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Ginebra San Miguel Blue - Gin - Liquor
(photo: WN / Dominic Canoy)
Dutch liquor hit by `cocaine' illness claims
Hong Kong Standard
Taiwan authorities are conducting tests on a cult Dutch liquor which is suspected to contain cocaine. | //--> Thursday, July 02, 2009 | Taiwan authorities are conducting tests on a cult Dutch liquor which is suspected to contain cocaine. | Imports of Agwa de Bolivia have been suspended pending test ...
Paternoster Square, home of the London Stock Exchange
(photo: Public Domain / Grenavitar)
European stock markets surge
The Australian
| EUROPEAN stock exchanges surged ahead overnight in line with a robust opening on Wall Street and in response to some positive US economic data despite worse-than-expected unemployment figures. | The London FTSE 100 index added 2.15 per cent to close at 4340.71 points while in Paris the CAC 40 rose...
Michael Jackson's death could benefit Dutch fund
The Times Of India
|               Text: AMSTERDAM: For Dutch pension fund ABP, Michael Jackson's death could be good for business. | The passing of the man called "King of Pop" last week has created a run on his music, which is ...
Schiphol: Britain's favourite business airport?
The Times
| The scrapping earlier this week of airport departure taxes in the Netherlands is in stark contrast to what is happening in the UK. The Netherlands only introduced the charges - 11.25 euro for European destinations and 45 euro for long-haul destinat...
RTS to Roll Out High-Speed Access to Xetra
The Examiner
Distributed by Press Release EMAIL ARTICLE PRINT ARTICLE | One of First Technology Providers to Offer New Optional Access for High Frequency Traders along with New Xetra Platform 10.0 | CHICAGO and FRANKFURT, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- RTS Realtime Syste...
Heineken slows spending as recession dries up its leading beer market
Business Report
| Heineken, the largest brewer in Europe, is exposed to a deepening recession in its largest beer market. | The Amsterdam-based brewer is slowing spending in all geographic regions barring Africa, where sales are still growing. Anheuser-Busch InBev i...
Dutch liquor hit by `cocaine' illness claims
Hong Kong Standard
Taiwan authorities are conducting tests on a cult Dutch liquor which is suspected to contain cocaine. | //--> Thursday, July 02, 2009 | Taiwan authorities are conducting tests on a cult Dutch liquor which is suspected to contain cocaine. | Imports of...
European stock markets surge
The Australian
| EUROPEAN stock exchanges surged ahead overnight in line with a robust opening on Wall Street and in response to some positive US economic data despite worse-than-expected unemployment figures. | The London FTSE 100 index added 2.15 per cent to clos...
Deux enfants en train de manger.Two children eating .Togo and Africa and  hunger.
WN / Eteh
Malnutrition thins out growth and costs millions
Business Report
| By Jay Naidoo | I have witnessed huge strides in our country since the end of apartheid, but for all the improvements made there is one glaring issue that holds us all back - mal...
British Airways
Creative Commons / lemoncat1
British Airways to drop Gatwick-New York JFK flights
The Times
| British Airways is to end its flights between London Gatwick and New York JFK from 25 October. The daily service was only launched in October 2008. | A BA spokesman told Times On...
TomTom prices rights issue at 4.21 euros per share
The Guardian
* Plans 5-for-8 rights offering of 85.3 million shares * Issue price set at 4.21 euros * Gross proceeds offering 359 million euros to reduce debt (Adds detail) AMSTERDAM, June 30 (Reuters) - Dutch navigation device maker TomTom priced its planned rig...
Commodity prices ripe for retraction
Business Report
| By Chanyaporn Chanjaroen, Millie Munshi and Anna Stablum | Commodities, heading for the first quarterly advance in a year, may struggle to repeat their gains in the next three months as supply expands and speculators sell. | Nickel may average 29 p...
Europe retail sales fall for 13th month
Gulf News
| Amsterdam: European retail sales declined in June for the 13th month as the region's worst recession in more than half a century and rising unemployment curbed household spending, the Bloomberg purchasing managers index showed. | The measure of eur...
Finance
Cruises optimistic on cross-strait cruise tours
(photo: WN / Denise Yong)
Holland America Offers Exciting New 2010 World Cruise Overland Adventures in South America, India and ...
The Examiner
Distributed by Press Release EMAIL ARTICLE PRINT ARTICLE | SEATTLE (Map) - SEATTLE, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Holland America Line is offering exciting new World Cruise tours and Overland Adventure tours in some of the world's most exotic locations: South America, Africa and India. | Overland Adventures allow guests to extend their holiday or Grand W...



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