The company Interactive Advertising Bureau has published its 2017 Annual Social Network Study for Spain. Based on a study of 1,248 people aged 16 to 65, they estimate the number of social network users in Spain to be 19.2 million people.

BBVA Compass announced Tuesday that it will offer payment-deferral programs for flood victims in Texas as well as a robust suite of discounted loans and lines of credit to help the families and businesses affected by Hurricane Harvey rebuild their lives.

BBVA Compass is making the limited-time offers — among them special loan and payment deferral programs, waived late fees and penalty-free CD withdrawals — available to consumer and small business clients in the 58 counties declared a state of disaster by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. For the time being, it also is waiving all ATM fees in those areas: Its own customers will pay no fees to BBVA Compass if they use non-BBVA Compass ATMs, and non-customers will be able to use BBVA Compass ATMs at no charge from BBVA Compass.

The Spanish Association of Automobile and Truck Manufacturers (ANFAC) reports that registrations of electric and hybrid vehicles were up in the last six months. In totally, 35,708 vehicles were registered between January and July of this year, an increase of 82.7% with regard to the same period last year.

The Spanish Video Game Association (AEVI) has presented the sector’s revenue figures for 2016, which have also been reported by the web portal Meristation. GFK and Gametrack data indicates that this industry had total sales of EUR 1.163 billion in Spain, up 7.4% with respect to 2015. Such figures mean that video games are the first choice for audio-visual free time in Spain.

According to a global survey conducted by Gartner, 75% of companies would be willing to pay more for 5G, as opposed to 24% who would refuse to pay more for this technology.

Professional life is littered with difficult choices. Am I ready for this promotion? Which of my managers should I pick as a mentor? What should I eat at lunch? There is no foolproof method for consistently taking the best course of action —even the best of us make mistakes—  but, with the right tools, it is possible to maximise the chances of success.

According to the report Milk as a means of promoting health in Spain: calcium and its effect on health of the Spanish population prepared by the Spanish Nutrition Foundation (FEN), the Ibero-American Nutrition Foundation (Finut), and the Spanish Federation of Nutrition, Food, and Dietetics (Fesnad), 80% of the Spanish population does not consume required amounts of calcium.

Few tennis players can claim to have won 2 Grand Slam titles at only 23 years of age. BBVA’s ambassador is also the only Spanish women’s player to win both Roland Garros and Wimbledon. To these major titles, one must add the trophies she won at the Hobart International (2014), at the China Open (2015), and at the Cincinnati Open (2017), held this past Sunday.

According to the latest survey by the Spanish Sociological Investigation Centre [CIS], and as reported by Cadena Ser, the priorities of Spaniards during their days off are to spend more time with their families (56.7% of those surveyed) and relax (55% of those surveyed), in addition to spending time and having fun with friends and family.

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