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Ireland well beaten by Netherlands
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Amsterdam to remain a competitive Hot Spot until 2025
Amsterdam has been ranked as the 13th most competitive city "Hot Spot" in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Hot Spots 2025 ...
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Hong Kongs Li purchases Dutch waste company for 944 mil. euros
A group of Li's companies including Cheung Kong Infrastructure said Monday they were buying AVR-Afvalverwerking BV. Li's companies said they were buying the company because it represents a "compelling long-term investment opportunity for the consortium." Van Gansewinkel Groep, which is selling the company, said the deal would close in the third quarter of 2013. The deal still ...
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UPDATE 1-Dutch food ingredients firm to return 250 mln euros to shareholders
Tue Jun 18, 2013 1:38am EDT * Payout via cash dividend, buyback * Remaining ingredient operations named Corbion * Sets sales growth targets for Corbion of 6-9 pct (Adds financial targets, quote) AMSTERDAM, June 18 (Reuters) - Dutch firm CSM NV, which is selling its core bakery business, is returning 250 million euros ($334 million) to shareholders and setting targets for its remaining ...
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UPI Sports Calendar for Tuesday June 18
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Amsterdam and the Clash of Civilisations: is this city on the frontline?
There is a polarising pattern of insult and violence going round and round in Europe, and Amsterdam seems to be one of the cities leading the continent down the spiral toward a culture of intolerance toward everyone who isn't European.
The Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks is frequently in the media for his decisively controversial cartoons that seem to unremittingly try and provoke the Islamic communities across Europe. Just this week alone he was the target of two separate assassination plots that were to be carried out, interestingly, by two women who had converted to the religion he vilifies. Read more
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