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FIFPro Opens and Bluewater breaks ground in the Netherlands Park 20|20 Development
BEUKENHORST ZUID, HOOFDDORP, The Netherlands, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --In recent weeks, FIFPro, worldwide representative union for professional soccer players, opened its new headquarters building and Bluewater Energy Solutions, a technical service provider to the energy and industrial marketplace, broke ground for a new building at Delta Development's Park 20|20, the first full-service ...
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Income tax system needs major overhaul to be made simpler report
The recommendations, presented to junior finance minister Frans Weekers on Monday evening, were made by a special working party set up to look at ways to simplify the Dutch personal tax system.At the moment, assets are taxed 30% as if they have booked a return of 4%, but in practice this is much lower. The commission estimates the average return over the past five years to be 2.4%.Instead, the ...
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Fewer holiday jobs for students
Students will find it increasingly difficult to find work for a few weeks during the summer months because of demographic and working practice changes, website nu.nl reports on Tuesday. Automation, the ageing population and the economic crisis means manufacturing companies are less likely to take on short-term staff in the summer.However, the hospitality industry, gardening, tourism, cleaning ...
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Small farms not a good business proposition
Small farmers are finding it increasingly difficult to find someone to take over their farms when they stop work, according to Wageningen University ...
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School exam theft 26 pupils admit to cheating
In total, 26 secondary school pupils have taken advantage of an amnesty for cheaters and admitted they saw exam papers stolen from a school in Rotterdam, junior education minister Sander Dekker told parliament on Monday night. Twenty pupils from the Ibn Ghaldoun school in Rotterdam have confessed to seeing the papers, six at another school in Rotterdam and one from a school in Utrecht. Dekker ...
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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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Wednesday is going to be hot hot hot
According to weerplaza.nl, the temperature could reach up to 35 Celsius in eastern parts, but it will may be as hot as 38 Celsius in places. The temperature already topped 30 Celsius in Maastricht on Monday afternoon, weerplaza says.The heat will hit the rest of the Netherlands on Tuesday, when it will be largely sunny. But on Wednesday it will be more humid, with a risk of heavy downpours and ...
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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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