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The municipality of Amsterdam (Netherlands) has placed an order with Alstom Transport for 23 metro trainsets, for a total amount of around €200 million. The contract includes an option for additional metro trainsets for the North/South line which is under construction.

The plant with an installed capacity of 870 megawatts (MW) attains an efficiency of 59 percent and thus has very low CO2 emissions. Thanks to the state-of-the-art burner technology used the plant’s nitrogen oxide emissions are very low at less than 15 ppm.

In advance of the General Meeting of Spyker shareholders, to be held on 12 February 2010, and which was convened on 28 January 2010, Spyker Cars N.V. ("Spyker") provides further strategic and financial details regarding its acquisition of Saab Automobile AB ("Saab").

Spyker Cars N.V., manufacturer of exclusive premium sports cars, announces today that it will relocate vehicle assembly to its supplier, CPP (Manufacturing) Ltd, UK.

The South African Petroleum Authorities today confirmed Royal Dutch Shell plc as the successful bidder for exploration rights in the Orange Basin deep-water area, off the country’s west coast.

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and Achmea Health, the largest healthcare insurer in the Netherlands, today signed a five-year agreement to cooperate in the development of innovative care solutions aimed at increasing the independence of chronic patients.

Investment in market leader in electronic patient records supporting Disease Management Programs in the Netherlands

The Netherlands' Prime Minister Balkenende and President Osamu Masuko of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) held a meeting on October 27th, and MMC agreed to support the Netherlands in their electric vehicle (EV) promotion program.

If you find yourself in need of medical support on the island of Terschelling in the Netherlands, don't be surprised to see help arriving in a nifty little electric ambulance.

Daimler Buses has once again won two contracts, and as a result it will deliver a total of 425 buses to the Netherlands by December.

Royal Dutch Shell plc today said it will build a new hydrodesulphurisation plant at its Pernis Refinery in the Netherlands. The plant, expected to come on stream in the second half of 2011, will increase cleaner-burning, low-sulphur fuels production at the 400 thousand barrels per day refinery.

Combination of Nationale-Nederlanden, RVS and ING Verzekeren Retail

Nanoscience milestone opens up new possibilities in molecular electronics

Popular antidepressants taken with tamoxifen can increase the risk of breast cancer recurrence

Siemens Energy has secured an order from the Dutch utility Enecogen for a combined cycle power plant. The order is valued at around €700 million. The power plant, which will have a capacity of approximately 870 megawatts, is scheduled to go on line in late 2011. By virtue of its low emissions and high operating efficiency it will be one of Europe’s most efficient fossil-fueled power plants.

AIG Financial Products Corp. (AIG-FP), an AIG company (AIG), reported today that it has completed the sale of its commodity index business to the Equities business of UBS Investment Bank, including AIG’s rights to the DJ-AIG Commodity Index.

Names Three More Companies Alleged to be Making Unlawful Calls in Lawsuit Filed Last Week.

Royal Philips (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) announced today that it has acquired New Zealand-based Selecon, a prominent global designer, manufacturer and distributor of professional theatrical and architectural lighting fixtures.

LG-Nortel and Nortel [TSX: NT, OTC: NRTLQ] announced during the FTTH Council Europe Conference 2009 (Copenhagen, 11-12 February) that it is achieving positive market momentum with its recently launched WDM-PON Ethernet Access technology.

The agreement is in line with an arrangement that was previously reached by another company in the Dutch insurance sector.