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How Europe will depend on China even more

April 2, 2025 by usatoday24

A few days ago, the European Commission advertisement In social networks a survival kit of at least 72 hours in case of war or natural disaster. However, behind all this uncertainty, an even greater problem is hidden: fierce competition for strategic resources that will define the future of security in Europe. Mineral crisis. In recent years, certain niche minerals have been affected by a combination of high demand, supply restrictions and international policies. The elements required for defense are also used in the aerospace sector and technology, so its shortage is causing a bottleneck for Europe in its prices, such as He explained Ellie Saklatvala, senior metal analyst of the British raw material consultant in Argus Media. The most demanded. In your analysis For Financial Times, Saklatvala, has detailed That among the most critical is antimony, renio and hafnio, materials used to manufacture from bullets to combat aircraft components and advanced medical systems. To these are added other metals, such as tungsten, titanium, chromium, niobium, cobalt, molybdenum and vanadium, which are used for the manufacture of weapons, missiles and technological equipment of high precision. In addition, minerals such as Gallium, Germanio and rare earths are important for the production of advanced electronic semiconductors and components. A considerable increase in critics. The growing demand for these metals by the military industry, combined with scarcity, has caused a price escalation. According to Saklatavaa clear example is the antimony, a key mineral for hardening bullets and manufacturing firepro export controls Taxes by China. This same pressure for supplies has affected the Rhenio, used in Jet turbines, and the hafnium, essential in the aerospace industry. In both cases, scarcity has caused That prices rise unexpectedly, affecting both the military industry and sectors such as aerospace and health. A few dominate production. The control of these resources is not equally distributed in the world. China It has consolidated As the main producer and refining of many of these critical minerals, which has allowed him to obtain a considerable strategic advantage over other economic actors. China Master the extraction and processing of key raw materials, which represents a challenge for nations that seek to reduce its dependence on this Asian giant. In addition, the domain has increased due to China’s strong investment in mining assets in Africa, Latin America and other regions rich in resources. A few countries dominate the production of critical raw materials | Bloomberg An answer from Europe. The EU has begun to implement strategies to diversify its supply sources and reduce China dependence. Through the “Critical raw materials law“, seeks to facilitate the financing of new mining and refining projects within Europe, such as the future Site of key elements in Extremadura. In parallel, the European Commission has promoted the “Clean Industrial Pact“To consolidate the demand for critical materials at the regional level, although there is still a long way to reduce the dependence of China, which continues to control in some cases 100% of the necessary matters in Europe. Forecasts. The growing competition for critical minerals highlights an unavoidable truth: Europe’s economic and technological security is at stake. The diversification of sources, strategic investments and regional collaboration are essential to ensure that the continent does not depend exclusively on global actors such as China. However, everything will be to be seen since the demand for minerals will continue to grow before the last measure of the EU. In it, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has proposed an increase in military expenditure of the Member States by 1.5 points of GDP, which would result at additional 650,000 million euros in the next four years, According to the medium expansion. Image | Pexels Xataka | Spain, with a treasure under his feet: how his mining potential makes him a key pawn from the EU in front of China

CERN physicists believed that symmetry between quarks up and down is broken. Is much more than they expected

April 2, 2025 by usatoday24

The quarks, the elementary particles that constitute the protons and neutrons of the atomic nucleus, are fermions. And the electrons, too. There are several typesalthough physicists like to talk about ‘flavors’: up (UP), below (Down), charm (Charm), strange (Strange), Cima (top) and background (Bottom). The most frequent in ordinary matter They are the quarks up and downalthough top is very interesting for a curious reason: it is The heaviest elementary particle that we can find in nature. An interesting note since we move in the field of fermions: supersymmetry is a theoretical model of particle physics that proposes the existence of a hypothetical particle that is matched with each of the fundamental particles we know. PSIANS EXPLAIN THE EXISTING RELATIONSHIP Among the bosonsthat have a spin with whole value, and the fermions, which have a semientero spin. However, it is important that we do not overlook that it is a hypothetical theoretical framework that, therefore, has not yet been observed in nature. Not even experimentally. Physicists still do not understand how quarks and gluons combine The strong nuclear interaction, which is one of the four fundamental forces of nature, is the “glue” that keeps the quarks together to give rise to protons, neutrons and other hadrons. It is also responsible for the cohesion and stabilization of the nucleus of atoms. Until now, particle physicists considered that this force interacts with all quarks, regardless of its flavor, in the same way. This mechanism is known as isospin symmetry and respects, yes, the differences that exist between the masses and the electric charges of the quarks. A kaon is a subatomic particle constituted by a quark and an antiquark, but not by any quark; It is a strange quark According to Isospin symmetry, the collision of heavy ions, which are atoms or molecules that have acquired positive or negative global electric charge due to the loss or gain of electrons, should essentially generate the same amount of kaons with electric charge and neutral kaons because The mass of the quarks up and down is similar. An note before moving forward: a kaon is a subatomic particle that is constituted by a quark and an antiquark, but not by any quark; It is a strange quark. The presence of the latter gives them very peculiar properties, so studying them is very useful to understand the characteristics of the subject a little better. What has surprised CERN physicists is that The Na61/Shine experiment has evidenced that Isospin’s symmetry is not fulfilled. And does not do so because heavy ion collisions generate a very large imbalance between the production of loaded kaons and neutral kaons. In recent years, physicists suspected that a certain degree of imbalance could be given, but what they did not expect is that this difference was so great. This is very important for a reason: current theoretical models have difficulty explaining it. It may seem like a problem, but it is not at all; It is an opportunity. In particle physics when such a discrepancy appears What is happening in your experiments. This particular disparity has the ability to help them better understand how strong nuclear interaction works and how quarks and gluons are combined to give rise to the production of hadrons. Image | Cern More information | Cern In Xataka | “If we get our goal, a revolution in physics will be triggered”: we talk to Santiago Folgueras, a physicist of CERN

It seemed impossible for the rains of March to be bad news for someone. Until the watermelons and melons arrived

April 2, 2025 by usatoday24

The huge rains of March have left much of the field offside and, for weeks, the generalized response has been the country. It is not for less: in the whole of Spain 149 l/m² have been accumulated2.5 more than usual. The benefits are huge: they are not only full swamps; but the fields of cereal, vineyard, olive grove and nuts at their best and a sweet moment in sheep, goat and milk bovine. But there are also great harmed. Who can water go wrong? Paradoxically, many crops: some vegetables (from broccoli to lettuce), the strawberries of Huelva, the harvest of potatoes, legumes and, above all, to the melon and watermelon. Is it for floods? In large part yes. In Murcia, more than 5,000 hectares of vegetables have been flooded and in Almería crops have been affected (both outdoors and greenhouse). It is thus understood that, during all this time, root asphyxiation has been one of the great fears of farmers. In essence, we talk about A phenomenon that occurs when the roots of the plants do not receive enough oxygen. This usually occurs when there is an excess of water on the ground; And, in fact, it can happen even if the ‘flood’ lasts for a short time. However, there are problems beyond suffocation. A good example is the chickpea. In his case he has not suffocated because, in short, he has not even come to be planted in provinces such as Seville (which concentrates a third of national production). As the Secretary General of Coag Sevilla says in The debatethe chickpea has to be more than 100 days in the countryside and “this year, hopefully, will pass 60”. Even in the event that the meteorology accompanies, the chickpea campaign It will be very bad. And, in addition, it is inevitable because farmers cannot plant anything else: the norms of common agricultural policy They force them to plant a certain percent of its land with legumes. And then we have the humidity. The rain has caused moisture levels to shoot and, With themthe “proliferation of pests and diseases such as the Botrytis (caused by a fungus) or the Mildiu” (groups several diseases that damage stems and leaves) “that are rotting the kills. And what happens to melons and watermelons? Another different thing. In the case of these crops, the situation is “worrying” because the rains arrived in “The most delicate moment, pollination“This has significantly delayed production to the point that seems unfeasible that early watermelons can reach the market on their usual dates. The hope of the sector, As explained by COAGis that great production is rethink. If no unforeseen occurs, that would allow the market of late watermelons and melons with force. But, of course, everything depends on what happens in the next few days. It is worth remembering that in recent years, these two summer fruits have starred controversial for its high prices and distribution problems. All to do. The great unknowns are now two: What water management will allow hydrographic confederations and the rest of the administrations, on the one hand. And how flexible will be the European Union With the restrictions of phytosanitary products In a context climatic extreme. However, there are many more things on the table. Many more problems, many more opportunities. Above all, before The perspective that this is the new normality. Image | Towsend Walton In Xataka | Before the return of the rains to Spain, the field looks at the worried sky: there are dozens of crops with weeks late

China has surrounded the island of Taiwan again. The problem is that we now know the US response if there is an invasion

April 2, 2025 by usatoday24

China lo has done againand this time he has a very clear recipient. Beijing has started Your second day of large -scale military exercises around Taiwan. The number of troops and the enormity of the fleet that is currently in the area is a direct response to The statements From the Taiwanese president, Lai Ching-Te, who had defined China as a “hostile foreign force” announcing measures to counteract the interference and espionage of Beijing. The problem: A document He has revealed what the US response would be. A warning. According to the spokesman The popular liberation army, the maneuvers that are currently taking place simulate the total control of the island, including maritime blocks, attacks on land and sea objectives, and control of strategic routes. As we said, this time, unlike other exercises, China made it clear that the operation It is a “punishment” Against the independence positions of LAI, who belongs to the Democratic Progressive Party and denies that Taiwan is part of China. Without crossing lines. A few hours ago, Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense reported that, only on Tuesday, they were registered 71 air incursions and the presence of 21 ships, including Shandong aircraft carrier, which operated in the vicinity of Taiwan. It should also be clarified that although none of these elements violated the limit of 24 nautical miles established by Taiwan’s adjoining zone, experts consider that maneuvers seek to raise psychological and military pressure on the island. In addition, the China Coast Guard patrol Islands controlled by Taipéithus increasing the sensation of fence. Specialists like Chieh Chung and his Tzu-Yun They pointed to New York Times That, although the military exhibition is “intimidating”, it seems calculated to avoid a direct escalation. Dual message. Although China frames these maneuvers as a reaction to Lai’s wordsanalysts consider that the message is also addressed to another nation: United States. As we have counted before, the Government of Lai has strengthened links With Washington, promising to increase military spending to More than 3% of GDP to maintain deterrence against Beijing. In parallel, the United States Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegesh, reaffirmed from Japan The American commitment With stability and defense in the Taiwan Strait, highlighting the strategic priority of preventing a forced taking of the island. In this context, China seeks, According to Amanda Hsiao and Wen-Ti Sungdemonstrate firmness before Trump’s government Without completely closing The door to the de -escalated, especially when commercial tensions persist and new US rates against Chinese products persist. However, as we said at the beginning, we now also know Washington’s response if tensions go more. Pentagon secret guide. I told the weekend in a Exclusive Washington Post. Secretary of Defense Hegesh had issued a secret guide that redefines the strategic priorities of the pentagon, almost exclusively focusing military preparation on Taiwan’s defense Before a possible attack by China and in the protection of the US territory, even at the expense of reducing its global presence. Said document, called Interim National Defense Strategic Guidancedistributed in March and classified as “secret”, instructs the Armed Forces to “assume risks” in other regions such as Europe, the Middle East and Africa, delegating much of the responsibility of facing regional threats such as Russia, Iran or North Korea. The strategy leaves no doubt: it orders the Pentagon to redirect its resources to prevent China from achieving a rapid occupation of Taiwan and strengthening the defense of strategic places in the American continent, Like Greenland and The Panama Canal. Absolute priority: a single scenario. The new orientation revealed marks a radical turn with respect to previous administrations by identifying China as the only strategic threat (“Pacing Threat”) and Taiwan’s defense as the only scenario that guides the structure of forces and the allocation of resources. In fact, the strategy Discard Russia As the main focus of planning, delegating its containment almost completely to the European forces. Plus: The anti -terrorist missions would be limited to face groups with the ability and will to attack US territory, relegating operations against militias that only destabilize their own regions. Exercises in Taiwan The Heritage Foundation report. It is the germ of the memo to which the post has had access. The document carries the fingerprint of The Heritage Foundation, a closely Think Tank Tank Linked to the Trump Administration. Moreover, the post that there are many passages that are practically identical to the Heritage report published in 2024centered on three axes: deterrence of the Chinese invasion of Taiwan, defense of the US territory and increased the military burden of the allies. Even Alexander Velez-Green, co-author of the Heritage report, currently occupies An interim key position In the Pentagon. The similarity, in fact, has already been recognized by Congress advisors, who consider that the guide is directly inspired by the recommendations of the Think Tank, which confirms The growing influence of Heritage in the American defense policy. Deployment and pressure. The magnitude of the brief is understood in figures. The plan orders to strengthen the Military presence in the Indo-Pacific With submarines, bombers, naval drones and specialized units capable of destroying fortified and underground objectives, while demanding Taiwan to increase their military spending up to 10% of GDPwell above the current levels and NATO standards. At the same time and as we said, the Atlantic Alliance is urged to assume most of the defense of Europe, leaving the United States only the role of nuclear deterrence and limited support, especially if there is a simultaneous war with China. What does Taiwan say. He counted the post A few hours ago, the Taiwanese government and analysts have received the leak of the memo with relief, although that yes, with surprise that the Trump administration has placed as the highest military priority the deterrence of a possible Chinese invasion to Taiwan. The measure, in addition, comes after months of restlessness in Taipéi for the policy of “America First” and the weakening of international commitments, including the suspension of Military assistance to Ukrainewhich made the United … Read more

Justice forces him to block illegal retransmissions of MotoGP

April 2, 2025 by usatoday24

In a movement that reminds us a lot of what is happening in these latitudes, Canal+ has made French justice recognize Cloudflare as responsible technical intermediary in its three capacities (DNS, CDN and inverse proxy), forcing it to implement blocks against websites that illegally retransmit the MotoGP 2025. Why is it important. The Judicial Court of Paris feels a European precedent that could well influence the similar conflict that They keep LaLiga and Cloudflare in Spain on the blocking of websites that broadcast matches without rights. The details: The sentence, issued at the end of March and which Xataka It has had access, states that Cloudflare must apply “all appropriate measures” to prevent access from French territory to fourteen concrete websites. The court has dismissed Cloudflare’s arguments about the alleged technical complexity and the excessive cost of applying these blockages. Technology must fulfill within a maximum period of three days after notification, without being fined at the moment. The ruling rejects the limitation of measures requested by Cloudflare and leaves him freedom to choose the technical modalities that he will use to make the blockages. The foundations. The French court has determined that … The DNS services of Cloudflare “allow access to a website thanks to its domain name” through conversion in IP address. Its CDN network “reduces the data transmission time to the user and improves the safety and reliability of web pages”. And defines its inverse proxy service as “a shield between user applications and the litigious site server.” So the sentence concludes that these three capacities fulfill a “transmission function” that justifies the imposition of measures. Meanwhile in Spain. LaLiga has been with legal actions against cloudflare for months for IPS blocks That, according to the entity, they affect “scarcely a few hundred” of legitimate websites, not “millions” as the technological alleges. Cloudflare responded by presenting an incident of nullity against the Spanish sentence, claiming that LaLiga obtained “hiding the foreseeable damage to third parties.” Justice rejected it. The company chaired by Javier Tebas has accused Cloudflare of collaborating “through its technology with the commission of the most serious crimes such as child pornography, pimping, fraud, etc..” Meanwhile in Europe: The legal framework. The French sentence is based on the Sports Code and Intellectual Property regulations, in line with the European Directives on Copyright. The ruling quotes jurisprudence of the EU Court of Justice that establishes that an “intermediary” is any person who transmits a commitment committed in a network. And in this case, the judicial “victim” is cloudflare. In Xataka | This is how Ech works, the Technological Shield of Cloudflare that has put the operators between the sword and the wall Outstanding image | MotoGP, Cloudflare

You don’t have to have a Kindle to devour books in digital. This ereader costs less than 40 euros and is ideal for traveling

April 2, 2025 by usatoday24

Although the most popular brands in Ereader are Amazon (Kindle) and Rakuten (Kobo), there are many others that also have very interesting models. One of them is Woxter, whose most peculiar and interesting model is the Woxter Scriba 195 S. It is an ideal ereader for both those looking for a small and light device and for those who want a cheap model. Its price is only 39.95 euros And you can find it on Amazon. * Some price may have changed from the last review A very light ereader that includes physical buttons I have always considered that including physical buttons in an ereader is a success. Tactile screens are comfortable, but they get so much about passing their fingers. The Woxter Scriba 195 S, although it does not offer these two options because its screen is not tactile, comes with a good assortment of buttons to pass the pages and to generally control the device. Regarding its specifications, we have a restraint 4.7 -inch screen and offers a resolution of 960 x 540 pixels. On the other hand, a curiosity of this ereader is that allows us to read the pages horizontally or vertically; In addition, the font size can be customized, it is compatible with multiple formats and comes with 4 GB to store many books. In short, the Woxter Scriba 195 S is a very interesting ereader that stands out, among other things, for its compact format. Personally, I find your 100 grams weightthe possibility of being able to read the screen horizontally or vertical and, of course, its price. You may also be interested in these other alternatives Kobo Clara B & W Multimedia Electronic Book 6 “16GB Black * Some price may have changed from the last review * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Woxter In Xataka | Best electronic books. Which to buy and nine recommended models In Xataka | What Kindle Buy: Purchase guide with recommendations to succeed with Amazon electronic book readers

How to enter your draft and present your 2025 online statement on the Tax Agency website

April 2, 2025 by usatoday24

Let’s tell you How to access your rental of rent 2024which is the statement you have to submit in 2025 to account for last fiscal year. You can ask for and review this draft from today April 3, and then you can present it to make the statement made. You must keep in mind that It is very important to check that everything is fine. Basically because the Tax Agency makes the draft with all the data collected on you, but there may be failures, and if there are failures and the declaration is wrong You will pay the fine although the mistake collecting data was committed by the Treasury. It is your responsibility. You must also remember some of the things that You need to prepare previously To make the statement. To identify within the website of the Treasury, you will need to have a Digital certificatelike him FNMT certificateor as an alternative to be registered in the CL@VE System. It is also convenient Look and review your fiscal databecause they are the ones that then uses the Treasury in the draft. Enter your income draft on the web To enter your draft of the Income Declaration 2023, which is the one presented in this 2024, you have to Enter the website of the rental campaign. For that, go to www.agenciatributaria.es/aeat.internet/renta.shtmland in it click on the option Draft / declaration processing service (Direct Income and Web Income) which will appear above all in the options of the section of Outstanding efforts. Now you will go to the page where you will have to log in using Your digital certificateincluding the FNMT certificate and the DNIEthe PIN key or mobile key, or The reference number. Once you identified, you will go to an intermediate step where you have to Choose what are you going to act in your own name If the draft is yours. It will also give you the case of saying that you are going to do that of another person acting as your representative. But come on, for your draft choose the option of Act in its own name and click on Confirm. Now you will already enter the index of topics on Rental services 2024. On this page you will have a list, once you have logged down, of all income -related services. Here, click on the option Draft/Declaration (Web Income)which is where you will access the draft. This will take you to the draft declaration. On the first page you have to Confirm your Identifying datawhich are the personal and those of your spouse in the event that you have it, or your children. Here, You can choose the option to make an individual statement With the option you have above all in the picture of Declarant. When everything is filled, you will have to go down completely and click on Accept. Then you will go to a page where you can Incorporate your economic activities such as salaries and mortgage loans for the deduction of habitual housing. It will automatically show you registered data to decide whether to add them or not, and to do it you will have to put additional data. And finally you will reach the page with the summary of your statement, where You will see if you go to pay or return. You will also see a summary with your main yields and income, and you can press in each change to make corrections and changes to make sure everything is fine. And when you have reviewed all these data and consider that everything is fine, you will have to press the Submit a statement. This is the button to end the process and present your online income statement. Remember that it is important to take your time, and that you will have a button of Keep To save the changes and continue reviewing the draft later. Take all the time you need. In Xataka Basics | 2024 rent guide: calendar, previous steps and how to prepare for the 2025 statement

We are still hooked on antidepressants

April 2, 2025 by usatoday24

Pandemia had an important weight on the mental health of many people. It is a statement that probably does not surprise many, but sometimes quantify what seems obvious can help us put it in perspective. New study. A study led by researchers at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) He has found an increase in the prescription of antidepressant drugs in recent years. This allows us to illustrate, even indirectly, the important cost of the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of mental health. The weight of a pandemic. Five years of the expansion of the COVID-19 by Europe have been completed. An expansion that brought confinements, currency touches, social distancing and many other containment measures. Pandemia affected various ways to Our mental health. He did it directly, the result of fear and uncertainty; as well as for the loss, whether the loss of a loved one, of the job or even leisure. Pandemia also had an indirect weight, a consequence of preventive measures: less outdoor access, less social contacts and more restricted, less opportunities to do sports … All these factors have the potential to cause us a loss of psychological well -being. March 2018 – February 2024. The new study analyzed antidepressant prescriptions in a medical care area with 130,000 people in the Basque Country between March 2018 and February 2024. For the analysis these six years were divided into three phases of two years each: Prepandymia, Pandemia and Postpandymus. The details of the study were published In an article In the magazine Healthcare. Far from going back. The team observed an upward trend in the prescriptions of this type of drugs, but highlight some details detected in the study. The first, the fact that the increase in these prescriptions was not reversed in the postpandemic period. Instead, the team confirmed a new increase in the consumption of these treatments. Another detected pattern has to do with age. The team noticed That, although the increase in the pandemic period was due “specifically” to the increase in its prescription between under 20 years, the increase in the postpandemic period was distributed among all age groups. Generalized results. The team responsible for the work detected another pattern that studies in other countries had already shown. And it is that the increase in antidepressant consumption occurred, especially, in women. Something also observed in countries such as Canada or France. “The greatest impact on the emotional well -being of young women during the pandemic could be due to the role of caregivers, which is more prevalent in the female population, and the feminization of care professions in the health sector, which had a high emotional load during that period,” Explain in a press release The team responsible for work. In Xataka | Science has been looking for the most effective way to treat depression. Now he has a peculiar candidate: vinegar Image | Yoav Aziz / Shvets Production

everything that is played by Nintendo with the Switch 2

April 2, 2025 by usatoday24

There are only a few hours left for the official announcement of all the characteristics of the New Switch 2or at least enough to get the idea of what exactly expect from this hybrid console, improved version of the one that has been taking sales lists from all over the world for eight years. We have asked ourselves unansweredalthough one of them is impossible for us to see it answered: what happens if Switch 2 does not work as a Nintendo waiting? Do you have any emergency plan? Insured success … right? How wasn’t a switch 2 to work? More than 150 million units sold, more than 100,000 million dollars entered by Nintendo guarantee safe success. But Nintendo has some bad experiences with the second parts of his hardware. Of course, this happened with that disaster without palliative that was Wii U, which only sold 14 million consoles compared to 101 of its predecessor. Less loud were the figures of the 3DS, with 76 million, but that pale in front of its precedent: the DS sold approximately double, more than 150 million. And an extra dictation. While Wii U sank, there was a 3Ds that kept the guy. And while Gamecube (the second greatest failure in the history of Nintendo) made Nintendo think that perhaps compete with Sony and Microsoft was not quite a good idea, Game Boy Color continued with relative dignity the success of the most important laptop of all time. Nintendo has always had a plan B or a laptop that served as a mattress of possible collapses. But the hybrid condition of the Switch It makes it the portable option and, at the same time, of Nintendo desktop. And there is no more. Video games, the only sector. Let us also keep in mind that Nintendo is a company delivered exclusively to video games, which undoubtedly gives huge joys to the players (their video game catalog is, well, a catalog of video games; not everyone can boast that), but puts the company on the tightrope. It is obvious that if Microsoft can afford deficit experimentsfirefighter ideas and Buy Lost Business Companies It is because Microsoft is not just Xbox. That doesn’t happen to Nintendo. Reasons to be conservative. Before we know anything about Switch 2, a criticism surveys the launch of this new console: the total immobility about its precedent. Very little power improvement, so it is rumored; some improvement in the control support system; Some sensors that allow joycons to use as mice and whose utility will be allegedly very limited; And now. But it makes sense: Nintendo cannot afford an error because, since the launch of Switch, almost all of the company’s revenue come from the sales of the console, and a failure would disrupt the complete economy of Nintendo. But … Is it counterproductive to go from conservative? When you don’t innovate enough. Nintendo has the tendency to grab a success and not release it until he squeezes it. For example, with the topic prices: good luck if you want to buy a ‘Mario Kart’ when Nintendo decides to apply a discount. That can ever happen, or at least years after the launch, when the next installment arrives (sometimes not yet). They are the type of maneuvers that, of course, give abundant benefits when they work, but that magnify Nintendo’s image of being a rigid company and with little waist to react to financial setbacks. It is what has a single letter play … and that single letter is now switch 2. Header | Nintendo In Xataka | The great enemy of the Nintendo Switch 2 are not the Sony or Microsoft consoles. It is the PC

The best paid Spanish manager in the world does not work in a great technological: sells “sugary water”

April 2, 2025 by usatoday24

Maybe his name does not sound to you at all since, unlike Tim Cook, Jensen Huang or Satya Nadella, Ramón Laguarta does not direct a great technological. However, for seven years he has been the helm of one of the world’s largest brands in the world: Pepsico. Or as Steve Jobs would say: sell “sugary water“ According to the published data By Pepsico before his shareholders, the Catalan Ramón Laguarta, president and CEO of Pepsico, has established himself as the best paid Spanish manager in the world. The best paid Spanish CEO in the world. As you collect The environmental environment Five daysin 2024, the total remuneration of Laguarta reached 28.8 million dollars. This salary milestone positions it well above other executives of large corporations, both in Spain and globally. Despite having reached this milestone, 2024 has not been the most lucrative year for Laguarta. According to records From the AFL -CO union, in 2023, the manager charged 33.9 million dollars, which meant 648 times the average salary of its employees. However, Ramón Laguarta is not the only Spanish manager at the head of an American multinational who receives a millionaire remuneration. Joaquín Duato, CEO of Johnson & Johnson, He received a salary of 24.3 million, seeing its compensation reduced in 2024 compared to the 28.4 million that was pocketed in 2023. For his part, Enrique Lores, first HP executive, received a Salary compensation total of 19.4 million dollars. Laguarta’s salary. Actually, Laguarta “only” received 1.76 million as a salary, which represents a 4% increase with respect to the same concept of 2023. In addition, the CEO received a bonus of 11 million dollars in company shares and metallic incentives of 6.8 million dollars. In this concept, the company has applied a significant cut with respect to 2023, when it received 13.4 million dollars. To this figure, we must add 8.7 million dollars more in pension plans and other deferred remuneration, as well as $ 500,000 for personal expenses. Among personal expenses, the Use of private plane of the company. The sum of all these amounts corresponds to the aforementioned 28.8 million dollars that the manager pocketed in 2024. Although their total income was reduced by 15% with respect to 2023, Laguarta continues to stand out as one of the best paid managers, and the Pepsian Board of Directors stood out in Its presentation of annual results The solid leadership of its Spanish CEO in turbulent economic times. A “sugary water seller”. Laguarta occupies the position of president of Pepsico since 2018 and assumed the presidency of the Board of Directors in 2019. However, his career within the company began in 1996, when he joined the Spanish subsidiary of the company after a stage in front of Chupa Chups. A decade before the arrival of Laguarta to Pepsico, Steve Jobs He told John Scullyat that time CEO of Pepsico, one of those phrases that have remained for posterity: “Do you want to sell sugary water for the rest of your life or do you want to come with me and change the world?” It should be noted that, in English, the expression ‘Sugar Water’ is also used to refer to something bland, without substance. As if being the Pepsi CEO was something unimportant. There is no doubt that, in the case of Laguarta, directing a “sugary water” company has turned out to be very lucrative. However, the Apple CEO salary It continues to be better: in 2024, Tim Cook received 74.6 million in retribution. Point for Jobs. In Xataka | In 1985 Coca-Cola changed her formula when Pepsi was about to defeat her. It went wrong In Xataka | The best paid CEO in the world is Elon Musk, but its salary is 1 dollar: the great bonus of the bonus Image | Unspash (Nikhil), Wikimedia Commons (Qwertyfry38)

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