Category: Business

Pension funds’ argument that they have to keep investing in the fossil fuel sector in order not to jeopardize returns is not true, according to professors Bert Scholtens and Auke Plantinga of the University of Groningen, who researched investments in 7 thousand companies world wide, Trouw reports. Divesting from coal, oil and gas will not […]

At the end of June the Netherlands had 427 thousand residents who were receiving social assistance benefits, an increase of almost 2 thousand compared to a year earlier and 12 thousand more than in December 2019. Especially more young people had to call on social assistance, Statistics Netherlands said on Monday. This is the first […]

From September 1, the Dutch food an consumer product safety authority NVWA will be able to publish the results of its inspections more quickly. The watchdog will also be able to publish results for more businesses – from tomorrow, inspection results for all catering establishments in the Netherlands can be published, instead of only in […]

The United States government canceled a contract for the supply of thousands of ventilators by Philips, the Dutch technology company said on Monday. Philips was set to deliver over 30 thousand more ventilators to the U.S. by December. The cancelation seemed to be a surprise for Philips. The reason behind it is unclear. In April, […]

Student associations throughout the Netherlands saw a sharp increase in their new members this year, according to figures from the National Chamber of Associations, which represents 48 student associations. Last year student associations got just over 10 thousand new members, this year there have been 15,200 new registrations so far. A number of associations are […]

Walmart Inc (WMT.N) on Tuesday unveiled the perks of its new membership program, Walmart Plus, which will grant subscribers unlimited free delivery, fuel discounts and no checkout lines. Touted as a rival to Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) Prime subscription, Walmart’s new loyalty program will cost $98 a year or $12.95 a month. It will become available […]