Business
Amsterdam council should buy new Eye institute
Apr 13th
ING is insisting Amsterdam city council honour its commitments and buy the new Eye film institute building on the banks of the IJ after the financial services group failed to find another buyer.
The Volkskrant reports that the city agreed in 2009 it would buy the building from ING if no-one else came forward within three months of completion.
Dutch car maker Spyker may lose SAAB deal
Dec 25th
General Motors Co [GM.UL] is pressing ahead with plans to shut down Saab as chances of a deal to sell the Swedish brand to Dutch sports car builder Spyker Cars (SPYKR.AS) remain remote, a person familiar
Spyker C12 Zagato
with the planning said on Thursday.
GM has not changed the plans it announced Friday to begin winding down Saab’s operations in January and it has started discussions with other interested parties as part of that process, the person said.
Spyker Chief Executive Victor Muller told Reuters on Thursday that his company was still in talks with the U.S. automaker about an acquisition of Saab. He said earlier this week that a final outcome would not happen until next week.
“We are still in discussions,” Muller told Reuters in a text message. More >
