After years of research, there may still be a candidate to breathe new life into Curaçao’s refinery. A US/Brazilian consortium with primarily Venezuelan administrators will negotiate with Curaçao over the next two months about operating the refinery and managing the island’s oil trans-shipment terminal. This should result in a new thirty-year lease and an initial […]
Already afraid of delaying the introduction of the intended successor of the savings tax | Financial issues
This is evidenced by a technical briefing on the new wealth tax released by the Treasury on Monday in the House of Representatives. In their agreement to levy capital, the coalition parties have agreed on actual returns from 2025. House Finance Officer Jan Melson says the department is already “behind the original schedule.” “Despite extensive […]
Must Read: Burning Money
News The smoke now rising is historically high. Plus; This is another bear market, the market does not know and retirement fanatics. 25 shares meetMichael Hughes on the special features of the GuardCap Global Fund. “As a starting point, the economic cycle plays a much smaller role in the fund’s performance than […]
Buying stamps is a good investment? “Provides more than just saving” | Currently
The interest on savings in the bank remains low. The alternative is to save sales stamps. This sounds old-fashioned, but you can now save digitally via an app from the supermarket. But is it also financially smart to memorize sales stamps? What does it really offer and are there any drawbacks? Tamara Wedervoort, 39, of […]
Bitcoin could crash another 50% » Crypto Insiders
Sentiment in the market has not been as bad as it has been today and yesterday for a long time. The Bitcoin (BTC) The price has fallen past the key $20,000 mark, but according to billionaire and CEO of DoubleLine Capital Jeffrey Gundlach, it will likely be a lot of pain for Bitcoin investors. Bitcoin […]
Apple employees in the United States vote to form the first union
Apple Store employees in Maryland have voted to form a union. It is the first time that employees of the tech giant have united in a union in the United States. The company has long discouraged such initiatives. 65 of the 110 employees at the store in the Baltimore suburb of Townsend voted to form […]
“Public harassment”, criticism of the farmers’ defense force commander’s remarks
De Volkskrant’s interview with the leader of the working group “Farmers Defense Force” leads to a dismissal of reactions. Justice Minister Yeseljuz talks about “general harassment of a politician” in response to Mark van den Auever quotes† For example, FDD leader Van den Auver said it “could happen” that “more” farmers would come to the […]
Ex-Amazon employee convicted of hacking, among other things, Capital One | Currently
A former Amazon employee was convicted of a major hack that surfaced in 2019. Paige Thompson, now 36, searched for incorrect accounts of Amazon customers and gained access to more than 30 accounts. One such account was from Capital One Bank. In this way, it has looted the personal information of more than 100 million […]
ANWB warns vacationers: ‘Don’t go on the road on Saturday’ | Currently
Arnoud Broekhuis of ANWB Traffic Information warns anyone traveling on vacation in the coming weeks should not start the trip on a Saturday. On Saturdays, it can be particularly busy in France, Germany and Austria, which leads to traffic jams and delays. On the Route du Soleil, the motorway to southern France and Spain, five […]
Wall Street incurs the largest weekly loss since the beginning of the Corona crisis | Currently
US stock markets had their worst week in the stock market since March 2020. The broad S&P 500 index ended Friday 5.8 percent lower than the previous week. This is the largest weekly loss in New York since the beginning of the Corona crisis. The sharp interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve on […]