What political deadlock? Spain economy forges ahead

Spain has for months been awash with warnings that the country's long-lasting political deadlock threatens to harm a fragile recovery, but the economy is forging ahead regardless... for now, analysts say. The country has been without a fully-functioning government for eight months with squabbling political parties unable to reach any kind of pact following inconclusive polls in December, and again in June. Acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, whose conservative Popular Party came first in both p