Several Dutch companies with a stock market listing are re-examining their diversity policies. This concerns companies that are also active in the United States, where different rules have applied since this year. This is reported by Eumedion, which promotes the interests of institutional investors. The American government, which took office earlier this year, is very […]
V&D will receive a new owner with the British e-commerce platform Secret Sales. The retail chain, which perished in 2015, is nowadays active as a webshop for clothing. V&D hopes to continue to grow under the new owner. The parties involved did not announce how much money is involved in the deal. After the acquisition,
The sale of newly built homes increased by almost a third in the first quarter of this year. This seems like a strong increase, but it is “not exceptionally high.” The ambition to provide 100,000 new homes annually is not getting any closer. In the first quarter of 2025, almost 6,200 owner-occupied homes were sold,
The Tesla share took another dive on Monday, as CEO Elon Musk announced the formation of a political party in the United States. Shareholders would prefer Musk to ensure that more Teslas are sold again. The Tesla share lost almost 8 percent of its value on a dramatic stock market day on Monday, equivalent to
The development of offshore wind farms can go well with nature restoration. The nature in the oceans is currently under severe pressure. Coral reefs, salt marshes, and seagrass beds can flourish again with a relatively small investment, researchers see. All over the world, one wind farm after another is being built at sea. This is
Care institutions are trying to reduce the use of self-employed professionals (zzp’ers), but research shows that this is not easy. Many care organizations rely almost entirely on zzp’ers. It is necessary to reduce this reliance because the Tax Authorities are conducting stricter checks on bogus self-employment this year. Stopping the use of self-employed professionals is
Porsche saw its global car sales fall by 6 percent in the first half of this year compared to a year earlier. Sales in North America rose to a record high, but those in China fell sharply. The German car manufacturer sold 146,391 cars in the first half of this year. That was 155,945 in
The fourteen countries that were informed about US import duties on Monday want to sit down with the US. US President Donald Trump is keeping the door open for new negotiations. Fourteen predominantly Asian countries received a letter on Monday containing a notification about the US import duties. The announced duties range from 20 to
Ondanks de wereldwijde onrust blijft het Nederlandse beleid de grootste bedreiging voor de prijzen aan de pomp. De prijzen stegen vorige maand door de oorlog in Iran en dalen nu alweer, doordat OPEC-landen een groter dan verwachte verhoging van de olieproductie aankondigden. “Aan de pomp zal de benzineprijs deze zomer zo’n beetje blijven schommelen rond
Fiber optic has overtaken Ziggo’s coaxial cable, according to figures from the regulator ACM. Since the beginning of this year, more internet subscriptions have been active via the fiber optic networks of, for example, KPN, DELTA and Open Dutch Fiber than via Ziggo’s cable network. More and more households are gaining access to fiber optic.