Apr 30 2007
The Queens birthday, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Eindhoven, 30 april
Archive for April, 2007
Apr 24 2007
Where have all the Bees gone?
It is some thing I noticed recently. There are hardly any bees? Summer has not yet begone but the report in the New York Time is alarming. [link]
Take a look in your neighborhood a count the number of bees you see.
Apr 23 2007
Going once, going twice, given away!
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So the deal between ABN AMRO and Barclay has finalized. €67 billion looks like a lot of money, and it is of course. But the price that is being paid for this ‘merger’ is way to high.
This is not a merger but a sell out. If you look at what ABN AMRO is getting out [...]
Apr 17 2007
Bidding war over ABN AMRO
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Another company being ruined by pure and simple greed. The link with Barclays is something what I can understand because the markets the two operate in are different and complementary.
The link with the three other firms does not make any sense other that they can do it and it means one more competitor less, but [...]
Apr 15 2007
The government does not know what to do anymore
Apeldoorn Amersfoort is thinking of taxing anybody who wants to enter their citycenter. I think they have lost it. Do they really think their problems are as big as that of London (congestion tax).
Technorati tags: congestion tax, road pricing
Apr 15 2007
Summer is comming!
28 degrees today and we have a marathon in Rotterdam.
Technorati tags: marathon, rotterdam, summer
Apr 15 2007
PvdA in hot water
The PvdA is in hot waters after the elections and after their decition to take part in the new Government with the CDA and CU. Part of the problem is the SP and the other part are the overrated expectation of the party members and the public.
The public (the voters) expect instant change and expect [...]
Apr 15 2007
I drumped Norton
Afer the last update of Norton Internet Security software I couldn’t send and receiveany email anymore. That was not the first time this happened.
After some hours of trying to get to work I decided to dump to product and move to McAfee. Happely I had just 28 days left on my Norton 2006 before it expired.
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Apr 01 2007
Marijnissen makes a U-Turn
One month after the discussion in Dutch parliament about the double nationality of members of the Dutch Government, Jan Marijnissen of the SP makes an U-Turn. In the discussion in Dutch Parliament he didn’t agree with the remarks made and questions raised by the party of Geert Wilders. Now he says he thinks the members [...]