Marga Aguilar faces eviction from her Barcelona apartment after a Dutch investment fund bought the building for temporary rentals, highlighting Spain’s housing crisis driven by investor acquisitions and rising prices. Barcelona’s mayor has implemented rental price caps and ended licenses for Airbnb homes to address the affordability problem, but activists push for immediate solutions like utilizing empty homes for long-term rentals. Amid protests and tensions between property owners and renters, the government is constructing affordable housing units to alleviate the housing shortage in the city.
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Tech stocks are experiencing significant declines in early 2025, with the S&P 500 down over 11% and the Nasdaq-100 down more than 16% due to Donald Trump's trade policies. This market pullback presents an opportunity for investors to acquire shares of companies like Nvidia and Meta Platforms, which have been hit hard but remain well-positioned for long-term growth in artificial intelligence. Nvidia's shares are undervalued despite its leadership in AI hardware, while Meta's unmatched user...
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