Merger Peugeot and Fiat creates fourth automaker in the world
With the completion of a merger between the French automaker PSA, the parent company of Peugeot, Citroën and the German Opel, and the Italian-American Fiat …
💰 Economy
‘EU should become less dependent on dollar’
The European Union believes that global markets are too dependent on the dollar and wants to take measures to counter the risks associated with it. This …
Number of civil aviation passengers decreased by 60 percent in 2020
As a result of the coronapandemic, airline passengers fell by 60% in 2020, ICAO, United Nations Civil Aviation Organisation (UN) announced Friday. Due to the travel restrictions in …
Italian public debt is growing more than previously expected
The Italian Government takes into account a higher public debt than previously taken into account. The Ministry of Finance also expects a larger budget deficit this …
“Apple is working on collapsible iPhone”
Apple is developing a foldable iPhone, although there are no concrete plans to bring it to market. That reports news agency Bloomberg on the basis of …
‘Almost 80 percent Dutch solar parks in foreign hands’
Of the 33 largest solar parks in the Netherlands, 79 percent are now in foreign hands, according to the AD’s own research. As a result, up to 889 …
Ten months corona: hard lockdown extended, how big are the buffers still?
Again this week we heard in a press conference of the now demissionary cabinet that the lockdown is being extended. And instead of easing, extra measures …
Banks and Exxon pull Dow Jones down
New York stock exchanges opened mostly lower on Friday, due to the balance of disappointing quarterly figures of banks and a downturn at ExxonMobil. Investors had …
Large sofas down on red coloured Wall Street
New York stock exchanges went into the long weekend with a loss on Friday. Investors on Wall Street processed the support plan of upcoming President Joe …
Day after ‘constructive’ consultation with farmers: potatoes dumped at supermarket dome
OnFriday morning strangers dumped a large mountain of potatoes in front of the headquarters of the umbrella organisation of supermarkets, CBL. The action seems to come …
Aegon with glory at the head in red AEX
The Amsterdam exchange will be closed at a loss on Friday. Chip companies and meal deliverer Just Eat Takeaway have fallen out of favor. Insurer Aegon …
Loss AEX increased after signal weak recovery US
After a positive week on Friday afternoon, the Amsterdam exchange drops further into loss. Chip companies and meal deliverer Just Eat Takeaway are out of favor, …
Few homeowners concerned about paying mortgage
Less than one in ten homeowners expect payment problems due to the coronacrisis, reports the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). A large majority therefore …
Whistleblower: Exxon blows up possessions in oil and gas
Oil giant Exxon Mobil is investigated for abuses by the American stock exchange guard dog SEC. A whistleblower from within the American oil company reported to …
Interest back on low record of before corona
Most lenders have started the new year with interest rate reductions. On average, the mortgage rate is now even back on the low record before the …
Emergency plan for Vestia should help tenants
It may be nine years ago that Vestia almost went down due to a major scandal, the housing corporation still drags big problems with it. This …
SCP: opportunities and risks platform economy distributed unevenly
The opportunities and risks of platform work, such as delivering meals, offering taxi rides or doing online jobs, are unevenly distributed. The Social and Cultural Planning …
Bitcoin suddenly thousands of dollars cheaper
Investors partly say goodbye to cryptomunt bitcoin: the price plummeted by 9% on Friday afternoon to below $35,500 each. In a week, the movable currency will already be 12% …
Floriculture keeps heart towards Valentines Day
The Dutch export value of flowers and plants fell by 4% to €6 billion in 2020. This has been announced by the VGB, the trade organisation for the flower …
Second largest maker smartphones on blacklist US, and in red on stock
The Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi went down hard on Friday at the Hong Kong stock exchange. The Trump government blacklisted the company because of too close …
Once again Imtechs KPMG accountants convicted by disciplinary funnel
In the settlement of Imtechs bankruptcy, KPMGs auditors were again reprimanded by the disciplinary funnel for accountants. They failed in the audit of the accounting of …
AEX squeezes profit with heat from oil
After the loss at the start of the week, the AEX resumed on Tuesday. Investors are expressing concerns about Trump’s last days as US president …
Potato Mountain for head office of supermarket dome CBL
In front of the head office of the dome of supermarkets (CBL) in Leidschendam, a shipment of potatoes was dumped early this morning. At the potato …
Housing Corporation Vestia wants to split itself into three
The major financial problems in which Vestia ended almost ten years ago seem to mean the end of that large housing corporation despite an extensive rescue …