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Dutch adopt US war graves to harbor memories of the country's liberation 80 years ago
MARGRATEN, Netherlands (AP) — In the rolling hills of the southern Netherlands, locals have vowed to never forget the American and other Allied soldiers who gave their lives in the fight to liberate towns and villages from the Nazi occupation in World War II. Nowhere is the...
A Pakistani religious leader is tried in his absence for allegedly threatening Geert Wilders
SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) — Prosecutors demanded a 14-year sentence Monday for a Pakistani Muslim leader accused of inciting the murder of anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, the leader of the party that won last year's general election in the Netherlands. Muhammad Ashraf Asif...
Defense ministry network disruption causes widespread outages in the Netherlands
THE HAGUE (AP) — Flights were grounded, civil servants were locked out of their computers and police officers resorted to texting one another in the Netherlands on Wednesday as a network outage at the Ministry of Defense caused major IT failures across the country. The extent and...
Playa Hotels: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
AMSTERDAM (AP) — AMSTERDAM (AP) — Playa Hotels & Resorts NV (PLYA) on Monday reported second-quarter net income of $13.2 million. The Amsterdam-based company said it had profit of 10 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 12 cents per share. ...
UniQure: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
AMSTERDAM (AP) — AMSTERDAM (AP) — UniQure NV (QURE) on Thursday reported a loss of $56.3 million in its second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Amsterdam-based company said it had a loss of $1.16. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of...
ING: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
AMSTERDAM (AP) — AMSTERDAM (AP) — ING Groep NV (ING) on Thursday reported net income of $1.92 billion in its second quarter. The bank, based in Amsterdam, said it had earnings of 58 cents per share. The financial services provider posted revenue of $6.15 billion in...
Philips: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
AMSTERDAM (AP) — AMSTERDAM (AP) — Koninklijke Philips NV (PHG) on Monday reported net income of $485.5 million in its second quarter. The Amsterdam-based company said it had net income of 52 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted to account for discontinued operations and...
A decade after deadly MH17 crash, the father of one victim is still waiting for Russia to say sorry
HILVERSUM, Netherlands (AP) — Quinn Schansman dreamed of becoming the youngest-ever CEO of an American company. A decade ago, he'd just finished the first year of an international business degree in Amsterdam as a step toward that lofty goal. But the 18-year-old dual Dutch American...
