Deutsche Bank has tried to curtail the behaviour of its traders in an attempt to clean up its tarnished image.

Germany’s biggest lender has warned its trading and investment bank staff to desist from Wolf of Wall Street type behaviour.

Hundreds of suckers on an octopus’ tentacles can stick to most surfaces but not to its own skin.

Scientists studying the cephalopod now believe it emits a specific chemical signal from its skin which prevents it from sticking to itself. Without this, scientists believe, the long tentacles could well become entangled or attached to another octopus.

The Spanish edition of the magazine Condé Nast Traveler has highlighted Martinhal Beach Resort & Hotel in Sagres as one of the best in the world to stay at for a family vacation.

The attractions for children were especially welcomed by the reviewers including safe playgrounds, places to climb, a heated swimming pools and a trampoline among other child-friendly entertainments

Co-workers saw a fisherman get his leg tangled in a gear cable which dragged him over the side of the boat and under the water.

The captain of the fishing boat alerted the authorities and ordered the winding gear to be put in reverse to rescue the man but to no avail, the chances now of finding him alive are zero.

Can the almost forgotten dream of a sea link between Faro and Tangier be revived?

There were discussions 20 years ago but the project was shelved as the parties involved could not agree on the time of day, let alone to cooperate on such an important international trade and tourism project.

Following last year’s publicity campaign mounted by Albufeira council as to the dangers of rockfalls at the area’s award-winning beaches, Albufeira council again is warning people to take sensible precautions.

Leaflets in both Portuguese and English will be distributed and an outreach programme at 20 of the 25 beaches in the Albufeira area will be put in place through July and August when the tourist influx is at its height, although the official bathing season starts next weekend.

Loss making Spanish bank BBVA is pulling out of Portugal in the wake of Barclays’ awkward announcement a week ago that it is to quit.

The decision was slipped out in Spanish daily newspaper El Pais which guaranteed maximum upset for the staff and customers in Portugal as the news filtered through earlier today with unions muttering about a “lack of respect.”

The Portuguese government’s income from property tax (IMI) grew 8.6% in 2013 due to the nationwide and somewhat overdue revaluation of the country's buildings to apportion sensible rateable values.

The overall taxation of Portugal’s residents increased 8.1% between 2012 and 2013 reaching an unprecedented €57,800 million making former Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar’s prediction of ‘massive tax increases’ spot on.