The social media website Facebook said it will soon be possible for users to send money to friends through Facebook’s Messenger mobile app.
The money transfer system will use bank debit cards of users, and may take up to three days depending on the banks used, Facebook said.
Lufthansa pilots are in the middle of another two-day strike.
It is the second time this year that the pilots have refused to work and the twelfth in a row over the last two years.
At last it is possible to report that the number of people employed in the eurozone increased in the final three months of 2014 when compared to the previous quarter
The faintest possible rise of 0.1% was recorded for the region, according to national account estimates published by Eurostat.
The IMF today issued a carefully worded statement that Portugal’s managerial class could do with distinct improvement.
"There is a need for good managers to increase worker productivity," according to the IMF which recommends that the government must "review the effectiveness and the extent of the programmes to promote management skills in Portugal," which as it well knows are close to zero.
The latest cunning plan from the Ministry of Health is to tackle the yawning gap in the number of doctors in Portugal by hiring family physicians from Spanish regions along the border.
This kind offer has been seen as particularly unattractive by Portugal's Iberian neighbours as the money on offer, just €2,746 a month is half the salary that doctors can earn in Spain.
The remains of Miguel de Cervantes, interred in 1616, are believed to have been rediscovered in a convent in Madrid.
Fragments of bones found in the floor of the convent’s crypt almost certainly belong to the literary giant, according to a team of Spanish archaeologists and anthropologists.
Portuguese photographer Adrianio Neves has won a first prize in the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards.
The civil engineer, born in Tomar, will have his picture exhibited in London where he will pick up his prize next month.
Troubled HSBC could close accounts in Jersey for those who live in the UK.
The bank has been contacting people who live in the UK and have accounts in Jersey. The move is part of its efforts to avoid accusations that it is helping tax avoidance.
