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Brisa – Auto-estradas De Portugal
Brisa – Auto-estradas de Portugal, S.A. is a Portugal-based international transportation company. The group's largest business area is highway management, in which it is the largest concessionaire in its home country. Founded in 1972 by Jorge de Brito, Brisa also has operations in countries including the United States and the Netherlands. Since 2000 Brisa's largest shareholder has been the investment company Grupo José de Mello, which owns over 30% of its stock through subsidiaries. The Spanish infrastructure company Abertis holds around 15% of the firm. The company is listed on the Lisbon Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the benchmark PSI-20 and Euronext 100 indices. Its current CEO is António Pires de Lima. Operations Portugal In Portugal Brisa exclusively operates the following motorways with a concession lasting until 2035: * A1 - Auto-estrada do Norte * A2 - Auto-estrada do Sul * A3 - Auto-estrada Porto/Valença * A4 - Auto-estrada Matosinhos/Amarante * A5 - Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge De Brito
Jorge Artur Rego de Brito ComIH ComM (7 November 1927 – 2 August 2006) was a Portuguese businessman, founder of Banco Intercontinental Português (BIP) and Brisa, who served as the 29th president of sports club S.L. Benfica, succeeding João Santos. During Brito's term at Benfica, from 24 April 1992 to 7 January 1994, its football team won the Taça de Portugal in 1993. At the end of that year, during the following season, he resigned due to financial difficulties dating back to "Verão Quente" (Hot Summer), when Benfica did not sign new players and lost two players to Lisbon rivals Sporting, thus not completing his triennal term. He was succeeded by Manuel Damásio. Associate number 88, Brito was awarded with the Águia de Ouro (Golden Eagle) by Benfica on 14 December 1973, during the presidency of Duarte Borges Coutinho. Brito died in Lisbon, aged 78, after a long illness, and was buried at Prazeres Cemetery Prazeres Cemetery ( pt, Cemitério dos Prazeres) is one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A6 Motorway (Portugal)
The A 6 is a Portuguese motorway which runs east from :pt: Marateca (Palmela), Marateca (a short distance from Lisbon) to the Portugal–Spain border, near Elvas Municipality, Elvas, where it connects to the Autovía A-5 in Spain. Since 1999 the highway has formed part of the principal road linking Lisbon with Madrid. At its western end the road connects with the A2 motorway (Portugal), A2 approximately 50 km (30 miles) south-east of Lisbon, but while the A2 swings to the south the A6 continues east passing through the Alto Alentejo Subregion, Alto Alentejo via Montemor-o-Novo, Évora and the Estremoz :pt:Mármore de Estremoz, marble quarries. It then continues past Borba (Portugal), Borba and Elvas, the Portuguese part of the road terminating at the crossing of the Caia River which here forms the frontier with Spain. Apart from the most easterly section approaching the frontier, the road is the responsibility of Brisa - Auto-estradas de Portugal, Brisa, the Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A5 Motorway (Portugal)
The A5 is a motorway, located in the Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal. It connects Lisbon with Cascais. The motorway is also known as Estoril Coast Motorway and it overlaps the Complementary Itinerary 15 (IC15). The first section of the highway – connecting the Duarte Pacheco Viaduct in the City of Lisbon with the National Stadium in the Oeiras Municipality – was opened in 1944, becoming the first motorway in Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ... and one of the first in the world. From 1945 to the early 1980s, it was officially designated National Road 7 (N7), when it became the A5. The last section of the A5 was opened in 1991. Motorways in Portugal Cascais {{Portugal-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A4 Motorway (Portugal)
The is a Portuguese motorway with a length of , running from Matosinhos to Amarante, where it narrows to become an IP road, signed as . The motorway leaves the metropolitan area of Porto, through the urban areas of Ermesinde, Valongo, Paredes, Penafiel, until arriving at the mountainous town of Amarante. It is also known as one of the most dangerous motorways in the country, particularly the descent from Campo to Valongo. Many improvements are being projected by the government in this respect. Tolls are levied.Portugal TollsGrande Porto accessed 24 August 2018 In 2013 the highway was extended from Serra do Marão to Bragança and the Portugal–Spain border, where it connects to the N-122 road (Spain) The N-122 is a highway in Spain. It connects Valladolid and Zaragoza to the Portugal–Spain border, where it connects to the A4 motorway (Portugal), this section was formerly the IP-4 and is now part of the European route E82 to Matosinhos. T .... The extension will al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A3 (Portugal)
A3 is a motorway in northern Portugal, connecting Valença and Porto via Braga to the Portugal–Spain border, on the Minho River at Tui, where it connects to the Autovía A-55 in Galicia (Spain). The A3 is operated by Brisa - Auto-estradas de Portugal Brisa or Briza may refer to: ;People *Brisa Roché, American singer-songwriter ;Companies and brands * Brisa - Auto-estradas de Portugal S.A., a Portuguese company that manages several highway systems * Brisa drink, a soft drink produced in Mad .... It has a total length of 112 km and coincides with the European itinerary number 1. This motorway leaves the urban IC23 circular motorway around Porto and Gaia. This motorway passes through Maia, Braga and to the border town Valença. The motorway is a toll road, and most of the route north is climbing steadily until reaching Spain. The motorway is linked by a bridge on the border and another motorway to link with Vigo and Pontevedra which is in Galicia. It is under the ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A2 - Auto-estrada Do Sul
, map = Karte A2 PT.svg , map_notes = The A2 is highlighted in blue on this diagram of major highways in Portugal. The lower detail on the left shows the route taken by the A2 across the Tagus estuary on approaching Lisbon. , length_km = 240 , direction_b = South , direction_a = North , terminus_b = Albufeira , junction= 35km J4 for Palmela56km J7 for Évora120km J10 for Beja178km J12 for Beja , terminus_a = Lisbon , e-road= The A2 ( pt, Autoestrada do Sul) is a major motorway (freeway) in Portugal. It connects Lisbon, the political capital of Portugal, and the 25 de Abril Bridge to Albufeira in Algarve, the country's southernmost mainland province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire .... The first section of the A2 was opened in 1966 and the last o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A1 - Auto-estrada Do Norte
The A 1—Autoestrada do Norte—is the biggest and the most important highway in Portugal. It connects the two largest cities in Portugal, Lisbon and Porto, also passing by some district capitals and industrial zones. Being the most important connection between two major cities, it was designed to be parallel to other roads, like the EN1. At 303 km long, the highway starts in Lisbon, in the interchange between the CRIL and the Vasco da Gama Bridge. Then the road goes along some cities near Lisbon, mainly Alverca do Ribatejo and Alenquer, Portugal, Alenquer. Near Torres Novas it connects with the A23, a road that connects the A1 with Castelo Branco, Portugal, Castelo Branco and Vilar Formoso, by the A25 motorway (Portugal), A25, near the border with Spain. This interchange marks the end of the 3x3 profile that started in Lisbon, to start a profile of 2 lanes. The highway is owned by Brisa. A trip between Lisbon and Porto using the A1 costs €22.20. Exits Lisbon - Porto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euronext 100
The Euronext 100 Index is the blue chip index of the pan-European exchange, Euronext NV. It comprises the largest and most liquid stocks traded on Euronext. Each stock must trade more than 20 percent of its issued shares over the course of the rolling one year analysis period. The index is reviewed quarterly through a size and liquidity analysis of the investment universe. As of December 21, 2002, the stocks in the Euronext100 Index represent 80% (euro 1,177 billion) of the total market capitalization of Euronext’s investment universe (euro 1,477 billion). Each stock in the index is given a sector classification. See also * STOXX Europe 50 * S&P Europe 350 The S&P Europe 350 Index is a stock index of European stocks. It is a part of the S&P Global 1200. The constituent shares are selected for relevance to the broad market, including industry sector balance, longevity (to minimize index turnover) ... External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PSI-20
The PSI-20 (an acronym of Portuguese Stock Index) is a benchmark stock market index of companies that trade on Euronext Lisbon, the main stock exchange of Portugal. The index tracks the prices of the twenty listings with the largest market capitalisation and share turnover in the PSI Geral, the general stock market of the Lisbon exchange. It is one of the main national indices of the pan-European stock exchange group Euronext alongside Brussels' BEL20, Paris's CAC 40 and Amsterdam's AEX. History The PSI-20 was initiated on 31 December 1992 with a base value of 3,000 index points. The index experienced considerably more volatility than the world's main financial markets between 1998 and 2000, caused by uncertainty in the world's emerging markets: a sharp increase of over 50% in the PSI-20's value in the first four months of 1998 was followed by a decline of similar magnitude between July and October of that year. Another price surge sparked at the tail end of 1999 peaked wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euronext Lisbon
Euronext Lisbon is a stock exchange in Lisbon, Portugal. It is part of Euronext pan-European exchange. Euronext Lisbon trades equities, public and private bonds, participation bonds, warrants, corporate warrants, investment trust units, and exchange traded funds. The BVL General index is the exchanges official index, and includes all listed shares on the official market. Settlement is T+2. Derivatives include long-term interest rate futures, three-month Lisbor futures, stock index futures and options on the PSI-20 Stock index, and Portuguese stock futures. Trading hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. History The predecessor of the ''Bolsa de Valores de Lisboa'' (Lisbon Stock Exchange) was created in 1769 as the ''Assembleia dos Homens de Negócio'' (Assembly of Businessmen) in the Commerce Square, Lisbon downtown. In 1891, the ''Bolsa de Valores do Porto'' (Oporto Stock Exchange) in Oporto was founded. After the military coup on April 25, 1974, both th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abertis
Abertis Infraestructuras, S.A. () is a Spanish worldwide corporation engaged in toll road management. Even though most of the toll roads it operates in Spain are in Catalonia, the company is headquartered in Madrid. The company runs over 8,600 kilometres of toll roads in the world. In October 2018 it was acquired by Italian corporation Atlantia and Spanish firm ACS Group and the German company Hochtief. History In April 2003, ''Acesa Infraestructures'', a business founded in 1967 as ''Autopistas, Concesionaria Española S.A.'', merged with ''Aurea Concesiones de Infraestructuras'', a business founded in 1971 as ''Autopistas de Mare Nostrum'' (into which Dragados had spun off its own toll roads), to form ''Abertis''. In December 2003, the ''Abertis Group'' acquired ''Retevision'', a leading Spanish radio and television distribution business; in June 2004, it acquired ''Iberpistas'', another Spanish toll road operator. In December 2005, it acquired the French toll road operator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
