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UPDATE 2-Dexia announces first ever covered bond exchange

* Exchange aims to help Dexia's refinancing plans * Other banks may use exchanges to cut refinancing risk (Adds more detail) By Jane Merriman LONDON, Sept 8 The exchange is the first of its kind involving a covered bond and could pave the way for other

DSM Takes Local Approach to Flavour Finishing

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Dutch TNT invests in Chinese activities

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Aegon culls half its UK sales centres

Aegon is to close half of its regional sales centres in the UK making 142 roles redundant. As part of a restructure, the life and pensions firm is culling its UK-wide sales centres from 12 to 6 in order to "improve the delivery of its sales strategy". It

Dutch state seeks to raise up to EUR 3.5bn with bond re-opening

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Aegon halves number of sales centres; 100 jobs cut

Aegon is halving the number of its UK sales centres as part of a restructure designed to cut operating costs by 25% by the end of next year. The Dutch-owned insurance company will reduce the number of regional sales offices from 12 to six in a move it

UPDATE 1-Belgium raises 2010 OLO target by 3.25 bln eur

BRUSSELS, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Belgium said on Thursday it had raised its 2010 target for OLO bond issuances by 3.25 billion euros to 37 billion euros in 2010, after strong demand so far this year brought it to the verge of meeting the previous goal. The

Elmar Mammadyarov receives Chairman of Dutch Senate Rene van der Linden

Home > Politics > Foreign Baku ? APA. Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov received Chairman of the Senate of the Netherlands Rene van der Linden. They highly appreciated the close relationship between the parliaments of the two countries

Dutch ambassador: ?Rene van der Linden?s visit to Azerbaijan purposes to strengthen inter-parliamentary and economic relations?

Baku. Lachin Sultanova - APA. The purpose of President of the Senate of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Rene van der Linden?s visit is to strengthen mutual favorable relations and cooperation in inter-parliamentary, as well as economic sphere and

President of Azerbaijan receives Chairman of Dutch Senate Rene van der Linden

Baku ? APA. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received a delegation headed by the Chairman of the Senate of the Kingdom of Netherlands Rene van der Linden. According to APA, Rene van der Linden expressed satisfaction with his visit to Azerbaijan and

Ketkar to Head Forex Product Mangement at RBC Dexia

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Belgian Jewish leader wants EU Commissioner De Gucht fired for 'anti-Semitism', but Commission stands by previous reaction

President Barroso considers that 'the incident is closed' Maurice Sosnowski, head of the Jewish community in Belgium: 'European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso if he has a sense of responsibility about the moral values he stands for, should fire

Baku mulls Azerbaijani-Dutch cooperation

Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 8 / Trend M.Aliyev / Azerbaijani Parliamentary Speaker Ogtay Asadov and his Dutch Counterpart Rene Van der Linden mulled expansion of cooperation between the Netherlands and Azerbaijan on Sept.8. During the meeting, Asadov noted

Azerbaijan president receives Dutch Senate's president

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received a delegation led by President of the Dutch Senate Rene van der Linden. The Azerbaijani leader recalled his meetings with Rene van der Linden in Strasbourg. The President of the Dutch Senate said he

Belgian 'burns fingers' setting world chip-making record

A Belgian man burnt his fingers while setting a new world chip-making record, after frying for an amazing 83 consecutive hours.

Todays judgments from Luxembourg: 08 September

T-458/08 Wilfer v OHMI (Représentation d'une tête de guitare) Form of order sought: Annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market of 25 July 2008 in Case R 78/2007-4 in its entirety; order the

Dutch KPN makes offer to bondholders

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Netherlands, UK Conclude Competent Authority Agreement

The Dutch government has concluded an agreement with the United Kingdom on the tax aspects of the Dutch closed-end common fund, granting tax transparency to both pension funds and investors. The Competent Authority Agreement provides tax clarity for

AkzoNobel in strategic move into automotive coatings in China

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The former Belgian primate Cardinal Danneels has admitted that he made mistakes when dealing with a paedophile bishop.

The former Head of the Catholic Church in Belgium Cardinal Godfried Danneels has admitted for the first time that he made mistakes when dealing with a paedophile Bishop. Speaking in an interview published in this week?s edition of the magazine

Belgian Cardinal Admits Mistakes in Sex Abuse Case

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The former head of Belgium's Roman Catholic Church has admitted he made mistakes in dealing with a case of sexual abuse and should have demanded the resignation of the bishop involved. In interviews published in newspapers Het

In an editorial the American newspaper compares the Belgian EU Commissioner to the late far-right politician Jörg Haider.

The American broadsheet ?The Wall Street Journal? has joined Jewish organisations in criticising comments made by the Belgian European Commissioner Karel De Gucht (Flemish liberal) on VRT radio last week. Speaking on VRT Radio 1?s breakfast news

PhotoNews Belgians defeated in Istanbul

Despite once again putting on a strong performance, the Belgian national football team the Red Devils failed to take points from their match against Turkey on Tuesday evening. The match got off to a slow start with Everton?s Marouane Fellaini having

The Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has shared his thoughts about Eurozone integration on BBC World television.

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11.11.11., the umbrella of Flemish international development organisations, staged a protest in the Wetstraat, the political heart of Belgium on Monday. The ngos say that action urgently needs to be taken to meet the Millennium Goals that the members of

In 2000 the United Nations gave a commitment to cut poverty drastically by 2015. Ten years on the North-South movement says that we are not on track to meet our commitments. The ngo coalition rechristened the Wetstraat (Law Street) into "Wachtstraat"

Philips makes first AC-powered OLED organic light

Philips Research has developed the first white organic light emitting diode (OLED) module that is capable of being powered directly from a main electrical supply.An OLED is a light-emitting diode (LED) in which the emissive electroluminescent layer is a

Dutch royals demolition plans hit problems

RNW The Dutch royal family wants to demolish two farms on its De Horsten estate in Wassenaar near The Hague. However, the plan is being opposed by local historic buildings enthusiasts. They say the farms are good examples of the post-war Delft school.

Dutch royals? demolition plans hit problems

The Dutch royal family wants to demolish two farms on its De Horsten estate in Wassenaar near The Hague. However, the plan is being opposed by local historic buildings enthusiasts. They say the farms are good examples of the post-war Delft school. The

Philips Launches Trendy Keyboard-Remote Hybrid

Philips Home Control's new DUAL QWERTY remote seems like the kind of thing you'd use to show off your hard-earned success when you have visitors, or maybe you just want something sexy to replace that boring remote, mouse, and keyboard you've been using

VOTE: Work to start on removing Corus name from steelworks

WORK will start later this month on removing the name Corus from the 2,000-acre Scunthorpe steelworks ? almost 11 years after the company was formed. The major rebranding exercise will see the company fully integrated into the giant Tata Group,