Three quarters of Spanish business leaders say Catalonia’s plans for independence would damage the country’s economy, a new survey shows, with just 1 percent saying it would boost economic growth. In Catalonia itself, that figure is 43 percent, according to a poll of 265 executives by Deloitte published today in Spanish newspaper El País. Catalonia’s long-awaited and bitterly controversial referendum on independence from Spain will be held on October 1, Catalan regional President Carles Puigdemont said last month. The Spanish government last week announced it was putting in place a new system to ensure the region d ... (full story)