Here's What This $37 Billion Money Manager Has Been Buying and Selling
Source: The Motley Fool
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-11 21:18:06 -0700 | business-news
Every quarter, many money managers have to disclose what they've bought and sold, via "13F" filings. Their latest moves can shine a bright light on smart stock picks. Today let's look at Robeco Investment Management, which is a U.S.-focused subsidiary...
Motorway tunnel is a good earner for ING and Commerzbank
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-10 02:38:21 -0700 | business-news
Wegenwiki/Mavas A motorway tunnel under the North Sea Canal will cost the Dutch state 722m by the time its contracts with private sector investors have ended, the Financieele Dagblad said on Friday. In the 15 years since the A9 Wijker...
ArcelorMittal reports first quarter loss
Source: The Bellingham Herald
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-10 04:19:32 -0700 | business-news
ArcelorMittal SA, the global steel-making giant, has reported a loss for the first quarter, even as restructuring efforts are beginning to pay off and the steel market is stabilizing after a sharp decline in mid-2012. The net loss was 345...
The emerging Dutch social enterprise sector
Source: The Guardian
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-08 23:59:13 -0700 | business-news
Nicolas Russell/Getty Images Fellow European policy makers have been referring to the Dutch social enterprise support system as a 'black hole'. With limited attention for the topic, the Dutch are indeed been far behind other European countries in the attention,...
Economic downturn knocked €11bn off expected treasury income
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-08 07:29:27 -0700 | business-news
Economic downturn knocked 11bn off expected treasury income Wednesday 08 May 2013 The economic downturn meant the government collected less tax than expected in 2012, according to the national accounts published on Wednesday. The shortfall amounted to 11bn, pushing the...
Royals made fewer (free) flights in 2012
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-08 06:43:59 -0700 | business-news
The figures are contained in the latest annual report on government spending. The queen, her son and his wife are now the only royals allowed free flights.
Thousands of tenants complain about extra rent increases
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-07 23:55:06 -0700 | business-news
The three million people living in social housing with a current rent of up to 681 a month face an increase of at least 4% this year. Tenants with an annual income over 33,614 have been given a 4.5% increase...
ING first quarter earnings rise on asset sales
Source: Turks and Caicos Free Press
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-08 08:55:36 -0700 | business-news
Dutch financial company ING Groep NV reported higher first-quarter earnings due to asset sales and a slight improvement in margins at its banking arm...Net profit was 1.80 billion euros ($2.36 billion), compared with 728 million euros in the same period...
Port of Sohar starts ‘rail week' initiative
Source: Times of Oman
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-07 10:19:43 -0700 | business-news
51 pm Muscat: The Port of Sohar has initiated the Sohar Rail Week an educational CSR programme that involves performing a case study on the upcoming Sohar Railway network by a group of Dutch and Omani students with the support...
More workers are worried about their job
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-07 07:35:40 -0700 | business-news
The figures from research institute TNO and the central statistics agency CBS show that the number of people worrying about job security has increased nearly every year since 2007...Three-quarters enjoy their jobs, compared with 67% of workers as a whole....
There is corruption but not in my company, workers tell survey
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-07 07:35:36 -0700 | business-news
Some 23% of managers and staff think bribery and corruption is widespread in Dutch companies but only 4% think it is a feature in the sector in which they operate, the survey on fraud and business risks found. In addition,...
Inflation fell in April
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-07 07:35:34 -0700 | business-news
Much of the improvement came from a drop in petrol prices, which fell by 7 cents to an average 1.74 a litre However, inflation remains at a 10 year high due to increases in energy prices, the introduction of insurance...
Financial shocks loom for thousands with investment policies
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-07 07:35:29 -0700 | business-news
One in five of some one million policyholders do not know if their investment will generate enough money when it matures to meet their financial obligations, the AFM says. And of the 800,000 who are on top of their financial...
India could soon be heading for a GRAVE economic crisis
Source: India Abroad
Grave :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-07 02:36:06 -0700 | business-news
International Monetary Fund , Rudiger Dornbusch , Mr Werner , Alejandro Werner , Mexico India could soon be heading for a grave economic crisis L eo Tolstoy said in Anna Karenina that "... every unhappy family is unhappy in its...
PostNL books large Q1 profit fall on UPS merger write-off
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-07 01:26:54 -0700 | business-news
The postal company wrote off a total 440m on its 30% interest in TNT Express following the collapse earlier this year of a takeover deal with American peer UPS following objections from Brussels. The collapse led TNT's share price to...
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