Sunday, March 11, 2012

MALLORCA TODAY - Chemists under threat; Juan March; Sóller train

Another mixed bag of interest and which relates to stories on the blog.

There is a lengthy interview with the president of the Balearics division of the Spanish society of community pharmacists in which he reiterates a point regarding the difficult financial situation some chemist shops find themselves in and in which he suggests that some may have to close: Diario de Mallorca

More on the extraordinary life and times of Juan March, the founder of Banca March, whose death fifty years ago was celebrated (if this is the right word) yesterday. This is mostly about how he came to get hold of the Barcelona Traction company. An act of "financial piracy·, says the headline: Diario de Mallorca

And more on the Sóller train, celebrating its one hundred years this year, and its perhaps less well-known role as a post train: Diario de Mallorca

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