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Chinese efforts to spy on the Dutch are intensifying, with the focus on semiconductors, Dutch Defence Minister Ruben ...
and the remaining 15% is owned by Alpha Airport Services BV, a Dutch ... about India". She had expressed interest in being permanent in the country and claimed to have invested 165 million dollars in ...
Backed by the Dutch Republic, the Dutch East India Company made its ownership available to the public to fund business and military ventures. 'Fast' is an understatement for the stock market today.
It turns out that modern stock trading traces its roots back to a Dutch trading company over four centuries ago. On 20 March 1602, the Dutch East India Company (‘Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie’ in ...
Here is the full story of Virji Vora, the Gujarati businessman who gave loans to Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company. Talking about his business, Virji Vora had a wide ...
Titus Oates and his 'Popish Plot' Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC, known in English as the Dutch East India Company. The VOC dominated the spice trade ...
The VOC (Dutch East India Company) is crucial to Dutch history. If you’ve lived in the Netherlands for a while, chances are you’ll have heard of it. Let’s take a deep dive into the world of the VOC.
In a fluctuating, temperamental town, the English East India Company ... profligate. The Dutch, like the English, built splendid tombs for their deceased presidents and indulged in drunken revelry ...
So how rich was the Dutch East India Company (VOC)? If you’re wondering what paid for all those pretty canals and houses in Amsterdam, Leiden, and Utrecht, well, this might explain it all a bit. Let’s ...