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Mota-Engil Books a Record €35 Million Q1 Profit on Brazilian Backlog Push — Carteira de Encomendas Stretches to €16.9 Billion as Santos-Guarujá Tunnel Anchors the New Pipeline

Mota-Engil Books a Record €35 Million Q1 Profit on Brazilian Backlog Push — Carteira de Encomendas Stretches to €16.9 Billion as Santos-Guarujá Tunnel Anchors the New Pipeline

Mota-Engil closes Q1 2026 with €35 million of net profit, the strongest first quarter in the company's history at +31% YoY. Revenue lifts to €1,394 million, EBITDA crosses €234 million at a 17% margin and the order book stretches to €16.9 billion, equivalent to 3.6 years of activity.
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Altice International Converts €2.5 Billion of Intragroup Debt Into Meo Portugal Capital on 8 May — Operator's Share Capital Lifts From €17 Million to €2.535 Billion as Drahi's November 2025 Unrestricted-Subsidiary Defence Hardens Into a Liquidity Wall

Altice International Converts €2.5 Billion of Intragroup Debt Into Meo Portugal Capital on 8 May — Operator's Share Capital Lifts From €17 Million to €2.535 Billion as Drahi's November 2025 Unrestricted-Subsidiary Defence Hardens Into a Liquidity Wall

Altice International executed a €2.5 billion capital increase in kind at Meo Portugal S.A. on 8 May 2026, converting intragroup debt into share capital and lifting the operator's registered share capital from roughly €17 million to €2.535 billion in...
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INE Reads New-Housing Construction Costs Up 5.8% in March 2026 — Labour Component Climbs 8.2% Against a 3.7% Materials Print, the Wedge Widens 1.0 Percentage Points From February and the Index Now Sits 30%-Plus Above the 2021 Base

INE Reads New-Housing Construction Costs Up 5.8% in March 2026 — Labour Component Climbs 8.2% Against a 3.7% Materials Print, the Wedge Widens 1.0 Percentage Points From February and the Index Now Sits 30%-Plus Above the 2021 Base

INE reads the Construction Cost Index for new housing at +5.8% year-on-year in March 2026 — labour climbs 8.2%, materials 3.7%, and the headline wedge widens 1.0pp from February. The labour-cost trajectory is the structural read inside Portugal's housing-affordability calculus.
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Portugal's Week Ahead 11-17 May 2026 — Wednesday's IGCP €1.5 Billion OT Auction and Mota-Engil Q1, Trabalho XXI Walks Into Parliament, Fátima's 109th-Anniversary Pilgrimage, and the Bolsa's Final Q1 Earnings Wave

Portugal's Week Ahead 11-17 May 2026 — Wednesday's IGCP €1.5 Billion OT Auction and Mota-Engil Q1, Trabalho XXI Walks Into Parliament, Fátima's 109th-Anniversary Pilgrimage, and the Bolsa's Final Q1 Earnings Wave

Portugal's working week of 11-17 May 2026 packs the IGCP €1.5 billion OT auction and Mota-Engil Q1 on Wednesday, the Trabalho XXI anteprojeto walking into Parliament, the 109th-anniversary Fátima 12-13 May pilgrimage, and the United Newark-Faro restart on Friday.
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