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Praça do Comércio in Lisbon under blue sky, framing Portugal's Q1 2026 listed-company earnings cycle.

Portugal Inc.'s Q1 2026 Earnings Cycle Splits Bank-Industrial — €1.279bn at the Big Five, Crédito Agrícola Falls 26% on Storm Kristin and TAP Trims Its Loss to €39.9 Million

Portugal's Q1 2026 earnings tape lands with a bank-industrial split — Big-Five banks clear €1.279bn against Crédito Agrícola's 26% slide on Storm Kristin claims, while Altri swings to a €7.3M loss and TAP cuts its quarterly loss to €39.9M as Americas long-haul demand kicks in.
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Belgian Insurer Ageas Eyes a 5% BCP Capital Slot Inside the Cross-Holding Cap as Fosun Mandates Advisers on Its €2.7 Billion Stake — Bancassurance Partnership Anchors the Diversification Pitch

Belgian Insurer Ageas Eyes a 5% BCP Capital Slot Inside the Cross-Holding Cap as Fosun Mandates Advisers on Its €2.7 Billion Stake — Bancassurance Partnership Anchors the Diversification Pitch

Ageas evaluates a ~5% direct stake in BCP — the maximum it can take without restructuring its bancassurance JV — contingent on Fosun completing the exit it opened on 10 April. The Chinese conglomerate's 20%+ holding is worth ~€2.7 billion. Government backs the search for strategic shareholders.
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Muddy Waters Drags Mota-Engil Into a Texas Civil-Defamation Action Over Carlos Mota Santos's December 2024 Expresso Interview — Group Frames the 19 December 2025 Filing as Carrying 'Little Relevance' to Operations

Muddy Waters Drags Mota-Engil Into a Texas Civil-Defamation Action Over Carlos Mota Santos's December 2024 Expresso Interview — Group Frames the 19 December 2025 Filing as Carrying 'Little Relevance' to Operations

Muddy Waters Capital sued Mota-Engil in a Texas civil court on 19 December 2025 for defamation tied to a December 2024 Expresso interview with CEO Carlos Mota Santos. The group has filed for dismissal and CFO José Carlos Nogueira frames the case as carrying 'little relevance' to operations.
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Decreto-Lei 97/2026 Pins a 10% IMT Penalty on IVA-6% Homebuyers Who Vacate the Primary Residence Inside 12 Months — Pacote Fiscal Habitação Bolts the Affordable-Housing Loophole as Diário da República Publishes Tuesday 20 May

Decreto-Lei 97/2026 Pins a 10% IMT Penalty on IVA-6% Homebuyers Who Vacate the Primary Residence Inside 12 Months — Pacote Fiscal Habitação Bolts the Affordable-Housing Loophole as Diário da República Publishes Tuesday 20 May

Decreto-Lei 97/2026, in the DR on Tuesday 20 May, slaps a 10% IMT surcharge on any IVA-6% homebuyer who fails to designate the property as primary residence within six months — or vacates inside the first 12 months. Marriage, divorce and new dependents are the only carve-outs.
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