarily. With this connection, the user can interact with several mobile devices. The parents of the project, which will be presented at the next Wearable 2016 International Computer Symposium, have managed to turn tattoos into an interface that can track and show information about the tattooed person, they explain. In addition, as an alternative, DuoSkin incorporates screens that ch...

The new Tesla Model S is set to 100 in 2.5 seconds Elon Musk manages to travel 600 km with his new vehicle without recharging his electric battery    "The fastest car in the world, in production, is electric." So presumes Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, of his new toy. The new Model S is positioned as the third fastest car in the world to reach 100 kilometers per hour in 2.5 seconds. However, the biggest advance of the P100D model that will soon travel the US roads is the new battery. Tesla and Musk win a new battle in the war of electric autonomy. The new Tesla will have a 100 kWh battery is the first to pass the 300 miles and is able to extend the autonomy to 613 kilometers. The P100D update can also be applied to the Model X SUV that can run for 542 kilometers without the need to recharge its battery. "On a day that is not too hot, you can drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco without the need to recharge, I think it's a remarkable autonomy." The important thing i...

Half of Spanish Internet users buy online to save The majority profile of these online shoppers are men aged 35 to 44 with a child who lives at home    The possibility of buying at any time, access to all types of global products and, above all, the ability to save money, are the three preferred characteristics of Spaniards when making purchases on the Internet, according to a study prepared by TNS According to the data, 50% of Spanish Internet users use online platforms to buy the items they need in order to save. The majority profile of these online shoppers are men aged 35 to 44 (52%), with a child living at home. Access to a global market means that six out of ten Spaniards have a preference for going to the world wide web to 'treat themselves'. Among the countries preferred by the Spanish when buying online, China stands out. The items most in demand by Spanish online buyers to Chinese sellers belong to the category of technology (57%), fashion (36%) and decoration (27%)....

The most common risks in buying online The payment method is the main risk that buyers run on the internet if they do not take the precautions indicated    The purchases of trips, tickets or clothes are the most demanded products when it comes to shopping online. However, the sales figures are far from representing an important percentage in the total volume of the sector. Mistrust when making transactions on the internet is one of the main obstacles to take off. On the opposite side, one of its successes lies in the convenience of acquiring products without having to travel, without queuing and just a couple of clicks from anywhere and at any time.    Online transactions have increased the number of sales between individuals, which has caused the number of frauds has increased, says Tripacto. The precaution and security are the main allies when it comes to not having surprises on the internet. Seven out of ten smartphone owners use their smartphone to make purchases...

The safest phones this summer Sony Experia, Samsung and Apple are the makers of the safest devices    Summer is one of the times of the year where mobile devices suffer the most. The beach, the pool or the mountain routes are constant dangers that put smartphones in danger. With the passage of time, manufacturers have been avoiding the security failures of their products and have also incorporated new features to deal with one of the problems of telephones: water. Sony Experia, Samsung and Apple are the stars in this field. In the case of Sony, Sony Xperia have obtained IP65 and IP68 certificates, the highest rating that can be given to this class of devices. These certificates guarantee that no water or dust particles enter the device.    In the second place are the latest Samsung Galaxy models, whose manufacturers have tested the water resistance of S6, S7 and Edge versions. A very similar case occurs with the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, since they are also resistant to...

Facebook will have access to the phone number of WhatsApp users According to the company, they will share this information with different objectives: obviously improve advertising effectiveness by serving ads that are more relevant to Facebook users and suggestions to connect with well-known people    WhatsApp will share with Facebook the phone number of its users, as well as information about the frequency with which they use the instant messaging service. The messaging company, owned by Facebook since 2014, today announced a change in its terms of use and privacy policy that includes this exchange of information between WhatsApp and the social network. "As a subsidiary company of Facebook, in the coming months we will begin to share information that allows us to better coordinate and thus improve the experience between services, which is a typical practice among companies that are acquired by others," Whatsapp said in a statement. Thus, the social network will have access t...

Facebook will spy on WhatsApp data Users have thirty days to accept or revoke the new small print of the instant messaging application    For the first time in four years, WhatsApp changes the terms of its privacy policy. New changes that advance the integration of the instant messaging app on Facebook, after Mark Zuckerberg paid more than 2 billion in 2014. Among all the changes expected from next week highlights the decision to send the number of mobile and other data to the social network and to all the companies of the group commanded by Zuckerberg. In a statement, WhatsApp has wanted to put barriers to the data that will be shared. Although we collaborate with Facebook in the coming months, your encrypted messages will remain private and no one else can read them. Neither WhatsApp, nor Facebook, nor anyone else. We will not publish or share the WhatsApp numbers with others, including Facebook; nor will we sell, share or give your phone number to advertisers, they explain....

Personalized biomedical technology for health care The University of Seville designs an e-health program to improve the quality of its patients    The Group of Biomedical Engineering (GIB) University of Seville (US) Ciber-BBN investigates, in the context of the new paradigm of 'e-health', the design and development of intelligent devices and systems for the supervised and personalized control of the care of health. According to a statement from the Hispalense, 'e-health' can be defined as the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in health care processes, it is about using new technologies so that citizens have a more active role in the control and treatment of your health / illness. This "empowerment" of citizens to manage their own health translates into the promotion of healthy lifestyles, preventive care and proactive interventions.    "It is cheaper to prevent than to cure, maintaining health or avoiding complications in the case of...

Octobot, the first autonomous and flexible robot It is composed entirely of soft materials and 'feeds' a chemical reaction that allows its movements Octobot is the name that researchers at Harvard University have given to their new invention, a small robot of soft material and in which there is no presence of electronics. In addition, the device is only controlled by microfluidics and produced by 3D printing, all made thanks to technological development.

The best Spanish summer phones Wolder and BQ adjust the belt with the launch of their Wiam # 65 and X5 Plus, two terminals with high-end features but with average prices    "I need to change my mobile and I want a good and cheap one". That is the request of many of us when we look for a new smartphone. The Spanish technology firms know this and for a few years they have tried to adapt their offer to it. This summer it was the turn of Wiam # 65 (Wolder) and X5 Plus (BQ), two terminals that include features historically attributed to high-end (fingerprint sensor, NFC, quality cameras), but at prices that follow Adjusting to pockets looking for mid-range. WIAM # 65, the jewel of Wolder    The Cantabrian Wolder firm has evolved over time to get launch his new Wiam # 65, which shows the jump in quality of the company. Since last July 14 the terminal is for sale in gray (Pro gray), gold (Golder freezer) and pink (Laser pink) for a price of 299 euros. Its most outstanding f...