Meanwhile, the RBS-led consortium of three banks - RBS, Belgian-Dutch group Fortis and Spain's Santander - are still considering their position, Fortis chairman Maurice Lippens said.
The RBS group wants to break up the lender into three parts, so that Belgian-Dutch bank Fortis would get ABN's Dutch operations, Spanish bank Banco Santander Central Hispano SA, acquires ABN's Brazilian and Italian arms, and RBS getting Chicago-based LaSalle.
The RBS group wants to break up the lender into three parts, so that Belgian-Dutch bank Fortis would get ABN's Dutch operations, Spanish bank Banco Santander Central Hispano SA (nyse: STD - news - people ), acquires ABN's Brazilian and Italian arms, and RBS getting Chicago-based LaSalle.
Nine candidates, including a joint Dutch-Belgian team, are handing over their bids to Blatter on Friday.
Officials were still identifying those killed, but said that 21 were Belgian and seven were Dutch.
Dutch and Belgian tobacconists are reportedly now also considering alternative packets for smokers to decant their cigarettes into.
At the moment, only Euronext, the merged French, Dutch and Belgian exchange, uses a central counterparty for equity deals.
The Dutch-Belgian delegation, including legends Johann Cruyff and Ruud Gullit, arrived at Fifa headquarters by bicycle to underline their bid's green credentials.
The next day Fortis, a Dutch-Belgian insurer, also warned about profits: the market value of its equity portfolio had fallen below its purchase price.
Ping An held close to a 5% stake in Fortis when it was dismantled and some its assets sold off by the Dutch and Belgian governments.
By implication, the closer integration that the EU is supposed to be bringing about seems to be having no discernible impact on the marriage choices of Dutch, Belgian and Spanish citizens.
Spain's Jose Maria Aznar, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana also took part.
It was formally in occupation in West Germany and Japan, and it was the de facto power in a variety of places from Dutch Indonesia to the Belgian Congo, from most of Latin America to much of Indochina.
Belgian political parties divided along French- and Dutch-speaking lines four decades ago, and most voting districts are split the same way.
The other group match ended in a draw, as Standard Liege substitute Moussa Traore scored a last-gasp equalizer to earn the Belgian side a 1-1 draw with Dutch champions AZ Alkmaar.
At Euro 2000 the Dutch police handled fans superbly but the Belgian force was heavy-handed and the tournament failed as a result.
Yes, if you have been listening recently to two senior Dutch-speaking politicians, one a Belgian, the other a citizen of the Netherlands.
Brussels, historically a Dutch-speaking city, is officially bilingual (admittedly with a French-speaking majority now) but is also the capital of Dutch-speaking Flanders in addition to being the Belgian capital.
Belgian consumer protection organization Test-Aankoop yesterday filed a lawsuit (Dutch) against Apple for not respecting local laws on warranties.
Belgian politicians' habit of saying everything twice, in French and then in Dutch, to ensure maximum television coverage, is indeed tedious.
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The Belgian king has a much more political role than many of his European peers, while new Dutch legislation has minimized the role of the Dutch monarch in forming a government.
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