In the supervisory authority of the Dutch Consumer and Markets Authority (ACM), they are very clear: No, this is not allowed. Any change to your contract, which is a rate increase, must be announced 30 days in advance. This is the legal period for the termination of the power contract. The same period applies to […]
Browsers warning in social media apps: What’s going on in tech land? | Technique
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The refrigerator turns on and off again: how to waste as little energy as possible? | Food and drink
22 sep 2022 om 21:13Update: 3 uur geleden Hoeveel verbruikt je koelkast? Een koelvriescombinatie met energielabel B verbruikt zo’n 120 kWh per jaar aan stroom. Een model met label E verbruikt 230 kWh: bijna twee keer zoveel. Dat scheelt jaar in, jaar uit 110 kWh per jaar. (Bron: Milieu Centraal) Zi ookTips om te besparen […]
Nearly 100,000 Dutch will be victims of plagiarism in 2021 for a total of 261 million | Technique
About 97,000 Dutch victims of plagiarism last year. Damage amounted to 261 million euros, according to statistics office figures, Thursday CBS. Spoofing is a form of fraud in which fraudsters call from an existing phone number, such as a bank. They pretend to be employees to take money from people. About 18,000 people have fallen […]
All professions are now facing staff shortages
AP NOS . News•Today 06:32 In the second quarter, the labor market shortage increased so dramatically that all occupational groups were understaffed, UWV reports. The staff shortage is having increasingly negative consequences for the economy and more and more people in the Netherlands are forced to deal with it. The number of job vacancies rose […]
Fed Live: Three quarters! | IEX.nl
Chairman Jerome Powell talks about prices another way a few times, but stocks are down initially, interest rates are going up and the dollar is rising on the Fed’s decision to raise rates to 3.00-3.25%. Although the Fed rate decision is close to three quarters, more quarters are on the way (than expected). The Fed […]
Nagelkerkjes has nothing to do with the price ceiling: ‘We wash 20 times a week’
The government wants to lower gas and electricity prices by setting a price cap on a portion of energy consumption. But these plans are based on an average family. What if you have a large family? “It’s really no use for us,” says Father Jan Naglkerke of Odenbush, a father of eight. The Nagelkerkjes family […]
Consumer confidence fell to a new low | interior
Consumers have never been as pessimistic as they were in September, reports the Central Bureau of Statistics. Consumer confidence fell by five points this month to -59. And there are many concerns about, among other things, their financial situation. The new measurement is well below the average of the past 20 years. This is at […]
New Estimate: It remains uncertain whether we will meet the 2030 climate goals | Currently
It remains uncertain whether the government is on track to achieve the 2030 climate goals. Key elements of climate policy are not concrete enough for the Dutch Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) to include in greenhouse gas emissions estimates. The latest calculation by the PBL shows that CO2 emissions will fall 39 to 50 percent in […]
Trust in politics is very low
AP NOS . News•Today 06:01 Trust in Dutch politics has never been as low as it is now, according to a study by Ipsos commissioned by NOS. Seven out of ten respondents indicated that they had little or very little confidence in national policy. Confidence in the Cabinet and Prime Minister Rota is correspondingly low. […]