Another historic year for CaixaBank. The bank, chaired by Tomàs Muniesa and with Gonzalo Gortázar as CEO, closed 2015 with a record profit of €5.891 billion, 1.8% higher than the previous year, according to the results published this Friday with the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). In the last quarter, the bank's profit was €1.494 billion, 3.4% higher than in the previous quarter. "It has been a very positive year for the bank, and therefore also positive for the Spanish economy," stated the bank's CEO, Gonzalo Gortázar, during the press conference presenting the results in Valencia, where the bank maintains its headquarters – "and there are no plans to change it in the coming years" despite the Gortázar incident. "We have exceeded the expectations for the first year of the strategic plan," he noted.

BBVA has turned the page on the failed hostile takeover bid for Banc Sabadell, flexing its muscles with record results through September. The financial institution posted a net profit of €7.978 billion in the first nine months of 2025, representing a 4.7% increase compared to the same period last year, as reported this Thursday morning to the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). These results are the first announced since the outcome of the takeover bid for Sabadell. in which only 25% of the share capital BBVA accepted the offer, which definitively derailed the operation. "Whatever we do, we do it to create value for our shareholders [...], and the best thing we can do is close the chapter on the takeover bid," said the bank's CEO, Onur Genç, at a press conference this Thursday. "We're not going to make excuses," he said. In any case, Genç regretted that it was a "missed opportunity" for both entities, as well as for investors and customers.

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Banco Sabadell has drawn a lonely and promising future for itself, or at least without BBVA. To defend it, and before it arrives the outcome of the hostile takeover that looms over the entitySabadell has used all its available artillery with the presentation this Thursday of historic earnings for the first half of the year (975 million euros), but also of the 2025-2027 strategic plan through which it promises sky-high returns (16%) in 2021 and a return of 6.3 billion euros to shareholders between now and then. It was a presentation that had a testimonial impact on the stock market, with a rise of only 0.6%. The bank is very concerned about the operation. BBVA does not plan to complete the prospectus until the end of August, so the acceptance period (for Sabadell shareholders) must be accommodated. "[The probability of BBVA's takeover bid being successful] is extremely low. Based on total and absolute conviction, it won't fly," predicted the bank's CEO, César González-Bueno. They will be able to merge for three years, with the possibility of five, BBVA will obtain "zero synergies [or cost savings]"

Yet another academic year with poor results in the basic skills tests, which determine the academic level of Catalan students. The regional minister of Education and Vocational Training, Esther Niubó, announced this Thursday morning that this year's tests have not gone well either. "We are just finishing the study, but I can say that they will not be the results we would like either," she admitted during a conference at the Europa Forum Tribuna Catalunya.

Good news for bonÀrea, which closed 2024 with a net profit of €88.8 million, a 9.3% increase compared to the previous year. It also achieved revenue of €2.68 billion and created 538 jobs, the company announced in a statement on Tuesday.

CaixaBank closed the first quarter of the year with net attributable profit of €1.47 billion, 46.2% more than the same period in 2024. The bank, led by Gonzalo Gortázar as CEO, attributes the increase in profits to the strong momentum experienced by commercial activity in a context of growth (ECB).

Puig closed the first quarter of this year with a 7.5% increase in sales, reaching €1.206 billion. This growth leads the cosmetics, fashion, and perfumery company to maintain its forecast of an annual sales increase of between 6% and 8%, despite the tariff war initiated by US President Donald Trump.

Net profits at Tesla, the car company founded by tycoon Elon Musk, fell 71% in the first quarter of the year to $409 million, after recording a 20% drop in revenue from the automotive sector. The Trump administration has been blamed for the cuts in the public sector; a fact that, among other things, could have ended up taking its toll on its business. The company posted revenues of $19.335 billion, 9% less than the same period the previous year. At the same time, the car manufacturer's operating expenses increased and margins shrank. The company announced that it had sold 13% fewer vehicles.However, the results, according to experts, are "worse" than analysts expected.