In approximately 120 municipalities, gift cards for caregivers or low-income residents are unusable. For example, city passes and do-it-yourself passes are invalid after the bankruptcy of their publisher, Groupcard. Some municipalities want to take action against the company. According to the AD, there are tens of thousands of victims. Municipalities such as Haarlem, Tilburg, Deventer, […]
The American President Donald Trump signed an order on Thursday to introduce new import duties against dozens of countries. These are increases of 10 to 41 percent. Trump had previously indicated that he would introduce higher tariffs no later than August 1. The new tariffs are intended to take effect in a week. The US
Energy experts are tearing apart the deal that the European Union struck with the United States on Sunday. Europe must purchase a total of 750 billion dollars worth of oil and gas from the US over the next three years. But they think that amount is completely unattainable. Within the energy sector, many will have
Where most European car manufacturers are seeing their profits shrink due to American import duties and global price increases, Ferrari is making a lot of money. The Italian sports cars remain popular and the increased demand makes up for the extra costs of duties. Ferrari posted higher sales and profits last quarter than a year
Where most European car builders see their profit shrink due to the American import duties and global price increases, the money flows into Ferrari. The Italian supercars remain popular and the higher demand was the extra costs of taxes. Ferrari made more sales and profit last quarter than in the same quarter a year ago.
Renault suffered a loss of billions in the first half of this year. This is mainly due to an adjustment of the stake in car manufacturer Nissan. Without Nissan’s loss, Renault would have made almost 500 million euros in profit. The Japanese car manufacturer Nissan has been suffering losses for some time. That is why
Solar panel owners have paid about 10 percent more in feed-in tariffs for their electricity in the past quarter. As a result, it is taking longer and longer to recoup the cost of your solar panels. Energy comparison site Overstappen.nl compared the fixed contracts of 21 suppliers. Compared to March, small solar panel owners in
Dutch people are increasingly taking out mortgages with a mortgage guarantee, a safety net for residual debt. The NHG, the organization behind this safety net, has “mixed feelings” about the increase in existing homes. In addition, the strong increase in new construction is striking. The number of guarantees for new-build homes was more than 40
The Indian Tata Steel, which also owns the blast furnaces in IJmuiden, is trying to sell more steel in the Middle East and Latin America. According to CEO T.V. Narendran, this is due to the high American import duties. The company is looking at “other markets where there is a need for high-quality steel and
The ice cream division of Unilever will go to the Amsterdam stock exchange in mid-November. The division, which includes Magnum, Cornetto and Ben & Jerry’s, will then be officially spun off. Unilever announced this with its half-year figures, in which the company reported higher sales and profit. The British food group, which also owns Knorr,