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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Spain

The Next Web

In the past decade, Spain suffered a significant economic setback with a crippling recession, the bankruptcy of a number of major companies and the highest unemployment rate in the EU (27% at its height). But this didn’t get the Spanish population down, instead, it fueled the birth of one of Europe’s most innovative entrepreneurial climates.

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Spain investigating Apple and Amazon over anti-competitive practices

TechSpot

Spain's Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia – or CNMC – is said to be investigating both Apple and Amazon over the online sale of consumer electronics, although the details so far are sketchy. In a statement, the CNMC said that it had opened proceedings over possible unlawful.

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Spain moves closer to passing a startup law

TechCrunch

Spain’s government has agreed on the details of a draft startup law — passing the baton to the parliament to debate and potentially amend the plan ahead of a vote to turn it into actual law. — it costs us 70 GBP instead of ~5K EUR in Spain.” back in 2015 — because of relative costs.

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Meta faces $600M competition damages claim in Spain as media owners pursue privacy breach lawsuit

TechCrunch

Meta is facing a major legal challenge and damages claim in Spain that argues the adtech giant’s years of failing to have a valid legal basis for processing people’s data for ads under European Union data protection rules also constitutes a competition breach for which they should be compensated financially.

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[FREE WEBINAR] 5 Powerful Strategies for Your 2021 Annual Fundraising Plan

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[FREE WEBINAR] 4 Fundraising Trends for 2021 and Beyond

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John McAfee has been arrested in Spain and is facing extradition

The Verge

He has been arrested in Spain and is awaiting extradition, the DOJ said. John McAfee, who built a fortune selling cybersecurity software and has in recent years become a cryptocurrency evangelist, has been indicted on charges of tax evasion by the Department of Justice (DOJ).

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