The Dutch do their Sinterklaas shopping well before December 5. Last Saturday was a busy day at the box office last week. The number of card payments on the Saturday after Black Friday is not nearly as large. Perhaps buyers still wanted to take advantage of the bargains around the festival. On Saturday, shoppers in Dutch stores paid 20.3 million …
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Photo: ANP Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of failed crypto exchange FTX, says he doesn’t know exactly where billions of dollars from customers went. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Bankman-Fried said that in the early days of the trading platform, customer credits were stored with crypto investor Alameda Research, which he also founded, because FTX did not have …
Read More »‘He was disappointed, I think. He thought he would get more minutes in the World Cup.
Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 10:47 PM• Martin van Moriek• Last updated: 22:46 Yasin Ayub has very positive words for both Memphis Depay and Steven Bergwiese. Guest as an analyst on the project Lions from Football zone Immediately after the Dutch team’s win against the USA (3-1), the Excelsior midfielder talks about what it was like to …
Read More »The Netherlands is ready for Orange: big screens and cheap beer
This World Cup is generally viewed poorly in our country: I saw the match against Senegal Only 4.3 million people. It was one of the worst-watched first Dutch games at the World Cup. The match against Qatar attracted a smaller audience. The Orange House at the Johan Cruyff Arena will not be open during this afternoon’s game against the United …
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Twitter Edwin van der Sar NOS news•Yesterday, 21:53 Jesse Nijmegen Editor’s Bureau Washington Jesse Nijmegen Editor’s Bureau Washington The doors to the locker room on the University of Pittsburgh sports complex open. Coming out with the other keepers “Cool, huh?” says Joe van der Sar. “Sometimes it’s so cold that the ice breaks when you go out on the field …
Read More »A relaxed van Gaal shrugs off the crucial field game
Photo: ANP The difference could not be greater on Friday ahead of the eighth final between the Orange and the USA at the World Cup. When journalists from other countries asked Louis van Gaal after the match if he could please become their country’s national coach, the Dutch wanted to know exactly what he was thinking after Saturday’s disappointing three-match …
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Image: ©jbdodane whats going on? In early November, the cabinet announced that the government would apologize for the Netherlands’ role in colonial slavery. The government also wants to set aside 200 million euros for an awareness fund. In addition, another 27 million euros will be available for the Slave Museum, which will open in 2025. 2023 is about remembering the …
Read More »IMF warns of low economic growth
economy•1 Dec ’22 at 7:35 PMAuthor of the book: AP The chances of global economic growth falling below 2 percent are increasing. Kristalina Georgieva, head of the International Monetary Fund, has warned. The last time this happened was during the coronavirus outbreak and the 2009 global financial crisis. The world’s biggest economies are grappling with the fallout from Russia’s invasion …
Read More »Global economic growth likely to drop below 2 percent – Wel.nl
WASHINGTON (AP/AFP) – The chances of global economic growth falling below 2 percent are increasing. Kristalina Georgieva, head of the International Monetary Fund, has warned. The last time this happened was during the coronavirus outbreak and the 2009 global financial crisis. The world’s biggest economies are grappling with the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As a result, food and …
Read More »Tensions rise between EU and Twitter – Wel.nl
During a video call, European Commissioner Thierry Breton warned Elon Musk against a ban on Twitter in Europe if the news site does not comply with European rules. This was reported by the Financial Times (FT). Regulators in the European Union and the United States are increasing pressure on Musk and Twitter. According to a British business newspaper, the European …
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