Tax windfall Shell in Canada
amsterdam March 22, 2018 20:03Shell can benefit from a tax measure on a large gas field in British Colombia. The Canadian province wants to support the Shell project for lng.
Shell can benefit from a tax measure on a large gas field in British Colombia. The Canadian province wants to support the Shell project for lng.
Not only in the Netherlands and Germany, but also in France, bird mortality is increasing dramatically. In the last 15 years the number of birds in the French countryside has decreased by a third.
The chief executive of Cambridge Analytica, Alexander Nix, has been put on non-active by his employer. That reports Bloomberg news agency.
The forthcoming import duties on aluminum and steel in the United States have relatively little effect on the production of the Dutch industry as a whole, predicts ABN Amro.
Richard Clemmer, CEO of the Dutch chip company NXP, on which a bid from the American Qualcomm, has cashed in for $ 448.
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The diamond world is shining again. The fifth largest diamond, 910 carats, has been sold for $ 40 million this week in Antwerp.
The Volkswagen top has received 27% more reward last year. According to the Supervisory Board, the reason for this was primarily the doubling of net profit.
The Russian state television has accused England of being behind the poisoning of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia. That would give London a good excuse to boycott the World Cup, according to Dmitri Kiseljov, presenter of the Russian news program New of the Week.
The Belgian rapper Damso, who seemed to survive a storm of criticism but was not allowed to write an official World Cup song at the last minute, has responded to all the commotion for the first time.
While Tata Steel is doing everything it can to minimize the impact of US import duties on steel, President Trump seems to believe that Europe should not be bothered. He again complains about European import tariffs.
The United States received 313,000 more jobs last month, an increase of 4.1%. The hourly wage rose by 2.6% compared to last year.
Following the example of Amsterdam, Paris and London, New York now also has a night mayor. Former night club owner, city councilor and catering consultant Ariel Palitz (47) was appointed by the daytime mayor Bill de Blasio as the first Senior Executive Director of the Office of Nightlife, as the function is officially called.
Congo is going to raise prices for its raw material cobalt, increasingly used in batteries in electric cars.
Heineken may sell its Chinese activities. According to sources, China Resources Beer (CR Beer) is in discussion with Heineken about a takeover of the division. The deal would involve an amount of more than 1 billion dollars.
A popular YouTube channel, full of conspiracy theories, is trying to convince viewers that an avalanche on an island near Antarctica is the place where a UFO would have crashed. The proof: images from Google Earth.
With the resignation of Kobe Steel CEO Hiroya Kawasaki in Tokyo after the scandal with manipulation of his steel quality, the company is preparing to settle claims.
Aditya Mittal, the son of ArcelorMittal-chairman and CEO Lakshmi Mittal, has risen a step on the steel conglomerate ladder. Aditya (42) has been appointed president at a time when a lot of steering skills from the steel company are being asked.
The Belgian tax authorities are more than fed up with tax constructions with private jets. The tax authorities are going to screen all aircraft that are landing here, the Minister Van Overtveldt (Finance) confirms in De Tijd.
Angry taxi drivers want to attack this month at Uber's head office in Utrecht. They want to burst into the building with fire bombs.
A conflict between the Russian gas giant Gazprom and Ukraine may also jeopardize the gas supply to Western Europe, warns Kiev.
Dutch metal companies such as Tata Steel lobby the cabinet and the American ambassador to limit the damage of the announced steel and aluminum tax by President Trump. 'At the same time, Americans can not do without our high-quality steel,' says Theo Henrar, CEO of Tata Steel Netherlands.
Snapchat is working on a new version of his camera lens, the Spectacles. It should come on the market in the course of this year, reports Cheddar. And next year there should already be a third generation.
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Twitter users can save tweets that they come across from now on to be able to read them later. The network enters the bookmark function on Wednesday. It must prevent people from losing an interesting tweet in the mountain of messages that pass by.
The relatives of the victims of the air disaster with the MH17 are angry with Geert Wilders. The politician wears a friendship pin during his visit to Russia.
Dietitians warn worldwide for the Cinderella challenge, or the Cinderella diet.
The British writer Tilly Bagshawe has tips to get a free upgrade to business class seats on the plane.
The Dutch business community is very pleased with the turn in the British debate on Brexit. It would be good for the British-Dutch trade when Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn gets his way and there will be a customs union.
The fourth economy of Europe would become uncontrollable by the elections on 4 March, leave the EU and discharge the euro. The new government is almost certainly moving to the right, while extremes on the left and right are trumpeting loudly. But worries on financial markets over Italy are declining drastically.