Netherlands Confirms Plan to Sell Urenco Stake

Fox Business - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

The Netherlands Thursday confirmed it plans to divest its 33% stake in Urenco Ltd., clearing the way for the sale of the world's second-largest nuclear fuel maker.Urenco supplies nuclear fuel to power plants in Europe and the U.S.The U.K. government also owns a third of the company, while Germany's top two utilities--E.ON SE (EOAN.XE) and RWE AG (RWE.XE)--hold equal shares of the ...

UPDATE 1-Dutch want governments to keep control of Urenco

Reuters - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Thu May 23, 2013 1:13pm EDT * Dutch discuss future ownership structure with Germany, UK * Dutch expect to make progress in talks by this summer * Three parties looking into private sale and IPO (Adds comment by Dutch government, finance minister's letter) By Ivana Sekularac and Geert De Clercq AMSTERDAM, May 23 (Reuters) - The Netherlands is willing to sell its 33 percent stake in nuclear ...

Kwakman to leave Groningen

soccerway - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

After a disappointing first season at the club, when they finished 14th, Groningen improved this season and qualified for the European play-off with a seventh-placed ...

Dutch man arrested on suspicion of supplying horsemeat as beef

Irish Times - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

The owner of a Dutch meat wholesaler has been detained on suspicion of fraud and forgery for his alleged involvement in false labelling of meat products. Jean-Paul ...

Flevoland cities create the most new jobs

Dutch News.nl - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

The cities of Almere and Lelystad in the Netherlands' newest province of Flevoland have been the most successful at creating new jobs over the past 10 years. The Financieele Dagblad reports on Thursday afternoon that the number of jobs in Lelystad has gone up 40% to 40,000 over the past 10 years. In Almere, the rise was 25%. Nevertheless, the two cities still have among the lowest ratios ...

Netherlands wants governments to keep majority Urenco stake

Reuters - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

AMSTERDAM | Thu May 23, 2013 11:03am EDT AMSTERDAM May 23 (Reuters) - The Netherlands is willing to sell its 33 percent stake in nuclear fuel producer Urenco, but wants governments to retain a majority holding in the firm, the Dutch finance ministry said on Thursday. Britain also holds a 33 percent stake, while the remaining third is held by two German utilities companies. The three ...

Orkla Royal Unibrew Nordic vie for Heinekens Hartwall-sources

Reuters - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

STOCKHOLM | Thu May 23, 2013 10:56am EDT STOCKHOLM May 23 (Reuters) - Norway's Orkla, Danish brewer Royal Unibrew and private equity firm Nordic Capital have proceeded to the second round of bidding for Heineken's Finnish division Hartwall, three people familiar with the matter said. The sources, who put the value of Hartwall at around 500 million euros ($644 million), declined ...