Bank of Portugal Predicts Economy Will Shrink 0.8% This Year (Bloomberg) Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Portugal’s economy will contract this year for the first time since 2003 as its main export markets weaken and Portuguese consumers rein in their spending.
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Albion aim to loan Portugal ace (TeamTalk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport) West Brom are keen to sign Portugal international striker Ariza Makukula on loan from Benfica, but the Lisbon club want a permanent transfer.Makukula only joined Benfica from Sevilla last January but he has fallen down the pecking order at the Estadio da Luz and no longer figures in Quique Sanchez Flores' plans.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-06 16:55 UPDATE 1-Bank of Portugal sees economy contracting in 2009 (Interactive Investor) LISBON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Portugal's economy will contract by 0.8 percent this year after growth of 0.3 percent in 2008, the Bank of Portugal forecast on Tuesday in its winter economic bulletin. The forecast was the first by an official institution in the Iberian country to predict the country would enter into recession due to the global economic crisis. The Bank of Portugal's last forecast, in ...
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Portugal Cove woman dies in Nova Scotia crash (The Telegram) Robyn Marie Peddle, 19, from Portugal Cove has been identified as the woman who died in a two-vehicle collision in Aulds Cove in Nova Scotia Monday afternoon.
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UPDATE 1-Bank of Portugal sees economy contracting in 2009 (The Forex Market) LISBON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Portugal's economy will contract by 0.8 percent this year after growth of 0.3 percent in 2008, the Bank of Portugal forecast on Tuesday in its winter economic bulletin.
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Bank of Portugal sees economy contracting in 2009 (The Forex Market) LISBON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Portuguese gross domestic product will contract by 0.8 percent this year, the Bank of Portugal forecast on Tuesday in its winter economic bulletin.
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World's Largest Photovoltaic Power Plant Inaugurated in Portugal, an Industrial Info News Alert (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- On December 23, Amper Central Solar S.A., a subsidiary of Acciona Energy, inaugurated the world's largest photovoltaic solar power plant in Portugal, the 46-megawatt Central Solar de Amareleja.
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Porto goes top in Portugal League with 4-2 win over Nacional (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) LISBON, Portugal - Defending champion Porto replaced Benfica at the top of the Portuguese league on Sunday after winning 4-2 at Nacional courtesy of injury-time goals by Lucho Gonzalez and Givanildo (Hulk) Vieira.
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Portuguese central bank foresees recession (AP via Yahoo! News) Portugal's central bank predicted Tuesday the country's economy will enter recession in 2009 for the third time in six years.
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Worldâ€?s oldest woman dies in Portugal aged 115 (The World) LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A Portuguese woman who lived to see five of her great-great grandchildren born and was believed to have been the world’s oldest person died on Friday at the age of 115, officials said.
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