52% of U.S. citizens believe that the country’s gun control laws should be stricter, according to a Pew Research study. The survey found that 34% believe the laws should be much stricter and 17% feel they should be at least a little stricter.

As indicated in Euroforum’s latest report, before the summer, just 1 in 3 Spanish companies had planned their training and/or management development for the rest of the year. Furthermore, large corporations, including those on the IBEX 35, tend to be the most forward-looking when it comes to defining their long-term training plans.

BBVA CEO Carlos Torres Vila said that BBVA “wants to give its customers and clients the best service by using innovation to transform and disrupt its business as it works to bring the age of opportunity to everyone.” This was the core message the BBVA CEO delivered in a keynote speech to a packed audience at the Money 20/20 event in Copenhagen - the leading fintech event in Europe.

Propel Venture Partners announced its participation as a lead investor in a funding round for EaseCentral, a platform for managing health insurance for small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs) in the United States.

According to a University of Hawaii study (Manoa, U.S.) published in Nature Climate Change, 30% of the world’s population is currently exposed to potentially mortal heat for 20 or more days per year. The study also found that if CO2 emissions are not drastically reduced, 74% of the global population will be exposed to lethal heat events. The study suggests that it is practically inevitable that excessive heat will pose a threat to human life.