Lisbon Informer

LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese Olympic officials on Wednesday criticised a female windsurfer who told them by email that she was quitting the Games, and accused her of concealing the fact she was pregnant. Carolina Borges told sports newspaper A … Full News here – Lisbon – Bing News

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LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese Olympics windsurfer Carolina Borges quit the Games because she was pregnant, coachless and lacked the necessary support from Portugal’s mission, the athlete has told a sports newspaper. Borges astonished Portuguese … Full News here – Lisbon – Bing News

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LISBON, July 30 (Reuters) – Banco Espirito Santo, Portugal’s second-largest listed bank by assets, posted on Monday a steep 86 percent fall in first half net profit that came largely in line with market expectations after taking a hit from a … Full News here – Lisbon – Bing News

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LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal cancelled the Olympic accreditation of RS-X race sailor Carolina Borges on Tuesday after she astonished the country’s mission head with an email saying that she would not race. “I received an email this morning from … Full News here – Lisbon – Bing News

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LISBON, July 27 (Reuters) – Portuguese fuel and oil company Galp Energia on Friday posted a sharper-than-expected 81 percent increase in adjusted second-quarter net profit as its oil output rose and refining margins improved. Galp said in a … Full News here – Lisbon – Bing News

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LISBON, July 25 (Reuters) – Portuguese retailer Jeronimo Martins on Wednesday posted a 4 percent drop in second-quarter net profit, but said it remained hopeful to post a strong set of results for the year despite an economic slowdown in its key … Full News here – Lisbon – Bing News

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LISBON, July 25 (Reuters) – EDP Renewables, the wind energy unit of Energias de Portugal, posted on Wednesday a higher-than-expected 12 percent rise in its first-half net profit on rising power generation and a higher average price of its energy. Full News here – Lisbon – Bing News

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LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho pushed his tough pro-austerity line a step further, telling his party he would rather lose at the ballot box than abandon his policy of strict adherence to the terms of an EU/IMF bailout. Full News here – Lisbon – Bing News

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LISBON (Reuters) – South Africa’s Standard Bank said on Tuesday its Angolan unit has entered a strategic partnership with local insurance and fund management firm AAA Activos to pursue growth in the sub-Saharan African country. The bank said in … Full News here – Lisbon – Bing News

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LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho pushed his tough pro-austerity line a step further, telling his party he would rather lose at the ballot box than abandon his policy of strict adherence to the terms of an EU/IMF bailout. Full News here – Lisbon – Bing News

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