by Paul Brown | Jul 20, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report
The Hispano-Luso Report Spain woke up this morning as world champions. A 1-0 win over Messi’s Argentina, settled by Ferran Torres deep in extra time, gives La Roja its second star — and makes Spain the first country in history to hold the men’s and...
by Paul Brown | Jul 18, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report
The Hispano-Luso Report · Saturday 18 July 2026 On Thursday, Uber announced the biggest acquisition in its history: US$14.8 billion for Delivery Hero, the German group behind delivery apps in dozens of countries. On Friday, before the ink was dry, Uber’s...
by Paul Brown | Jul 17, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report
The Hispano-Luso Report · Friday 17 July 2026 Spain’s biggest gas company announced its largest Australian project yet this week — and it has nothing to do with gas. Naturgy, Spain’s leading gas utility and its third-largest electricity company, will...
by Paul Brown | Jul 17, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report
The Hispano-Luso Report · Friday 17 July 2026 On Wednesday night, Washington finally pulled the trigger. After a year of negotiations, three cordial presidential meetings and repeated assurances that a deal was close, the United States Trade Representative announced a...
by Paul Brown | Jul 15, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report
Ana Botín calls the Webster deal “a win-win.” It is also the clearest sign yet of where Santander’s centre of gravity is heading. Ask a British high-street customer where Santander is from and you may get a shrug — it’s the bank on the corner....
by Paul Brown | Jul 13, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report
The world’s largest asset manager has named its preferred market for the second half of 2026 — and quietly, it already owned more of it than anyone else. BlackRock manages more money than any institution on Earth — over $11 trillion, a sum larger than the...
