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KLM Gets EU Blessing For Dutch Emergency Aid
Tuesday, July 14, 2020 - 12:31pm | 582The European Union on Monday approved a 3.4 billion-euro ($3.8 billion) financial support package, backed by the Netherlands government, to help national champion KLM get through the coronavirus crisis. The Dutch aid is on top of 7 billion euros ($7.9 billion) in funding granted earlier this year...
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Van Gogh Painting Stolen On His Birthday As Museum Closed Due To Coronavirus
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 - 9:08am | 333One of the paintings of famed Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh was stolen early Monday from the Netherlands' Singer Laren Museum, the day he was born on 167 years ago. According to its website, the museum is currently closed for the public for an indefinite time due to the novel coronavirus (COVID...
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Netherlands And Global Trade
Monday, March 2, 2020 - 3:14pm | 280FreightWaves Founder & CEO Craig Fuller chats with Stan De Caluwe with the Holland International Distribution Council about the Dutch logistics industry and the representation of overseas manufacturing companies in Europe. Watch on YouTube SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/FW-subscribe...
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Nike Closes Down Office In Netherlands For Disinfection After Employee Tested Positive For Coronavirus
Monday, March 2, 2020 - 6:53am | 216Nike Inc.'s (NYSE: NKE) European Head Office in the Netherlands will be closed temporarily after an employee tested positive for the virus. What Happened Nike’s office in Hilversum, the Netherlands, will have to be disinfected after an employee was diagnosed with coronavirus. The...
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As Dutch Coffee Shops Decrease, Illicit Demand Persists In The Netherlands
Tuesday, August 13, 2019 - 9:49am | 893By Bill Griffin, Contributing Writer for New Frontier Data An adult arriving at Amsterdam Central Station could within minutes stroll into a nearby coffeeshop to purchase and consume some sparkling cannabis flowers to pair with their cappuccino. They would no doubt assume that recreational cannabis...
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Netherlands ETF Not Yet Reflecting Political Risks
Friday, January 13, 2017 - 9:28am | 525The iShares MSCI Netherlands Investable(ETF) (NYSE: EWN), the largest New York-listed exchange-traded fund dedicated to Dutch stocks, is up just over 4 percent year-to-date. That can be seen as a sign EWN and Dutch stocks are not yet reflecting potential political risks stemming from the March 15...
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LifeVantage To Commence Sales In Netherlands In June
Friday, May 27, 2016 - 3:02pm | 174LifeVantage Corporation (NASDAQ: LFVN), disclosed its continued expansion into the European Union. As part of that move, the company will commence sales activities in the Netherlands officially beginning June 1. The company quoted the estimation of World Federation of Direct Selling Associations (...
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Abbreviated Holiday Season Will Cost Stores $1.5 Billion
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 12:49pm | 588If you are wondering why more retailers are opening on Thanksgiving Day this year, the calendar might have a lot to do with it. Thanksgiving is on November 28, the latest it has been since 2002. That means six fewer days between Thanksgiving and Christmas and that translates to about $1.5...
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Samsung To Apple On Gold Phones: Been There, Done That
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 2:32pm | 547Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) new gold colored iPhone 5S is getting a lot of press. Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) is not impressed. Maybe that’s because Samsung has seen gold colored phones before. Eight times before, in fact. Samsung’s first gold phone, the Anycall Athens Olympic Phone came out in 2004. The...
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Yum! Posts Solid Fourth Quarter, Stock Drops on Poultry and Lawsuit
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 1:13pm | 485Yum! (NYSE: YUM) has reported its fourth quarter earnings, meeting analysts' consensus on the EPS front. EPS came it at $0.72 for the quarter - dead on target with expectations. The figure was, however, below the $0.75 reported during the same period in 2011. For the year, EPS rose considerably...
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Beyond SPLV: Low Volatility ETFs to Survive a Wild Market
Friday, August 3, 2012 - 1:35pm | 781In a volatile market, plenty of investors have opted to embrace ETFs that frame themselves as low volatility plays. To be sure, this corner of the ETF universe has expanded rapidly. Even with the explosion in the number of low volatility ETFs, one fund dominates the landscape: The PowerShares S...
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Finland's Parliament Approves Greek Bailout
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 10:29am | 694Greece may have moved a bit further away from default after Finland's Parliament approved the latest Greek bailout plan. The Finnish parliament easily passed the bailout measure with a 111-72 vote, which followed successful votes to approve the Greek rescue package earlier this week by the German...
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Greece Narrowly Avoids Default
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 8:31am | 937Greece and finance ministers from the other 16 euro zone countries agreed to terms for Greece to receive a 130 billion euro ($172 billion) aid package that they hope will help Greece to avoid a default on its burdensome debt. Although the latest deal between Greece and the finance ministers is...
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Germany Denies "Elite Bonds" Rumors
Monday, November 28, 2011 - 9:30am | 531Germany is denying reports that Germany, France and four other Eurozone members with triple A credit ratings are reportedly considering issuing "Elite Bonds". According to German magazine Die Welt, the governments of Germany, France, Austria, Finland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands have discussed...
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Top 10 Largest Buildings in the World
Friday, June 4, 2010 - 6:00am | 1158Looking at the Philadelphia skyline (or any city skyline, for that matter) it is easy to see that in any city the only way to maximize floorspace is to move upward. It is interesting to note that this is not always the case, as the largest building in the world (by floorspace) is a...