Amazon to invest $1.6 billion in Dutch operationAmazon has around 1,000 employees in the Netherlands, where its online sales trail those of market leader Bol.com, a subsidiary of retail f...
Nobel winner Fred Ramsdell unreachable, hiking 'off the grid'Fred Ramsdell, a Nobel laureate for immune system research, is currently unreachable. He is on an off-the-grid hiking trip and unaware of h...
Sustainability-focused homeware brand Ecosoul raises $20 million from Accel, Bajaj Fin Securities, othersEcosoul Home, a sustainable home essentials brand, secures $20 million in funding. Accel and Bajaj Financial Securities Limited lead the in...
European shares open higher on earnings-driven optimismThe pan-European STOXX 600 was up 0.3%, as of 0720 GMT, to its highest levels in more than one month
Unilever names Dutch dairy boss Hein Schumacher as new CEOSchumacher, 51, joined Unilever in October last year as non-executive director and is currently the chief of Dutch dairy business Friesland...
European shares open lower as U.S. inflation data looms; Ahold jumpsA higher-than-expected U.S. Consumer Price Index report for July could spook markets, which are already expecting a high chance of a 75 bas...
Positive earnings reports lift European sharesThe broader pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.8%, while euro zone stocks gained 1.0%.
European shares fall as earnings kick in, Umicore weighsThe oil and gas sector was among the lone bright spots with Royal Dutch Shell, British Petroleum and Total, up between 1.7 percent and 2 pe...
Fortis Healthcare reappoints Bhavdeep Singh as CEOThe Singh brothers said that Bhavdeep is on familiar ground and has a deep understanding of the healthcare space, first-hand knowledge of F...
Infosys, Accenture in last lap for Rs 900-crore deal in AustraliaSources said that HCL, Cognizant and Genpact-Headstrong are some of Macquarie's incumbent IT service providers.
Genpact renews agreement with AholdGenpact today said its contract with international retailing group Ahold has been renewed for providing finance and accounting and HR servi...
- Genpact expands presence in Netherlands
BPO firm Genpact today said it has significantly increased its presence in the Netherlands market a year after it acquired European company...
BPO major Genpact to acquire Accounting PlazaBPO major Genpact today said it will acquire Accounting Plaza, a provider of finance and accounting (F&A) and human resources (HR) services.
- Dutch retailer Schuitema to cut a fifth of jobs
Dutch retailer Schuitema said on Monday it planned to cut about 140 of 640 jobs by the end of 2009 in a reorganisation to reduce costs part...
- Retailer Ahold says 2Q sales were euro5.78 billion
Royal Ahold NV, the Dutch operator of U.S. grocery chains Stop & Shop and Giant, reported second quarter sales of euro5.78 billion (US$9 bi...
- Unilever to sell frozen food brands for $2.2bn
Unilever, the world’s second-biggest food and detergent company, agreed to sell most of its European frozen-foods unit to Permira Funds for...
- Hedge funds want Ahold to sell US assets, focus on Europe
Dutch food retailer Ahold came under pressure from two hedge funds to break up and sell its US assets to focus on Europe, which they said w...