ABN AMRO History Department ABN AMRO‚ 1990-pReseNt The merger‚ 1990-1991 On 22 September 1991‚ the two largest general banks in the Netherlands‚ Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN) and Amsterdam-Rotterdam Bank (Amro)‚ merged. The resulting company adopted the name ABN AMRO. The two principal motives for the merger were to concentrate strengths and to scale up business internationally. The South American operations of ABN AMRO’s subsidiary Hollandsche Bank-Unie were combined with those of Banco Real
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from the French Revolutionary Wars‚ the Napoleonic Wars‚ and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. This objective resulted in the redrawing of the continent’s political map‚ establishing the boundaries of France‚ the Duchy of Warsaw‚ the Netherlands‚ the states of the Rhine‚ the German province of Saxony‚ and various Italian territories‚ and the creation of spheres of influence through which Austria‚ Britain‚ France and Russia brokered local and regional problems. The Congress of Vienna was
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The groups acknowledging that the struggle of Kartini and Malala is true have two tendencies‚ namely (1) not questioning the Western influence and (2) questioning Western influence. The group that does not question the Western influence at all (Netherlands in the case of Kartini and Britain in the case of Malala) considers that Kartini and Malala are really fighters in their era (proponent of Kartini Day and Malala Day) For example‚ Jean Gelman
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much interest in agriculture like most of the colonies. More so‚ that they were the first colony to do a more profitable fur trade. In 1626‚ the Director Peter Minuit arrived and was placed in charge of running the small struggling colony. New Netherlands was slowly expanding and this was causing issues with the Native Americans and some of the other English colonists. In the 1630’s Director‚ General Wouter van Twiller took an expedition out of New Amsterdam but returned without anything. In the
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life isn’t always easy. When New Netherlands was first discovered the people living there experienced this. They had to think of ways to bring people into their new colony and ways to make their colony strive. Through sponsors giving out land and hard work‚ the people were able to make a go of New Netherlands. Eventually‚ King Charles II granted all of the land that included New Netherlands to his brother‚ the Duke of York. Duke of York eventually renamed New Netherlands‚ New York. If I would have to
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Brittney Henley Pd. 2A Chapter 12: Age of Religious Wars Key Topics; -War between Calvinists and Catholics in France. -The Spanish occupation of the Netherlands. -Struggle for supremacy between England and Spain. -The devastation of Central Europe during the Thirty Years’ War. |Vocabulary |Notes | | |
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issue.] For relevance‚ this article tells us about a brand new option for euthanasia that is carried out through mobile clinics in the Netherlands. So far‚ euthanasia is legal in only the Netherlands‚ Switzerland‚ Belgium‚ Australia and Oregon in the USA. This can be seen as a ‘controversial’ new option that makes euthanasia even more accessible in the Netherlands. It raises questions whether this new ‘convenience’ could result in an abuse of the legislation with doctors and patients going too far
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create a more centralized government that had more capacity to maintain control over the people. Phillip II appointed Margaret of Parma also known to be his half sister as governor of the Netherlands and continued the policy of his father‚ Charles V by appointing members of the high nobility of the Netherlands to the Council of State. One major difference between father and son that greatly contributed to Phillip II’s general unpopularity was the fact that he was raised in Spain‚ leading to his lack
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that can be traced to the Netherlands Antilles.[5] INGKA Holding B.V. owns the industrial group Swedwood‚ which sources the manufacturing of IKEA furniture‚ the sales companies that run IKEA stores‚ as well as purchasing and supply functions‚ and IKEA of Sweden‚ which is responsible for the design and development of products in the IKEA range. INGKA Holding B.V. is wholly owned by Stichting INGKA Foundation‚ which is a non-profit foundation registered in Leiden‚ Netherlands. The logistics center Europe
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Indian Agro Products Agricultural sector is the mainstay of the rural Indian economy around‚ which the socio-economic privileges and deprivations revolve‚ and any change in its structure is expected to have a corresponding impact on the existing pattern of social equality. The growth of India’s agriculture sector during the 50 years of independence remain impressive at 2.7 % per annum. About two-third of this production growth is aided by gains in crop productivity. The need based strategies adopted
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