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changes to the restructuring of Dutch banking giant ING, which in 2008
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    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.fw8">        <title>Dutch official deficit reaches 4.7% of output in 2011</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.fw8</link>        <description>The Dutch public deficit reached 4.7 per cent of output in 2011, down from 5.1 per cent in 2010, the CBS official statistics office said on Friday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>eurozone</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Netherlands</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>budget</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>deficit</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-03-30T09:44:18Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/netherlands-budget.fv6">        <title>Dutch deficit talks in 'difficult phase'</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/netherlands-budget.fv6</link>        <description>Negotiations between the Dutch government and its right-wing parliamentary partner over the country's deficit were suspended Wednesday with officials saying talks had entered a "difficult phase."</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>politics</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Netherlands</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>budget</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-03-28T19:47:10Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/netherlands.fus">        <title>Dutch parliament rejects anti-immigrant website</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/netherlands.fus</link>        <description>The Dutch parliament on Tuesday voted to reject a website set up by the right-wing Freedom Party which asks people to report problems they have experienced with foreigners.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>politics</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>discrimination</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Netherlands</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-03-27T19:58:29Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/europe/netherlands/staff-welfare">        <title>Doing business in the Netherlands: Staff welfare</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/europe/netherlands/staff-welfare</link>        <description>In the Netherlands, government rules on staff welfare can be found in the Working Conditions Act, the Working Conditions Decree, the government's Health and Safety Regulations and also its Guidelines on Working Conditions, including standards.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Ina Dimireva</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>SMEs</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Netherlands</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Employment</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Social</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-03-29T22:48:59Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Guide</dc:type>    </item>
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    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/netherlands-us-ups.fqn">        <title>UPS makes EUR 5.2 bn move for TNT Express</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/netherlands-us-ups.fqn</link>        <description>US express delivery giant United Parcel Service said Monday it would pay 5.16 billion euros for Dutch firm TNT Express in a move analysts said aimed to take advantage of expanding markets a shift to road transport.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>TNT</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Netherlands</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>company</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>shipping</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>takeover</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>US</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>UPS</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-03-19T21:13:23Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
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described as "deplorable" by the European Parliament, the work of a
far-right party that partners with his government.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>rights</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>politics</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Netherlands</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-03-15T17:12:45Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/rights-politics.fp0">        <title>EU Parliament presses Dutch to disavow far-right website</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/rights-politics.fp0</link>        <description>The European Parliament called on the Dutch government on Thursday not to turn a blind eye to a far-right party's policies and to investigate if its anti-immigrant website incites hatred.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Netherlands</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>rights</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>European Parliament</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Headline1</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-03-15T14:44:29Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/romania-netherlands.fos">        <title>Romania wants EU summit on the rise of far right</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/romania-netherlands.fos</link>        <description>Romanian Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu called Wednesday for an
extraordinary EU summit to answer the rising influence of far-right and
anti-European parties in Europe.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Romania</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Netherlands</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Schengen</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>immigration</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-03-14T16:17:08Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/rights-politics.foa">        <title>Euro-MPs urge Dutch to condemn far-right website</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/rights-politics.foa</link>        <description>Europe's parliamentarians urged the Dutch government Tuesday to condemn a highly controversial anti-foreigner website set up last month by its far-right Freedom Party.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>rights</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Netherlands</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>European Parliament</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-03-13T20:30:50Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/europe/netherlands/environmental-rules">        <title>Doing business in the Netherlands: Environmental rules</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/europe/netherlands/environmental-rules</link>        <description>Dutch businesses must comply with specific environmental regulations, which are based on the Environmental Management Act and incorporated within general environmental rules such as the Environmental Activities Decree or environmental licensing.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Ina Dimireva</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Netherlands</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Legal issues</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>water</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>sustainability</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>noise</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>waste</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>SMEs</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-03-29T22:37:41Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Guide</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/netherlands-finance.flc">        <title>Dutch consumption lowest in eurozone: Central Bank</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/netherlands-finance.flc</link>        <description>The Netherlands had the lowest consumption growth in the eurozone over the last decade, owing to a decline in incomes and a weak property market, its central bank said on Thursday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Netherlands</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>consumer</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>economy</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-03-08T14:50:09Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.fi3">        <title>Tables turned: Dutch under EU pressure to cut budget</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.fi3</link>        <description>The tables turned on the Netherlands on Thursday as the nation, first in line to scold deficit sinners such as Greece, was told by EU authorities to clean up its own financial situation.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Netherlands</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>summit</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-03-01T20:49:31Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>




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