Investors see shades of Quebec in Catalonia vote
(WorldNews Spain)

A flight by businesses from Catalonia`s independence crisis has drawn comparisons with Quebec, the French-speaking Canadian province that deterred investors with a decades-long independence push. Opinion polls showed support for pro-independence parties at just under 50 percent as campaigning for a Dec. 21 election began on Tuesday, enough to dampen the Madrid government`s hopes the vote would end a volatile standoff over secession. ......