NOM Takes a Minority Stake in the Production Facility of Plastinum Polymer Technologies Corp. BV in Emmen, The Netherlands.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Plastinum Polymer Technologies Corp. BV, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Plastinum Polymer Technologies Corp. USA (BULLETIN BOARD: PLNU) , announced that the NOM has taken a minority stake in its operational plant in Emmen, the Netherlands. The NOM is a public limited...

Agendia's Breast Cancer Test MammaPrint(R) Standard of Care at Netherlands Cancer Institute - AVL.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California and AMSTERDAM, February 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Agendia, a world leader in molecular cancer diagnostics, today announced that its signature breast cancer test MammaPrint(R) will be offered as standard of care for all eligible early stage breast cancer patients at the Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital...

GM So wins Corus crown.
WIJK AAN ZEE, Netherlands -- Grandmaster Wesley So capped another storybook campaign by emerging Group C champion in the71st Corus Chess Tournament at the De Moriaan Community Centre here Sunday. The 15-year-old Filipino champion, who made history by becoming the world's youngest GM in 2006, quickly drew...

Socialism's success: socialism, once abhorrent to most Americans, is increasingly being embraced by them. But is more socialism likely to reinvigorate the U.S. economy and help Americans?
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] According to the CIA World Factbook, nine European countries place ahead of the United States in terms of per capita Gross Domestic Product--Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Ireland, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Netherlands--all socialist countries. The United Kingdom, Austria, Canada, Australia, France, and Germany come up...

Core Lab Reports Record Net Income and EPS for Q4 2008; Annual Free Cash Flow at All-Time High; Company Repurchases Discounted Debt.
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Core Laboratories N.V. reported fourth quarter revenue of $201,188,000, an increase of 14% over year-earlier fourth quarter revenue, while net income was $41,044,000 and earnings per diluted share (EPS) equaled $1.76. Included in the net income is a gain, net of tax,...

Vaccine Against the Chikungunya Virus in Development by a Public-Private Partnership.
LEIDEN, The Netherlands, February 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Top Institute Pharma (TI Pharma) has formed a consortium with Wageningen University, Erasmus University Medical Centre and Nobilon, a subsidiary of Schering-Plough, to develop a 'proof of concept' vaccine against the Chikungunya virus. This vaccine aims to reduce the rate of Chikungunya...

Rob Routs to Succeed Dudley Eustace as Chairman of AEGON's Supervisory Board in 2010.
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, February 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rob Routs will take over as Chairman of AEGON's Supervisory Board at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in April 2010. Mr. Routs, 62, a former Executive Director with Royal Dutch Shell PLC., will succeed Dudley Eustace, who will...

AEGON to Publish Preliminary Q4 Results on February 17, 2009.
Full Financial Calendar for 2009 and 2010 Also Detailed THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, February 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AEGON will release estimated preliminary results for the fourth quarter of 2008 on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, at 07:30 AM CET. Complete fourth quarter and full year 2008 results will...

Dutch gov't launches investment program.
The Dutch government is extending as much as 60 percent investment in Filipino-Dutch joint venture in innovative investment projects in an effort to help stimulate, create employment opportunities and generate income in developing countries. The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has announced yesterday that EVD...

AVG Named 'Recommended' in Anti-malware Group Test.
AVG's Internet Security Network Edition Recognized by SC Magazine AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- AVG Technologies, a global anti-virus and Internet security software provider with over 80 million users in 167 countries, today announced that its Internet Security Network Edition (NE) solution has received the...