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Five chollos to take advantage of the day without VAT from Mediamarkt. Mobile, gaming and intelligent devices and more

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Mediamarkt has launched one of its best campaigns again: the Day without VAT. For a few hours – until May 20 at 09:00 hours – we can take the opportunity to take a Good discount on a large assortment of devices. There is everything: from high -end mobiles to gaming devices, intelligent devices and much more. Portal PlayStation by 180.99 eurosa good discount for a peripheral with which you can play in streaming to the video games of PlayStation 5. Samsung Galaxy S25 by 792.56 eurosone of the best prices we have seen on Samsung’s mobile in its 256 GB configuration. Echo Pop pack by 59.50 eurosa good pack that includes two Echo Pop speakers and two smart bulbs. Sony Wh-1000xm4 by 197.52 eurosa very tight price for very complete Bluetooth headphones. Google Pixel 9 by 627.27 eurosa very complete mobile for the price it has in the day without VAT. Portal PlayStation Portal PlayStation It is a device that we usually find in offer in store campaigns – especially in Mediamarkt – and this time it has been no exception. During the day without VAT you can buy with a good discount that leaves it for 180.99 euros instead of the usual 219 euros. After its launch, Portal PlayStation has received Some updates that have improved the experience that can be had with the device. It is not only a screen on which video games can be reproduced from the PlayStation 5but also having a PlayStation Plus Premium subscription You can access your video game catalog to play in the cloud. * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Galaxy S25 After its launch in February, the Samsung Galaxy S25 It has been lowering little by little price with the offers that have been launching the stores. During the day without VAT we can find one of the best discounts in its configuration of 256 GBgoing from costing 959 euros to have a price of 792.56 euros. It is also available for 742.98 euros in its configuration of 128 GB and by 891.74 euros In its 512 GB configuration. He Samsung Galaxy S25 It is a compact high -end mobile that mounts a good 6.2 -inch Dynamic AMOLED screen. Internally comes with the processor Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxyis loaded with artificial intelligence functions and its software will receive updates over the next few years. Samsung Galaxy S25 (256 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review Echo Pop pack Sometimes in their campaigns, Mediamarkt launches some other discount on Amazon devices. This time, the store has a pack that includes Two smart speakers echo pop along with two Wiz smalls. The price of these four devices is 71.99 euros, but during the day without VAT the pack can be purchased for 59.50 euros. He Echo pop It is an intelligent speaker that not only differs in design with respect to Echo dotbut also It has certain improvements in the speaker. Of course, both the two pop and the smart bulbs that we see in this pack are compatible with Alexa. Two Amazon Echo Pop + two wiz bulbs * Some price may have changed from the last review Sony Wh-1000xm4 Now that Sony has presented the new generation of its Bluetooth headphones (Sony Wh-1000xm6), we can find a good discount on one of the headphones of the past generations. During the day without VAT you can buy the Sony Wh-1000xm4 by 197.52 eurosa very interesting price for everything they offer. The Sony Wh-1000xm4 They are Bluetooth headphones of diadem that stand out mainly for the audio quality they offer and for their Active Cancellation (also passive) Noise Noise Cancelling. In addition, its battery offers a good autonomy of up to 30 hours of use. * Some price may have changed from the last review Google Pixel 9 One of the high -end mobiles that we have seen more times is the Google Pixel 9. It was one of last year’s best mobiles is still a very good purchase option, especially with prices such as those we found on the day without Mediamarkt VAT. Google’s mobile has dropped from 759 euros to 627.27 euros in his 128 GB configuration. Although it is not within the Mediamarkt campaign, we can also find the offer mobile by 693.39 euros in his 256 GB configuration. He Google Pixel 9 It is a good high -end mobile that stands out in many sections. Mount a screen Super acts OLED of 6.3 inches and set up the Google Tensioner G4 processor. Their cameras offer a very good photographic experience and their software will be updated for six more years. * 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 | Mediamarkt and Buyardation (header), PlayStation, Samsung, Amazon, Sony, Google In Xataka | The best mobiles, we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | Best wireless headphones. Which to buy and 19 models from 20 euros to 450 euros

There was a day that the bird was synonymous with punctuality. May chaos demonstrates to what extent is the past thing

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Delays Delays More delays. And full stations, trains thrown by exasperated roads and passengers. The last month on the Spanish railroad has been especially bad and, in addition, he has assaulted at high speed which, until now, seemed a safe space for expected delays and inconveniences. An alternative. Since 2023, the government has been trying to position the train as the best alternative to the car. A year and a half agothe Executive proposed solutions to end short flights and prioritize the use of the train. That same year, given the increase in life as a result of the Ukraine War, the Government promoted its Public transport aidwhere trains had a leading role with Free fertilizers even. He wanted to take advantage to sell the benefits of this means of transport in the day to day and also, why not, as a tool to travel on vacation. Until this year, The aid has remained active. “Decades”. “The succession of technical incidents have plunged the rail service in a lack of unknown reliability in decades.” This is the first phrase of last statement from the OCU in which reference is made to the measures to be taken if you have been one of those affected by the delays and cancellations that have been experienced in the Spanish railroad in recent weeks. “The days when Renfe returned the amount of the AVE passage to arrive five or 15 minutes afternoons have been far behind and the repetition of incidents have progressively deteriorates the reliability of a service that, once, was exemplary,” they emphasize in the text. “Five or 15 minutes late”. It is no accident that in the OCU they refer to those “five or 15 minutes late.” In June last yearRenfe hardened the conditions to return money to users. Until then, arriving with a delay of 15 minutes allowed to receive 50% of the ticket. If the wait was greater than 30 minutes, the passenger received 100% of the ticket price. That is over. Since July 1, 2024, in AVE, Avlo, Alvia, Euromed and Interity Renfe only returns 100% of the ticket if the delay is more than 90 minutes. And until the delay does not exceed travel time the passenger does not receive at least 50% of the ticket price. It was the confirmation that The punctuality in Renfe was already a thing of the past. Its impact. We collected in Xataka That, in 2023, Renfe already had to pay 42 million euros, According to FACUA data. An amount that I could have ascended up to almost 70 million euros if all affected users had requested compensation. At the moment, there is no data on what has been the amount of last year and how this new policy of commitment to the traveler has affected in the second half of the year. Awful. It is the word that best defines Renfe’s last 15 days but could be extended further back. The difference is that in the last 15 days, delays, cancellations and collapsed stations have been more common than ever. On April 28, of course, the national blackout left all the trains that were circulating inoperative. More than a day later, Three of them remained disappeared. Days later, Copper theft in four points of the Madrid-Sevilla line and an incident of An Iroo train with a catenary caused chaos in the high speed line. More than 16,000 passengers were affected. Óscar Puente, Minister of Transportation, said that copper theft was not the ultimate goal and that the action hid a “Severe act of sabotage”. Doubts were also raised about the Iroo train incident. After ensuring that it was the train that broke the catenary, from the company they claim that This was already broken when the train passed by. More firewood. Last Sunday, incidents in the Madrid-Sevilla line were repeated again. Again, eight trains were affected by what long delays were lived throughout the afternoon. The first one was the most affected, arriving 144 minutes late in Madrid (from Seville) compared to the scheduled time. Given this situation, the OCU has launched the aforementioned statement and has indicated that companies are obliged to meet the following demands: Information as soon as possible. Refreshments from 60 minutes of delay, in quantity appropriate to the duration of the waiting. Accommodation if you have to spend the night. The power to choose whether you continue the trip by an alternative route or if you give up. Refund of the ticket price in case of giving up the alternative route. And they emphasize that the only cases in which the ticket price is not returned are the following: It was notified of the delay before buying the ticket. Alternative transport was taken and the destination was reached with a delay less than one hour. The delay is due to extraordinary circumstances. “Are there incidents? Yes”. “And I apologize but talking about rail chaos is a hyperbole.” With these words Álvaro Fernández Heredia defends, President of Renfe, of whom they ask that his position cease as a result of the delays lived in the last two weeks. According to Fernández Heredia, “two perfect storms come together: the effect of having abandoned the rail for 10 years more actions derived from the entire investment effort,” in an interview with 20 minutes. And he emphasizes that “this Sunday there were seven trains affected and more than 95,000 travelers who were not affected, who were arriving at the time.” Punctual? This is how they look in Renfe. On the occasion of the controversy for hardening the conditions when returning a ticket, from Renfe they published data related to punctuality. According to these, 87% of the AVE arrive in time and the figure grows to 91.5% when we talk about the Cercanías service. Despite this, out of high speed, today they have lived Importance delays in Catalonia. In less than a week, they have been experienced in the vicinity of Madrid or of the the Basque Country. In … Read more

Five very useful tech ideas (and simple to use) to give in the nail with Mother’s Day gift

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May 4 is Mother’s Dayso you have to make purchases if we still don’t have a good gift. If this year you have decided to give you a technological product that is useful, but above all that it is simple to use, in this article I wanted to leave five interesting ideas that I have considered buying my own mother (some even I know that you want them for some time). Kobo Clara Color by 169 eurosa good electronic book reader who comes with color screen, ideal to read both books and magazines. iPhone SE (3rd Generation) by 339.15 eurosa simple, compact and front button mobile. Huawei Band 10 by 39 eurosa simple, discreet and good autonomy wearable. Hair dryer by 79 eurosa six brush in one of the most complete. Xiaomi Redmi Buds 6 Lite by 16 euroseconomic Bluetooth headphones, but also very useful and with a very good autonomy. Kobo Clara Color A couple of weeks ago my mother retired and one of the first things she set out to do is read more. He currently has an old ereader he had at home and that is going quite slow, so a much more current model can be a most interesting option. In my case, I would opt for the Kobo Clara Colorwhich has a price of 169 euros —In Amazon is cheaper, but the shipment takes several months), so that I can read both books and color magazines, although there is also the possibility of buying the previous model with black and white screen what costs 149 euros. He Kobo Clara Color It is an ideal ereader to read at home or to take it on a trip. It has a compact format with six -inch screen, so the letter is quite readable. Allows to enlarge the letter, change the sourceconfigure many pages parameters and includes an adjustable frontal light. In addition, you can transfer electronic books very easily, it has its own store and books can be given from many libraries (as is the case of Ebiblio) * Some price may have changed from the last review iPhone SE (3rd Generation) Over the years we have been seeing an evolution in the smartphones that have turned to “every screen” formats, thus eliminated the front buttons. Fortunately, some of them can still be purchased, as is the case with iPhone SE (3rd Generation)whose price in the mediumkt outlet on eBay is 339.15 euros. It is a mobile that comes from an exhibitor of the store and that is new and in excellent state. He iPhone SE (3rd Generation) It can be very useful for those older people who want a Mobile with a front buttonbut do not do without having a good touch screen. Apple’s mobile is also compact, something that is appreciated taking into account that There are less and less mobile below six inches. iPhone SE (3rd Generation) * Some price may have changed from the last review Huawei Band 10 My parents have some rivalry to see who makes more steps in one day. So far, they use their own mobile phones to measure them, but my mother has been around the head for a while making the leap to their first wearable. A simple, but also very useful model is the Huawei Band 10. In addition, it is also quite cheap, since it currently costs 39 euros (In Amazon it costs a few euros above its previous generation). He Huawei Band 10 It is a discreet activity bracelet that It has an elegant finish and a side button. It has all the basics to carry the bracelet on a day -to -day basis, it comes with an optical heart rate sensor and its battery offers a theoretical autonomy of approximately 14 days. * Some price may have changed from the last review Hair dryer I gave this month and a half Dryer brush To my partner and is delighted. He had been looking for it for a while to be similar to Dyson’s design, and the truth is that it is quite efficient. Costs 79 euros And it comes with many accessories to dry the hair, to curl it (it includes two accessories to curl hair in different ways) and also to smoot it. It is practical, it has an adjusted price and it is easy to use – the instructions are quite clear. Hair dryer 6 in 1 * Some price may have changed from the last review Xiaomi Redmi Buds 6 Lite Headphones can also be a good gift for Mother’s Day, especially if she likes to listen to music, listen to the radio or, why not, listen to some other podcast. There is much to choose from, but the Xiaomi Redmi Buds 6 Lite They have an excellent value for money. They can be found in Amazon by 16 euros. The Xiaomi Redmi Buds 6 lite are quite simple Bluetooth headphones. They are paired to the mobile or other device through Bluetooth connection and offer good theoretical autonomy – especially for the price they have. The headphones offer up to seven hours and the load case offers up to 38 hours. * 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 | Baibhav Kumar in UnspashRakuten, Apple, Huawei, Okwrap, Xiaomi In Xataka | Best electronic books. Which to buy and nine recommended models In Xataka | Best wireless headphones. Which to buy and 19 models from 20 euros to 450 euros

The Kindle has returned to lower price and has a good discount to give it to Book Day

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Book Day is just around the corner, so if you don’t have the perfect gift for a reading lover, you are still in time to buy the Kindle In Mediamarkt. The store has dropped its price until 99 euros And, as mentioned in the description, if it is bought now you can receive it on April 22. That is, one day before the celebration of the Book Day. * Some price may have changed from the last review A very complete ereader for the price it has He Kindle (2024) It is a good ereader for those who want to start in the digital format. It is easy to usecomes with its own store to buy and download digital books and, in general, offers an excellent value for money. One of the aspects that, personally, most interest me is its format. Mount one Six -inch screen And the frames are not excessively large: their size is ideal to take the Kindle anywhere, and to have it at home or to take it on a trip. In addition, it can be stored very comfortable almost anywhere, such as in a backpack, in a bag and can even fit in some pockets. To all this we must add that it comes with a battery that offers a autonomy of weeks and that has 16 GB of internal storage, which means that many digital books can be stored. In addition, this model is the one that was launched in 2024 that offers a better performance. You may also be interested in these other alternatives Kobo Clara Color | Electronic color reader | E-Ink Kaleido ™ 3-color screen without 6-inch reflections | Dark way option | Water resistant | Audiobros | 16 GB of storage * Some price may have changed from the last review New Kindle Paperwhite (16 GB) of Amazon | Our faster kindle, with a new 7 “screen without reflexes and battery weeks | with advertising | Black * 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. Image | Amazon 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

After decades of success, the restaurant day menu faces its great crisis and a dilemma: reinvent or die

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A few weeks ago the veteran articulist David Sharrock published in The Times A wide report about Madrid gastronomy. So far not surprising. That in Spain we enjoy a good kitchen, with large dishes, chefs, restaurants and ingredients is no surprise. The funny thing is that in his analysis Sharrock does not talk about that. The focus focused on another symbol of homeland cuisine, one that passes through low hours and faces the complex challenge of adapting to the 21st century: THE DAY MENU. Sharrock warns that the lifelong menu is “threatened by modern life.” And he is not the only one who thinks like that. A figure: four million. The menu of the day is an institution in the bars of Spain. And for several reasons. The first, its long tradition, which can be traced at least 60 years agowhen in the time of Fraga Iribarne as Minister of Information the Francoist Government established that a good part of the food stores offered a menu at a fixed price. The goal: to enhance tourism. The second key that demonstrates to what extent the formula of the daily menu has penetrated in Spanish gastronomy is its level of implementation. The Spain hospitality association estimates that some are dispatched every day four million throughout the country, which leads to its general secretary, Emilio Gallego, to claim your acceptance. “The menu of the day remains a spectacular success formula,” he says. A price: € 14. Hospitality in Spain has not only calculated how many menus are served daily in the country’s restaurants. At the end of last year he published A report in which goes beyond and analyzes its prices, profitability and the differences between regions. Your main conclusion? That at least in 2024 the average cost of the menu of the day in Spain was around 14 euros, although there are cities in which this figure is quite higher. In Bilbao, for example, the average was 15.5 and Barcelona in 15.1, although there are those who clarify that it results today “Almost impossible” Find a menu in the center of Barcelona for less than 16 euros. Are all strengths? No. The menu perhaps enjoy a long tradition and is rooted in the hospitality of Spain, but on its horizon they appear clouds. And one of them (and the most important) is found in its price. Although its rates increased by 19.5% between 2016 and 2024 (which in practice translates into 11.7 to 14 euros), hospitality in Spain remember that this accumulated increase remains below the general CPI (23.4%) and is much lower than that of food and beverages or the one that In your day They reached certain key products in kitchens, such as olive oil. Between 2023 and 2024 the menus did rise above the general price index, but despite that rebound, of 80 cents on average, the collective recalls that there are many hoteliers to which it is difficult for their businesses to give benefits. To be more precise, They cite a study which reveals that 42.3% of entrepreneurs claim to have experienced a “loss of profitability” during the last year, especially due to the increase in salary costs, food and supplies. At the end of 2024 almost a third of the restaurants (32.5%) admitted that their menus had not increased that year. “Totally in danger”. The hospitality data of Spain give a track of the first great challenge facing the menus for their survival: profitability. To succeed, a menu of the day must offer a range of attractive dishes and a certain variety, but it must also convince in another crucial aspect: the price. The key is how to fit that list (high quality, variety and low price) and at the same time the business gets more than cover costs. A few months ago a hotelman from Vigo I recognized to The country That, despite the fact that his bar was small and that he takes care of almost everything, so that his offer is “viable” needs to sell at least 40 daily menus at a price of 15 euros. “Below that figure, it will only serve to cover costs.” “It is totally in danger, and fortunately, because it is not a sustainable model for the hotelier,” Point to the same newspaper Paco Cruz, The Food Manager, speaking precisely about the state of health of the menus. In his opinion, the formula is profitable basically in certain businesses, with a good flow of clients and experience. The AI, to the rescue. “The customer of the menu of the day wants first five, five seconds and variety every day. But what do you do with what is left over? If everyone asks for the same, what about the dishes that are not requested? The losses are brutal and that is unsustainable from any point of view: economic, ethical and environmental,” Add Cruz. The challenge is so complex that there are those who have already sought help in AI, as Fusion was checked in Madridwhere chef Eneko Atxa and physicist Eneko Axpe presented a tool designed to design attractive menus … and above all profitable. Objective: efficiency. “Inflation is almost 40%. The diner says they are charging me more, 19.5, but the hotelier has a hard time doing 39.2 more,” recalled During the ATXA presentation before adding to that price increase the increase in rentals and energy. The objective of the delight tool is precisely to look for “an orderly efficiency” in the menu, maximize the benefit and seek maximum efficiency in the number of chefs, customers and purchase. “The menu is an immaterial good in our culture and one of the challenges and problems facing hoteliers and diners,” Axpe points out. Cost of costs (and something else). Although inflation and imbalance between the rise in prices and salaries is one of the great challenges of the menu of the day, it is not the only one. As Sharrock points out in Your chronicle of The Times The format … Read more

A 14 -day Chinese invasion

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On the morning of April 6, the island of Taiwan rose with a feeling of Leave Vú. In front of its coasts, a 21 ship fleet Together with Shandong aircraft carrier, a series of military exercises had begun that would extend several days. China had done it again, always maintaining that limit of 24 nautical miles that separate the exhibition of “something else”, but it had happened so many times in the last months that the island made a decision: Activate a plan B. International Warning. That last exhibition was so publicized that even the Foreign Ministers of the Group of the Seven (G7) issued a unusually overwhelming condemnation against military exercises, describing them as “provocative” and “destabilizers.” In an official statement, they expressed their deep concern about the growing number of Chinese military maneuvers that raise tensions in the Strait and represent a direct risk for global safety and prosperity. They also reiterated that both members of the G7 and the international community as a whole have a vital interest in preserving peace and Stability in the regionopposing any unilateral attempt to alter the status quoespecially if it involves the use of force or coercion. A strategic response. But as we said, the island has decided to activate a plan B. How? Taiwan’s army has started a unprecedented military exercise which simulates its worst possible scenario: that the Popular Liberation Army (EPL) of China transforms one of its regular maneuvers into a large -scale attack against the island. It is a computer -assisted war simulation phase that is part of the Ha Kuang annual maneuversextended this year to 14 days (six more than in 2024) and scheduled to develop until April 18. The simulation responds to the growing concern about the increase in the frequency, scale and aggressiveness of the maneuvers around the Taiwan Strait, which could cover up a real invasion too quickly to be effectively contained. Realism 24 hours. Thus, using the platform Joint Theater Level Simulation (JTLS), the Taiwanese armed forces have activated a joint operations center that simulates an immediate transition from peace time to war. The scenarios are modeled on possible EPL actionsincluding not only a direct offensive, but also hybrid threats in The gray area: Disinformation campaigns, cyber attacks, harassment by drones and paramilitary fishing fleets. The objective is clear: to prove the capacity for coordination and response of the forces under extreme conditions, maintaining active operations 24 hours a day during the entire period of the year. USA. Not just that. Taiwanese media have explained that US military personnel will attend simulations as an observer, reinforcing the already close defensive cooperation Between Taipéi and Washington, although without detailing which officials will be present. In February, Major General Jay Bargeron, Director of Strategic Planning of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, participated in a previous phase of the maneuvers, a fact that caused Government criticism Chinese. The growing influence of the Progressive Democratic Party (DPP) and the arrival of William Lai Ching-Te, perceived by Beijin as A “separatist”has intensified tensions, which is reflected in the hardening of China’s speech and military pressure on the island. Asymmetric war capabilities. The exercise not only responds to a tactical change, but also to a strategic transformation: Taiwan is validating the incorporation of Asymmetric war assetsadapted to compensate for his numerical inferiority against the EPL. These assets include drones, tanks M1A2Trocket systems Himarsanti -tank missiles Tow 2b and coastal batteries Harpoon. All these systems are being integrated into current simulations and will be subjected to new tests during The real fire phase of the exercise Han Kuang, scheduled from July 9 to 18. Urban combat and operations. When the time comes, the July stage will include continuous joint maneuversboth in continental territory and in peripheral islands, airspace and maritime areas. Urban resilience exercises will also be carried out, focused on cooperation between armed and civil forces. The key areas, apparently, include the response to hybrid threats, rapid preparation and reaction, the mechanisms of authorization of military actions, operational safety, logistics and evaluation of the performance of recently incorporated systems. Danger: Lightning offensive. At this point, voices of experts have emerged who have warned for years about the Chinese strategy of the so -called as “Salami Slicing”that is, progressive advances that blur the borders between maneuver and aggression. Here we return to a topic that We have counted in The last months. The EPL has gone increasing your presence Around Taiwan, violating conventions Traditional such as respect for the midline of the Strait, that unofficial 180 km division that separates the island from the continent. An eventual surprise offensive, According to analystsI could place Chinese fighters in Taipéi in a matter of minutes, drastically reducing Taiwan’s initial response capacity. Unprecedented coordination. According to Chou Yu-Pingformer director of Missile Planning of Taiwan, this tactical evolution requires total coordination between the branches of the army, and therefore the number and complexity of the scenarios of the Han Kuang exercise have been expanded. Planning now contemplates not only traditional military scenarios, but also hybrid dynamics and multidominiumin order to preserve Taiwan’s defense ability to an aggressor who acts with less and less subtlety. The importance of Taiwan for the US. In the background, we must not forget that “paints” the United States in the tensions of the Strait. In fact, a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. It was the center of the analysis that Ben Thompson recently raised in his Newsletter Stratechery. For the analyst, the true severity of the conflict would not only reside who controls taipéi, but in the deep breakdown of Global supply chainsin particular of the most critical sector of the 21st century: semiconductors. Taiwan is not any island; It is the TSMC headquartersthe most advanced manufacturer in the world of chips. Without its operations, Collapse digital infrastructure which holds from mobiles to artificial intelligence, through defense, industry, health and transport. Self -destruction as dissuasion. According to Thompsonis so the global dependence of the Taiwanese chips that exists, … Read more

The last two days of the bag have been worse than 99.6% of every day since 1929. It is as chungo as it sounds

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There was omens that placed today as another “black Monday.” The original occurred on October 28, 1929 and was one of the days More devastating In the history of Wall Street when the Dow Jones index collapsed 12.8% in a single day, losing billions of dollars in market value. The consequences then lasted decades. In the end it will not be so much, But “almost”. In fact, the last days will be recorded as one of the worst of the history of financial markets. An unprecedented collapse. In a surprising turn for Wall Street, the recent wave of tariffs promoted by President Donald Trump has triggered one of the most severe stock market collapses in recent history, making more than thunder from 5 billion dollars in share value in just two days and dragging Global markets. Nasdaq 100 entered GUBBER TERRITORYthe Commodities They collapsed and investors in corporate bonds ran to buy Insurance against defaults. The magnitude of the impact, fueled by rates up to 50% imposed on dozens of countries, even exceeded the worst forecasts, and marked the breakdown for a financial ecosystem that for decades was one of the main beneficiaries of presidential power in the United States. Trump, strategic chaos and indifference. Bloomberg had that, far from showing concern, Trump seems to be hugged the turbulence Stock as a necessary price to correct the imbalances of global trade. In private and public, he insists on standing firm, and has begun to focus his attention on assets such as 10 -year Treasury bonds and oil pricescelebrating their falls without recognizing that they could precess a recession. The markets and the breakdown. After weeks of speculation about whether the tariff threats were not real, investors finally accepted the Scenario severity. More than twenty previous ads had been nothing, but the 11% collapse In two days he forced Wall Street to react. Besent, who allegedly had to moderate Trump, has been harshly criticized for not preventing such a disaster. Although some still expect the president to reconsider if the pain persists (today has said that it will not turn back), the fall of the Asian bags (with collapses up to 7.9%) and the Activated firewall In Japan they reflect that increasingly global destabilization. Some historical data in context: the day was worse than 99.6% of business days since 1929. It was also the worst of all time (more than 24,000 days) and the 35 worse day since 1945 Almost black Monday. As we said, the stock market has continued this morning, and although the worst omen were not fulfilled, the situation is equally disastrous. After confirming Trump that It will not go back In its aggressive commercial policy, defended as “necessary medicine”, the main world indices recorded dramatic collapses: The S&P 500 fell 2.8 % (The worst performance three days for the index since October 1987, or the Eleventh of all timebeing the tenth and twelfth during the great depression), the Nasdaq 3.1 %, and the Hang Kong Hang Sang index sank 13 %, its worst day of the century. In EuropeStoxx 600 lost 5.3 % and the German Dax briefly exceeded 10 % drop in opening. Goldman Sachs raised the probability of recession in the United States at 45 %citing the abrupt hardening of financial conditions after tariffs to many of the key commercial partners. Tariffs imposed by the United States “Victoria” by Trump. Despite the warnings, Trump has celebrated in networks that tariffs “will bring tens of billions to the country” and described the situation as “something beautiful to contemplate.” The Financial Times counted that the fear of a self -inflicted recession grows even between figures related to the president: the investor Bill Ackman warned of an “economic nuclear winter” and Stanley Druckenmiller He criticized any rate above 10 %. On the other sidewalk, the secretary of the Treasury, Scott Besent, minimized stock tremors such as “short -term reactions” and reaffirmed that the White House You will keep your course. The immediate reality, however, is that systemic collapse of actions, Commodities and coins that threatens to unleash a global recession caused from Washington. Memories of the past. References to Black Monday, 1929 and others collapses Historical have not been long in coming. During that decade, millions of Americans invested in the stock market, many buying actions on credit with margins of just 10%, which amplified panic when prices began to fall. As a direct consequence, between 1929 and 1932, the market lost about 89% of its valueunemployment in the United States exceeded 25%, more than 9,000 banks broke, and the country’s GDP was reduced in almost 30%. That stock market crisis not only plunged the United States into The great depressionbut it had economic and social repercussions worldwide, altering the global economic order throughout the 1930s. Comparisons. We are not in the same box, of course, but The data They are equally worrisome. Let’s think that the last two days of stock market are worse than 99.6% of the days of the stock exchange since 1929. Perhaps, many analysts agree that the current stock market situation caused by the Trump tariff offensive and the intensification of the trade war can be compared, in terms of volatility, loss of investment confidence and systemic risk, with the 2008 global financial crisisalthough with fundamental differences in its causes and nature. As in 2008, markets have experienced abrupt collapses: those More than 5 billion dollars who vanished from the value of US actions In just two daysand the Nasdaq 100 entered the bassist territory, which reflects a collapse of the feeling of similar or very similar to panic lived after the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. A deliberate crisis. Also, as then, corporate bond markets are showing voltage signals. However, while in 2008 the epicenter was the collapse of the financial system and the mortgage market, the current stock market has a clearly political component: it originates from unilateral commercial policy decisions, which introduce uncertainty about the economic direction of the country. For … Read more

They have lost more than 208,000 million in one day

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The already turbulent business of business and finance has been shaken by the earthquake of the tariffs that the US imposed on all the countries of the world, regardless of whether its only inhabitants They were penguins and seals. The immediate consequences has been a general fall in the main stock markets, which has especially affected the titans of technology and luxury, eliminated from a stroke more than 208,000 million dollars of their balances in a single day, According to estimates Bloomberg. According to Forbeslosses for the 3,000 most important millionaires reached 270,000 million. The news of the new US tariffs caused An earthquake in Wall Streetcausing the S&P 500 index to be left 4.8% and the Nasdaq Composite, centered on technology, 6%. The China response To those tariffs Nor is he helping to your recovery. Losers: Technological and Luxury Titans The disruption of investors that caused “the day of liberation” and Trump tariffs His main victim was charged in Mark Zuckerberg, whose estimate of his fortune has been reduced in 17.9 billion dollars In his single day. The value of the goal shares collapsed by 9%. It should be noted that Zuckerberg had successfully raffled the latest stock market crises, and while most of the millionaires who had donated to Donald Trump’s investiture, They lost about 209,000 millionGoal remained out of losses. The impact caused by Trump’s tariffs has been so great that he has not been able to dodge it. Jeff Bezos, is another of the technological millionaires he showed Your support to Trumpbut that has also been harmed from this stock market debacle. The session closed with Amazon’s shares, the main source of wealth for Bezos, falling into more than 9% in its price. That fall has meant eliminating some 16,000 million dollars Of the accounting balances of Bezos. Larry Ellison and Michael Dell didn’t get left behind in Milmillionaire losses either. The companies of both millionaires have a great dependence on hardware processors and components manufactured outside the USwhich caused investors to withdraw their money from their companies. Oracle’s shares fell 5.8%, while Dells left almost 19%, causing them losses of 9.9 billion and 9.4 billion dollars respectively. Interestingly, one of the least affected by the tariff storm was Elon Musk, the already altered Shareholders of Tesla They lived another day of falls In the price of the actions of the electric car manufacturer, but its fall was “only” 5%, which resulted in a loss of 8,700 million dollars In the estimate of Elon Musk’s fortune, which remains the richest person in the world with a heritage of 378.1 billion dollars. For his part, Bernard Arnault, The King of French luxuryhe suffered a decrease in his heritage of 8,600 million dollars After the fall suffered by LVMH’s shares in almost 6%. The holding company to which brands such as Louis Vuitton, Moët Chandon or Tiffanys & Co are in a serious problem since much of its brand portfolio manufactures its products in Europe. In Xataka | Only 15 people are part of the “100,000 million club”: it is 0.5% of 1% of the Milmillonaria elite In Xataka | The best paid Spanish manager in the world does not work in a great technological: sells “sugary water”

Valencia promised them happy with his new law to regulate tourist floors. Until “the 11 -day trap” arrived “

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Made the law, made the trap. In His attempt To tackle the proliferation of tourist floors, the Valencian Community has encountered an unexpected (not so) challenge: the picaresque of the homemade, who have found in The new law that regulates the sector a loophole that allows them to rent floors to tourists by receiving more lax standards. The key is in something in principle as innocent as the duration of the rooms. To be more precise in themselves last more or less than 10 days. There are those who already talk about “The 11 -day trap”. What happened? The news I advanced it A few weeks ago the newspaper Levante-EMV: Airbnb have begun to announce apart from Valencia with a common denominator, the minimum time of stay required to their tenants. It doesn’t matter in which street they are located, how they are decorated, their surface, whether or not they have seen the sea or if they are more or less expensive. In all the same is repeated and invariable condition: minimum stay of 11 nights. Not one less. Are they many homes? A few. At the end of February Levante-EMV He pointed out that only in Airbnb could be consulted “tens” of housing located in residential blocks of Valencia (sometimes located in thirds or fourth plants) that were offered under that condition: a minimum stay of 11 days. A quick search on the same platform shows that ads are still like this. Moreover, there are businesses that They have decided Start applying the same criteria. And why 11 days? To understand it you have to use Valencian legislation. To be more precise of Decree Law 9/2024a text approved in August and that updated the 2018 standard on vacation rentals. Your goal, like He moved in 2024 The Valencian government is “to improve the regulation” of tourist floors and “offer legal certainty” to users and homemade. The key is what is a ‘tourist floor’ for the new regulations. Where the temporary barrier comes into play. When modifying article 65, the document Clarify That the “housing for tourist use” are those that (among other conditions) “are given in conditions of immediate availability, for tourist purposes, for a time less than or equal to 10 days, computed continuously to the same tenant.” What does that mean? That vacation homes are associated with that temporal horizon: 10 days. Anyone who is rented for longer would remain out of that categorywhich requires also having a tourist license. In practice it is a legal route that allows homemade to announce their homes on platforms such as Airbnb as something else: Seasonal rentals. According to the urban lease law (Lau) The latter are the rentals that are not destined to cover “the permanent need for housing of the lessee.” The Moncloa already It has been proposed Work in their regulation to prevent them from being used to dodge the requirements that apply to conventional rentals and benefit people for whom they are really intended, such as students. Why is it important? Because one of the objectives of the regulatory change applied in August 2024 in the Valencian Community was precisely to stop the increase in tourist homes, a rental modality that has gone winning strength in Spain and Tense (even more) the market residential. It was recognized by the regional government itself by arguing what it was looking for with the new regulations, in addition to “stopping unfair competition” or giving greater “transparency” to the sector. “The proliferation of this modality (…) has meant its exponential and uncontrolled increase in certain areas, which determines the need to adopt urgent measures to stop a phenomenon that, if not acting immediately, can generate problems that are exponentially aggravated,” reasoned In 2024 the Generalitat Valenciana. There are experts who They already question that the new law has been right when specifying what a home for tourist use is. Have you had consequences? Yes. Or at least reactions. After The news of Levant The Federation of Neighborhood Associations of Valencia (FAAVV) has demanded that the Generalitat regulations be changed as soon as possible He has jumped Already to the Valencian political debate. “Instead of proposing clear limits to the activity and assuming the responsibility of inspecting and sanctioning create endless ambiguous and contradictory assumptions,” laments the FAAVV. “The norm must be changed because it does not help to contain the threat of tourist floors against residential rental and create legal confusion and insecurity.” And what does the government say? The Ministry of Tourism has already warned that the fact that a rent is not considered tourist does not mean that it should not comply with certain standards, such as the deposit of a bond, and that in those cases in which a fraud is appreciated those responsible are exposed to sanctions that can reach 10,000 or even 100,000 euros, depending on the characteristics of the case. However, they are open to make certain adjustments in the standard. “The law was approved in August. Now that it has been working for a while we will review everything, see if there is any type of dysfunction and act,” Recognize The regional government, which also ensures that the vision of this temporal framework (the 10 -day stays) varies from one locality to another. A few weeks ago, the Generalitat discharged 886 homes of the Tourism Registry for lacking NIF/NIE, And he warned: It is the first phase of a process that will end up affecting 34,000 homes. Images | Giuseppe Bucola (Unsplash) In Xataka | If the question is whether tourist floors take the price of rentals, we already have the answer: more than 30%

The first day of the Amazon spring offers party leaves us a ton of chollos: these are the best

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It has been waiting a bit, but we already have with us the Festor of Spring of Amazon. From today until March 31 we will be able to get a lot of chollos in technology, ideal if we need to renew a device And we want to do it for much less money. In these events two things are key: the selection of offers and not long to launch us for them. As the event has just begun, we have a huge amount of chollos so large that it can be very difficult to find some of the most prominent. For that reason, we leave you next a selection of some that are especially striking: Smart TV Samsung Neo Qled Qn90Din its 55 -inch version, by 823 euros. Realme 14 Pro 5gin its version with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage, by 299.99 euros. Amazon Fire TV Stick 4Ka very useful device to relive an old television, for 37.99 euros. SSD Corsair MP600 Elitewith 1 TB of capacity and very good performance, for 79.99 euros. Samsung Galaxy A35 5gone of the most popular phones of the brand, by 249 euros. Samsung Neo Qled Qn90D If we are looking for a new home television, taking advantage of this Amazon spring offers party is the ideal time for it. This Samsung QN90D is one of the protagonists of these first hours of the event, a model with a very high image quality, 55 inches And whose price is the lowest to date for this model: 823 euros. This model belongs to the Samsung Neo Qled 4K line and was launched last year. It is a television that It comes with HDMI 2.1 portsso it is perfect to make the most of consoles such as PlayStation 5 Pro either Xbox Series x. In addition, it has a sound of 60 w of power that is compatible with Dolby Atmos. Samsung TV 55 inches neo qled qn90d 4k mini LED with improved 4K resolution, NQ4 AI GEN2 processor with artificial intelligence, Dolby Atmos, Q-Symphony and Motion Xcelerator 144 Hz * Some price may have changed from the last review Realme 14 Pro 5g These types of events are also ideal to change our old mobile phone, Even if we look for something that has been in stores for a short time. That is the case of Realme 14 proa device with a rather high value for money, especially now that it costs 299.99 euros. To enjoy this price, it is necessary to apply the 50 euros discount coupon that is on the same page of the product at Amazon. This is a device with a large 6.77 -inch OLED screen (120 Hz refreshment rate), good power thanks to its dimensity 7300 and a 6,000 mah batterysignificantly larger than the phones of this price range. REALME 14 PRO SMARTPHONE 5G, 8 + 256 GB, White, Sony IMX882 OIS AI, design that changes color with the cold, 5260 mAh battery, IP69, 120 Hz screen, exclusive Amazon (without adapter) * Some price may have changed from the last review Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Amazon products, of course, are also offer during the event. This Fire TV Stick 4K is always one of the best -selling products when it is on offer And reasons for this do not lack: he is super user and it only costs 37.99 euros. Thanks to it, we will be able to give a second life to a TV that works slowly or that directly does not have Smart TV functions. Allows reproduction of content in 4k and is compatible with Dolby Vision, HDR10+ and even Dolby Atmos. In addition, it will allow us to install many applications of all kinds in it, thus giving much versatility to the device. Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K (last generation) | Streaming device compatible with Wi-Fi 6, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos and HDR10+ * Some price may have changed from the last review SSD Corsair MP600 Elite Although we have several options in case we want to expand the storage of our PC, choose A SSD NVME It is perhaps the most interesting. It is a component that meets capacity and performance, although it is not easy to find A unit that does it at a good price. This one of Corsair does it right now: it goes out for 79.99 euros. This is the MP600 Elite model, in this case the version that comes without disisuse. Is capable of reaching Reading speeds that go to 7,000 Mb/s And it will offer us 1 TB capacity. It is perfect for gaming, although also to give a good general performance to the equipment (provided that the motherboard has a free PCIE 4.0 port). CORSAIR MP600 Elite SSD NVME M.2 PCIE GEN4 X4 1 TB – M.2 2280 – Sequential reading of up to 7,000 MB/S – NAND 3D High Density TLC – Black Black – Black * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Galaxy A35 5g We close this selection of offers with another mobile phone, one that is A true supervent. He Galaxy A35 5g Samsung is one of those phones with which it is difficult to make mistakes. His successor, the Galaxy A36 5git is now available in stores, although this offer leaves the A35 5G at such a great price that it is worth going for it: it goes out for 249 euros. It is a phone that has a 6.6 -inch screen (120 Hz of refreshment rate), an exynos 1380 processor and a triple camera system so that we can take good photos in almost any scenario. It also has 5,000 mAh battery And in this case we will have a device that will receive four years of guaranteed updates. Samsung Galaxy A35 5G 128GB + Transparent case – Android mobile phone, free smartphone, 6GB RAM, 2 -day drums, 50MP camera, blue (Spanish version) * Some price may have changed from the last review … Read more

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