Unlucky companies that moved de Catalunya (Sold, picked up or broken).

It begins to be suspicious and it seems that in some cases, transfer of venue was a headlong rush .. .

Codorniu: sold to the US vulture fund Carlyle.

eDreams: slumps on the stock exchange.

Naturhouse: earns 24% less in the first quarter of 2018.

Abertis: opada by Florentino and Atlantia.

Pastas Gallo: they sold 40% of the company.

Pronovias: acquired by the fund BC Partners

CATA appliances: bankruptcy saved by refinancing debt.

CaixaBank: sells 80% of its real estate business to Lone Star.

Banco Sabadell: lost 12,000 customers by the corralito English TSB.

GasNatural: changes its name to the boycott Naturgy suffering.

AGBAR: threatened remunicipalization (especially endangered Barcelona)

Planet losses for their participation in Banco Sabadell; sales office; 800 million maturing debt in 2018. Remember also that: Freixenet, although not moved the seat, the unionist company has finished in the hands of the German Henkell.

Cirsa threatened to leave Catalunya and is now owned by the Blackstone yankee.

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Catalonia, a land of talent, a job opportunity for Catalan and foreign, but not for the Spanish ..

We have this month seen investments of Microsoft, Facebook, Enerkem, Suez, digital Lidl, Moodle, Chartboost, Amazon, King, Satellogic, WeWork, IGG, PepsiCo, Hawkers and Scopely in Catalonia, not casual, has several reasons.

We begin with the most frivolous: Barcelona is a city where you live and eat well, its temperature is ideal and no beach ...

Without forgetting that more and more intercontinental connections from El Prat.

But the bottom line is talent. And talent is at home. And when talent is missing, it is easier to convince someone to come to Barcelona Helsinki than elsewhere in the world ...

Companies know that.

Multinationals are both given the BOE, why not settle in Madrid. Its market is global, where they plan to move to find better environment in general.

Let's continue with other factors.

One must not forget is the 22 @. I never get tired to recognize my laugh when 20 years ago it occurred to Mayor Clos. It seemed a joke then ...

For that node, cluster, is crucial too.

It is the importance of the ecosystem. Companies seeking developers artificial intelligence, working with data, engineers, etc. Barcelona is a knowledge that is already highly developed by universities and research centers. Three of the five largest universities in the peninsula are in Catalunya. In addition there are many companies and startups that use data science and that attracts others. 

An ecosystem that already exists.

Not forgetting that Catalonia has one of the largest supercomputing centers in Europe; Photonics is the ICFO; medical centers first level; artificial intelligence Catalunya is one of the leading places in the field. 

ALBA synchrotron ...

They are very important "little things" small country but. Like the fact that there are two schools of business of the most important in the world, an issue that also surprises the outside.

Catalunya is an anomaly but unfortunately does not have the legal instruments to promote it as other small countries, since the Constitutional tumbaría any ad hoc law.

And above all this potential question is: Can Employ CATALUNYA SPANISH.

Answer: NO.

The only communities that could send talent to Catalonia are the Basque Country and Madrid. But in the first live well in the world of tax havens and the second they prefer to work for companies in the Ibex 35 or for three powerful governments enjoyed by locals.

That is, Catalunya is growing faster than Spain with local and foreign workers. People who speak languages ​​and considers that rents for city like Barcelona are low compared with anywhere in the world. But, for someone of the plateau it is very difficult to come to work in Catalonia, that time is over when emigration had no training. 

We must be realistic, vocational training and universities in Spain play in a lower league Catalunya.

Then there is the language handicap and how expensive it is to live in Catalonia for Spanish. Nobody will leave Sevilla to win 1,500 euros per month, only those who already live in the metropolitan area of ​​Barcelona can.

That is, do not come because they are not prepared and because Barcelona is expensive.

Therefore, for the first time in the history grows Catalunya Catalan and foreign talent, really it seems made knowingly Catalan within that frame of mind. Catalonia is creating jobs for Catalan and foreign, not for Spain.

It is building a more advanced and modern society (just need to see what young people vote in Spain ...).

Clearly, in a few years we will see some differences in GDP increasingly differentiated between Spain and Catalonia.

Who would say that excellence is the best way to create country?

Catalunya reminds the Barça de Guardiola.

The stone..

BBVA, Spain's leading finance the nuclear arms industry

The entity has financed 2,996 million companies that manufacture missiles, bullets or warplanes and especially nuclear weapons

BBVA, Spain's leading finance the nuclear arms industry

Rebellion

AECOM and Boing, two of the funded companies are responsible for testing and plans to modernize the nuclear arsenal of the United States and its main thermonuclear bomb.

On Friday, four members of the armed campaign Banca participated in the BBVA shareholders meeting which was held in Bilbao. BBVA is the  state bank heads, one more year, ranking the arms industry investment and contributes to themaintenance of nuclear weapons  funding specifically seven companies in the sector.Thus, two representatives of seven organizations currently comprises Delàs -Centre for Peace Studies, SETEM Catalonia, Justice and Peace, ODG, Collective Rets, AA-MOC and FETS- campaign made two speeches explaining to shareholders and the media, the links of this organization with the arms industry. The aim is to raise awareness and denounce to society the relationship of these financial practices with human tragedies result of international conflicts. 





2710 million euros in nuclear companies
The  nuclear weapons remain the most destructive that have been created, designed to annihilate entire populations and territories. Although last July approved the UN treaty prohibiting signatory nations develop, test, transfer, hold, export, use or threat of nuclear weapons, none of the 9 countries that have nuclear weapons now  (United States, Russia, Britain, China, France, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel)  supported him . 


As indicated  Carla Liebana, a member of the campaign, in his speech:  " From 2014 to 2017 the BBVA has invested 2710 millons euros in the following seven companies that design, maintain or modernize nuclear weapons: Aecom, Airbus, Boeing, BWX Technologies , General Dynamics, Hoenywell International and Jacobs Engineering " .
According to the latest research by PAX, Do not Bank on the Bomb 2018, highlights its investment in  AECOM  (298,592,158.36 euros 290,515,625.33 euros in loans and bonds and notes), part of group of companies  runs laboratories testing of nuclear weapons in the US and has an essential role in the modernization of the nuclear weapons arsenal of this country . Another example is Boeing, who BBVA has financed 614,909,441.65 135,452,281.55 euros in loans and euros in bonds and notes. Boeing is the company that maintains the operational Minuteman III ,intercontinental nuclear missiles from the United States, and produces different elements of the new B61-12, the main thermonuclear bomb in the arsenal of the United States  (intended to be deployed in Europe). 

Indra, Airbus Group or Leonardo, three key examples 
As said Maria de Lluc Bagur, activist campanya, in his speech : " 2011 to 2017  the  BBVA has financed 2,996 million euros to companies that manufacture missiles, explosives, light weapons , bullets, military helicopters, fighter aircraft, military electronics and nuclear weapons, among others " . It is companies such as  Indra, Airbus or Leonardo, who export weapons in the Middle East and North Africa and help escalate the violence of armed conflict in these territories ,increasing insecurity of people living and causing it to be forced into exile and seek refuge in other countries. In recent years, the number of forced displacement has increased significantly and 60 million displaced people are currently recognized. On the other hand, the military and European security industry benefits from this tragedy: after supplying weapons in countries in conflict,  selling safety equipment and border control to prevent the entry of people fleeing war to own countries and seek asylum in EU territories. This is particularly the case of Indra, the Spanish military technology company who BBVA has allocated 5,906,196.00 euros of investment funds from 2011 to 2017.


In the same period, BBVA has funded 105,962,359.64 euros in loans to  Airbus Group (company dedicated to the manufacture of circuits Tridente, fighter jets, aircraft, helicopters and military missile missiles)  and has delivered good and promissory notes the company amounting to 215,773,650.81 euros. Leonardo (ex Finmeccanica) Group , is another example: the bank has allocated EUR 155,271.55 14,723,203.77 euros in loans and bonds and commercial paper  company manufacturing of combat aircraft missile system (including nuclear), naval artillery and vehicles of an intercontinental ballistic missile , among others. 

   
Over the coming weeks, the campaign will also participate in the boards of Banco Santander, CaixaBank, Bankia and Banco Sabadell  thanks to the votes that shareholders across the state have delegated to denounce bad practices of these companies .

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Splenda has been officially listed as a carcinogen

Writing Area Leader

If you added the sucralose artificial sweetener (Splenda brand called) to your diet because it considers a healthy alternative to sugar, they are dangerously deluded.

Ramazzini Institute research has linked the popular alternative to sugar with cancer, specifically leukemia .

In 2012, the results were first presented at a cancer conference in London and asked the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI, for its acronym in English) down to Splenda your "safe" category one of "caution".

Now that the study has been published in a peer-reviewed journal, the CSPI has degraded the Splenda again, this time in the category of "caution" to "avoid".

In a study, researchers fed mice with Splenda from before birth and so continued throughout his life.

a significantly greater amount of cancerous tumors in male mice was observed, and the risk increased with dose

Splenda Found in 4 500 products 
If you want to follow the warnings and remove Splenda from your diet, consider that in more than 4 500 products. Splenda is marketed with elegance, and is best known for its slogan "made from sugar, so it tastes like sugar."

It has earned the reputation of being somehow safer than other artificial sweeteners like aspartame, which is the reason why PepsiCo got rid of aspartame in its Diet Pepsi in 2015 and replaced with Splenda.

Splenda became one of the most artificial sweeteners sold in the United States in a very short period of time. Between 2000 and 2004, the percentage of US households using Splenda products soared from 3% to 20%. By 2012, Splenda generated sales of nearly 288 million.

But make no mistake, Splenda is far from natural, although technically begins as a sugar molecule . In the process patented five steps to sucralose, three chlorine molecules to one molecule of sucrose or sugar are added.

This type of sugar molecule does not occur in nature, and therefore the body does not have the ability to metabolize properly. As a result of this "unique" biochemical composition, the manufacturers claim that Splenda is not digested or metabolized by the body, which means it has zero calories.

It is assumed that Splenda is easily discarded. However, research (mainly extrapolated from animal studies) indicates that in fact, about 15% of sucralose is absorbed by the digestive system and is ultimately stored in your body.

If the likely outcomes of cancer are not enough to sway him away from this toxic artificial sweetener, be aware that Splenda could wreak havoc on their gut bacteria, which can have an incalculable number of health consequences .

For example, an animal study published in Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Splenda discovered that reduces the amount of beneficial bacteria in the intestines of rats by 50%, while also increasing the pH level.

Splenda raises insulin levels

Far from being an inert substance, research also shows that Splenda affects insulin response in the body. When the study participants took a drink sweetened with Splenda, their insulin levels increased by 20% higher than when they consumed only water before taking a test of glucose tolerance.

Also, levels of blood sugar peaked at the top level, "So the artificial sweetener was associated with a greater response to glucose and insulin in the blood," the researchers said.

When you eat something sweet, your brain releases dopamine, which activates the reward center of the brain. Also released leptin, appetite - regulating hormone, which eventually tells your brain that you are "full" once you have consumed a certain amount of calories .

However, when consumed something that tastes sweet but contains no calories, as an artificial sweetener, your brain pathways of pleasure are activated by the sweet taste, then there is nothing to clear it, the calories never come.

Basically, artificial sweeteners trick the body into thinking it will receive sugar (calories), but when sugar does not fit, your body continues to signs that need more, causing carbohydrate cravings .

Will there Artificial Sweeteners Safer?

Two of the best sugar substitutes come from the plant kingdom: the Stevia and Luo Han Guo (also written as Luo Han Kuo). Stevia is a sweet herb derived from the leaf of the stevia plant in South America, it is sold as a supplement. It is safe completamento in its natural form and can be used to sweeten most dishes and drinks.

Luo Han Kuo is similar to Stevia, but is a bit more expensive and harder to find. In China, Luo Han fruit has been used as a sweetener for centuries, and is approximately 200 times sweeter than sugar.