Category: Business

In July, Dutch landlords increased rents by an average of 2.9 percent – the biggest increase since 2014 and higher than the 2.7 percent average of the last ten years, Statistics Netherlands reported on Monday. According to the stats office, the higher increase is mainly the result of higher inflation. For the first time in […]

While the number of job vacancies in the Netherlands in August was still a quarter below the level of 2019, there has been a slight recovery compared to the months in the height of the coronavirus crisis. Almost all occupational groups now have more jobs available than in June and July, ANP reports based on […]

LONDON – Oil prices fell on Monday after Saudi Arabia made its deepest monthly price cuts to supply for Asia in five months and as uncertainty over Chinese demand clouds the market’s recovery. Brent crude LCOc1 was trading at $42.03 a barrel, down 63 cents or 1.5%, by 1555 GMT, after earlier sliding to $41.51, […]

Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven of Education and organizations in higher education created an action plan to make universities in the Netherlands more diverse. Researchers, lecturers and other employees in Dutch higher education are still predominantly white men and that has to change, Van Engelshoven said to NOS. According to Van Engelshoven, “science is not always […]

LONDON – The euro fell on Monday as traders that have pushed the single currency to multi-year highs took a breather and prepared for the European Central Bank meeting on Thursday to see if policymakers will introduce yet more stimulus. The dollar has tumbled to more than two-year lows against the euro in recent weeks […]

JOHANNESBURG – Demonstrators damaged seven of South African drug retailer Clicks Group’s (CLSJ.J) shops on Monday and forced others to close during protests over what they said was a racist advertisement posted on its website. The advert by TRESemmé, a Unilever Plc (ULVR.L) brand, showed an image of African black hair which it described as […]

SEOUL ( – Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) said on Monday it had won a $6.64 billion order to provide wireless communication solutions to Verizon (VZ.N) in the United States, a major win for the South Korean firm in the next-generation 5G network market. Samsung’s global prospects for its network business have improved following U.S. sanctions on […]