Provides the latest RSS feeds for Amsterdam News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Amsterdam News.net http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/cat/7221e65f4b29300e/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 02:17:44 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:17:44 -0400 30 DAYTON, Ohio - The Dayton Dutch Lions FC will host the Dearborn Stars in the second round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Tuesday, May 21 at 7:00 PM. The game will be played at Miami Valley Hospital Stadium on the grounds of Beavercreek High School.Dayton advanced to the second round after beating the River City Rovers of the USL Premier Development League last Tuesday night in Beavercreek by ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214653422/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 23:41:52 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214653422/scat/7221e65f4b29300e notified Congress (link opens a PDF) Monday of plans to conduct a foreign military "sale" of an F-16 Formal Training Unit, or FTU, to the Netherlands. According to the DSCA, the provision to the Royal Netherlands Air Force of the F-16 FTU -- a training course for fighter pilots -- along with 50,000 Infrared Decoy Flares, 30,000 units of Training Chaff, 3,750 "dummy" training ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214650461/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 20:26:21 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214650461/scat/7221e65f4b29300e malware report Q1-2013. Nothing new was mentioned here. The Netherlands remains the number 3 as far as sending malware from Dutch servers is concerned. At the same time Kaspersky writes that The Netherlands is one of the most safe countries as far as infections go. So what is going on ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214643029/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 17:03:20 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214643029/scat/7221e65f4b29300e RDS-B ) announces that on 20 May, 2013 it purchased for cancellation 657,000 "B" Shares at a price of 2300.83 pence per share. Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of "A" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 3,797,974,999 and the remaining number of "B" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 2,568,519,905 Enquiries Shell Media ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214641829/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 15:59:35 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214641829/scat/7221e65f4b29300e This morning a Humane Society of South Mississippi (HSSM) team is meeting with law enforcement agents about assisting in an animal rescue. HSSM released few details on the Monday rescue. They ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214637336/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 12:55:15 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214637336/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Spot prices dropped for both high and low sulfur bunker fuel in Rotterdam in the week of May 17, according to daily Bunkervision price data via international marine fuel oil broker LQM Petroleum Services ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214636120/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 11:41:11 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214636120/scat/7221e65f4b29300e A 20-year-old Dutch entertainer was charged with attempted murder on Monday after repeatedly stabbing a 12-year-old Russian boy vacationing on the Greek island of Crete, local officials said.The suspect, who has confessed to the crime, will be kept under guard at the psychiatric ward of Heraklion hospital pending trial as his family claims he is autistic, a judicial source on the island ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214636121/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 11:25:54 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214636121/scat/7221e65f4b29300e The bodies of two young Dutch brothers whose father committed suicide were found in a drainage pipe near the Rhine River, police in the Netherlands said. The boys -- Ruben, 9, and Julian, 7 -- disappeared May 7 while spending the day with their father, police said. The father, whose name was not reported, committed suicide in the woods near the town of Doorn, investigators said. Police and ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214635754/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 11:13:00 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214635754/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon May 20, 2013 9:24am EDT STORM 2013-III B.V. For the full text of this story please click the following ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214634755/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 09:24:02 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214634755/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Now that the dust has settled across Europe, Planet Rugby thought it was only right to hand out some praise to the stars of 2012/13's Heineken Cup. Without further ado, here comes our offering - be sure to send in your own 15-1 team selections.Heineken Cup, Team of 2012/1315 Leigh Halfpenny (Cardiff Blues) - Yes he was part of a Blues team that fell short of making the knockouts, but for ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214632427/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 08:38:21 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214632427/scat/7221e65f4b29300e It would be easy to miss the entrance to the Dutch football association on a leafy road outside Zeist, itself almost an upmarket suburb of Utrecht. People find the place, though. They come from all ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214632503/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 08:22:20 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214632503/scat/7221e65f4b29300e offered a handful of men the opportunity to go to Champions League final at Wembley. How? By challenging their negotiation skills….with their ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214632430/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 08:16:08 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214632430/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Dutch specialists believed that the Netherlands will keep producing top soccer players in the foreseeable future, based on the country's efficient youth training system. Just one year ago the Netherlands advanced to the FIFA World Cup final in South Africa. Wesley Sneijder, Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie are the names of the current stars of the national team. They are the successors of ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214629866/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 06:06:36 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214629866/scat/7221e65f4b29300e The municipality of The Hague is investing 200.000 euros in installing an extra 288 bike parking stands and a further 10 bicycle lockers in the ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214628505/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 05:42:30 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214628505/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Alongside Belgium and the Scandinavian countries, the Netherlands is the most gay-friendly country in Europe, a European Union investigation has ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214628557/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 05:42:28 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214628557/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Dutch rules requiring all websites to get express permission from visitors to use software known as cookies is to be watered down, economic affairs minister Henk Kamp has told parliament. MPs had urged the minister to take steps to stop the constant appearance of irritating popups on websites since the legislation came into effect last year. Cookies are small pieces of code which allow websites ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214628908/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 05:32:36 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214628908/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon May 20, 2013 4:49am EDT ELQ Hypotheken N.V. (ELQ) For the full text of this story please click the following ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214628820/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:49:46 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214628820/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Firm measures are necessary to bring scheme funding levels of Dutch pension funds up to the minimum required funding ratio of 105 per cent within five years, warns De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) in its Annual Report 2008. DNB, which is responsible for safeguarding financial stability in the Netherlands, said the funding level at the end of 2008, which stood at 95 per cent, can be brought up ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627769/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:22:36 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627769/scat/7221e65f4b29300e EUR 26bn worth of securities were sold by Dutch pension funds in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to figures published by De Nederlandsche Bank. The funds carried out equities sales totalling almost €9bn, and disposed of €17bn worth of debt certificates such as bonds. Due to these sales, and to substantial price losses on the funds’ equity holdings, the value of their ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627770/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:22:30 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627770/scat/7221e65f4b29300e UK pension funds are set to enjoy a €100million rebate from the Dutch tax authorities following a tax ruling, says the UK branch of KPMG. The professional services provider’s test claimant, Strathclyde Pension Fund, has brought a successful legal challenge against the Dutch tax authority for a levied ‘withholding tax’ (WHT) on dividend payments to tax exempt bodies ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627771/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:22:23 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627771/scat/7221e65f4b29300e The net worth of supervised Dutch investment funds fell by €6.4bn (eight per cent) in the third quarter of 2008 (Q3 2008), with De Nederlandsche Bank attributing losses to investment write-downs and net withdrawals by investors. Equity price falls of 11 per cent, which were in line with the worldwide drop in equity prices of 12 per cent, according to the MSCI World Index, was the ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214626925/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:22:12 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214626925/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Between April 2007 and March 2008, Dutch pension funds are reported as having received €4.9bn in dividends on quoted shares, according to De Nederlandsche Bank. Pension fund holdings of these quoted shares averaged at €195bn in that period, which excluded quoted shares held through mutual funds. The Bank said that dividend income is used for two things, either as a major funding ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214626877/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:54 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214626877/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Financial services organisation AEGON has entered into a partnership with Catalan-based savings bank Caixa Terrassa Vida, which will distribute AEGON life insurance, pension and health products through its network of almost 300 bank branches. AEGON has bought a 50 per cent stake in the Spanish bank’s life insurance and pension unit for €190 million. The partnership with Caixa ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627197/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:54 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627197/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Sixty-one per cent of Dutch pension funds are currently employing a Liability Driven Investment (LDI) strategy, an increase of 18 per cent on last year’s figures. Fiduciary manager SEI revealed the results of a Global Quick Poll of the global pension fund space, surveying executives overseeing pensions in the US, UK, Hong Kong, Canada and the Netherlands. There was also an ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214626927/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:53 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214626927/scat/7221e65f4b29300e AEGON has reported solid business performance and a strong capital position as part of it Q2 2008 results, in spite of recent market turmoil. Specific to the European pensions market, the firm experienced strong growth in group pension sales in the Netherlands – where AEGON already has a 25 per cent market share - which included the sale of one large contract, while renewal rates of ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627889/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:49 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627889/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Dutch mutual funds expanded their share in Dutch household investments from 54 per cent to 55 per cent in the first quarter 2008, according to De Nederlandsche Bank. The Bank said the increase may be a turnaround in a declining trend, and sees the various measures taken since 2006 to improve the business climate for mutual funds in the Netherlands as beginning to take effect. However, the ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627772/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:45 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627772/scat/7221e65f4b29300e AEGON has completed a €315million securitisation transaction to improve capital efficiency and optimise their capital structure as part of the group’s new strategy. The transaction adds the equivalent of around £250million of core capital, enhancing the financial flexibility of the group and improving the return on capital deployed in the UK. The move forms part of ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214626879/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:44 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214626879/scat/7221e65f4b29300e AEGON has further cemented its presence in Central and Eastern Europe with the acquisition of the Turkish life insurance and pension provider Ankara Emeklilik. The acquisition marks AEGON’s first step into the Turkish market, and is marketed as part of a broader strategy to build scale in emerging markets. The firm agreed to buy Ankara Emeklilik in February 2008, and AEGON also has ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627199/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:43 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627199/scat/7221e65f4b29300e The value of the Dutch pension funds’ technical provisions stood at approximately €493bn at year-end 2007, a drop in liabilities of €14bn, according to De Nederlandsche Bank. Pension funds calculate these technical provisions in order to estimate what they are required to pay to future pensioners, and the size of this is dependent on factors such as capital market rates and ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627773/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:42 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627773/scat/7221e65f4b29300e AEGON Hungary Pension Fund is set to merge with UNIQA and Public Service Pension Fund in an attempt to further strengthen AEGON’s presence in the ever-developing pensions market across Central and Eastern ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627364/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:40 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627364/scat/7221e65f4b29300e The two Dutch pension funds for the metal industry, the €33bn Pensioenfonds Metaalelektro (PMT) and the €21.5bn Pensioenfonds Metaal en Techniek (PME), have launched a joint social responsible investment policy. In conjunction with asset manager and pension provider Mn Services, jointly owned by PME and PMT, the two funds have drawn eight lead principles from international ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627774/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:35 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627774/scat/7221e65f4b29300e AEGON, the life insurance and pensions company, has reported a nine per cent rise in underlying earnings before tax in its first quarter 2008 report. The report shows that operating earnings and net income has been affected by the recent instability of the world financial markets, but AEGON has reported no significant impairments. AEGON has also reiterated its confidence in meeting its ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627826/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:24 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627826/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Holland must do more to promote itself as a centre for international asset pooling, says a new report from the Netherlands, while also preserving the strength of the Dutch pensions ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627775/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:15 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627775/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Financial stability in the Netherlands is less favourable than it was six months ago, according to the DNB’s most recent assessment of the region. The Overview of Financial Stability (OFS), published by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), highlighted a recent period in the market when, triggered by the crisis in the US sub-prime mortgage market, liquidity evaporated in various credit ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214626901/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:14 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214626901/scat/7221e65f4b29300e ABP and PGGM have re-inforced their commitment to sustainable investment with a joint mandate to invest in innovative, clean technology. The two largest pension funds in the Netherlands have appointed AlpInvest* to invest €500 million in innovative, clean technology in one of the largest mandates ever to be placed on the international private equity market. This is the first time that ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214626880/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:10 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214626880/scat/7221e65f4b29300e AEGON has made further moves to bolster its presence in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) marketplace. Following its acquisition of PTE Ergo Hestia earlier this year, AEGON and BRE Bank have entered into exclusive negotiations on a possible merger of their two Polish pension funds, PTE Ergo Hestia SA and PTE Skarbiec-Emerytura SA. As part of the discussions, BRE Bank would grant AEGON ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627890/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:09 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627890/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Dutch pension funds have been shamed into smartening up their investment decisions after a current affairs TV programme in the Netherlands revealed that two of the largest funds were investing in US firms that produce cluster bombs and landmines. Dutch pension fund PGGM, the pension fund for the healthcare and social work sector, has since announced that it has stopped investing in these ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627776/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:08 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627776/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Average returns for Dutch Pension funds in 2006 halved - from 14.8% in 2005 to 7.4% in 2006 – according to new performance figures by WM Performance Services (WM). Taking into account the consumer price index, which rose by 1.4%, this represents a real return of 5.9%, which is above the 10-year annualised real universe return of 5.2%, says the investment performance measurement ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627777/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:07 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214627777/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Bashe Yousuf, a torture victim from Somalia, was among plaintiffs who won a $21 million lawsuit against his Somali torturer in Federal Court. WASHINGTON-Will victims of distant genocides and crimes against humanity be allowed to continue using U. S. courts to seek justice against their persecutors, as well as the individuals and corporations that helped facilitate human rights violations across ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214626869/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 04:17:44 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214626869/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Wolters Kluwer announced today that it has acquired Prosoft Tecnologia S.A., a leading provider of tax and accounting software based in Sao Paolo, Brazil.The acquisition aligns with Wolters Kluwer`s strategy to expand its leading, high growth positions.Established in 1985, Prosoft is one of the largest tax and accounting software solutions providers in Brazil, with 250 employees, and serving all ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214625574/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 02:49:58 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214625574/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Julian Lindley-French doesn't believe that shrinking European defense budgets will spur ever-closer defense cooperation. In fact, this erroneous notion not only jeopardizes NATO's vision of Smart Defense, it also means that Europe's leading armed forces will have a little bit of everything but not much of anything. By Julian Lindley-French for Atlantic ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214625200/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Mon, 20 May 2013 02:48:40 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214625200/scat/7221e65f4b29300e THREE young men have denied unlawfully causing the death of a Dutch tourist during a pub fight last year. Jason Bridgland, Alex Winter and a 17-year old youth who cannot be named, each pleaded not guilty today to a charge of manslaughter. Bridgland, 21, is alleged to have inflicted the punch that killed Henk van Oosterom outside the Bushmans Hotel in Gawler in September last year. He was remanded ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214622921/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Sun, 19 May 2013 22:27:52 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214622921/scat/7221e65f4b29300e The girl is the first female volunteer to be stopped before leaving the country - although there were suggestions at the weekend that two other women have previously made the journey, and that as many as nine of those who've gone to fight since 2011 have been under ... http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214621377/scat/7221e65f4b29300e Sun, 19 May 2013 20:45:34 -0400 http://www.amsterdamnews.net/index.php/sid/214621377/scat/7221e65f4b29300e