The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
BNP PARIBAS is set to become the biggest bank in the euro zone in terms of size of deposits after taking over Fortis operations in Belgium and Luxembourg for €14.5 billion in cash and shares.
COSMOWORLDS (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
The Dutch Innovation Platform has brought together a large group of prominent players for the change agenda for the Dutch economy. The group consists of leading men and women in executive positions in the business world. These top players and the members of the Innovation Platform will take the lead in respect of 10 actions from the The Netherlands, connecting global ambitions change agenda. Prime...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
The break-up of Fortis began last night when the Dutch Government bought the Benelux financial group’s Netherlands operations in a €16.8 billion (£13 billion) rescue deal.
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
The Dutch government has bought all the Dutch operations of Belgian-Dutch banking and insurance group Fortis for 16.8 billion euros (about 23.24 billion U.S. dollars), the Dutch government said in a statement Friday.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
The Netherlands is calling for a joint response to the financial crisis from all European Union (EU) countries which would involve each nation putting aside three percent of its national Gross National Product, Radio Netherlands reported Thursday. Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende is scheduled to travel to France and discuss the proposal with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose country...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Plans for a pan-European response to the global financial crisis lay in tatters last night as Greece followed Ireland in unilaterally guaranteeing all bank deposits.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Plans for a pan-European response to the global financial crisis lay in tatters last night as Greece followed Ireland in unilaterally guaranteeing all bank deposits.
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
The Netherlands is calling on all EU members to put aside 3 percent of their gross national product in a joint response to the financial crisis.
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
France formally called Thursday an exceptional weekend summit to hash a common EU response to the spreading U.S. financial crisis.
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Shocked by the sudden exposure of their banks to the global financial crisis, European governments have begun discussing a far-reaching overhaul of rules for lenders that could change the regulatory landscape for Europe's banking sector.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Amsterdam - The Green Party has requested that the Dutch parliament convene an emergency session Tuesday afternoon to debate the financial crisis and government support for Belgian-Dutch insurer and banking giant Fortis. The request is expected to re...
Curbed (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
TRIBECAIs Five Franklin feeling the heat from 56 Leonard and Rem Koolhaas' 23 E. 22nd? Well, perhaps not, but they've been getting their fair share of attention. So, what's a Ben van Berkel building to do? Call in the...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Several Dutch officials, including Prime Minster Jan Peter Balkenende, say they made recent visits to New York to honor their people's link to the city. The New York Times reported Sunday that while the official celebration for New York's 400th birthday celebration doesn't begin until next year, a number of Dutch officials were in town last week to honor its rich Dutch...
Radio Netherlands English (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
"And to think that not so long ago, I'd be the guy standing sheepishly in the corner as friends and relatives boasted about their stock market profits." - Column by Perro de Jong
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
In a Comment published early Online (Thursday September 25) and later this week in the print edition of The Lancet, the Prime Ministers of Norway and The Netherlands, and the Presidents Tanzania and The World Bank, discuss the finance issues that surround the attempts to attain the Millennium Development Goals on Maternal and Child Mortality.
