Amsterdam

Rare Anne Frank Video Released

Cheryl Phillips — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:02:55 -0500

Anne Frank lived a short 15 years but her story has become one of the world's most widely read books. A diary, which was given to Anne on her 13th birthday, chronicles her life from June 12, 1942 until 1 August 1944. This became the book "The Diary of a Young Girl", published in many languages. Now, the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam has begun airing the only known video of the teenage diarist.

Anne Frank's Video is Only Moving Image of Her

Cheryl Phillips — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:02:36 -0500

This is the only known video of Anne Frank. She is leaning out of the window of her house in Amsterdam on July 22, 1941. See related story here.

Turkish Airlines Plane Crashes In Amsterdam

Armen Hareyan — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:54:17 -0600

Another sad plane crash news greets us this morning. Now it comes from Amsterdam as the Turkish Airlines plane crashes in Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. Authorities are saying that nine people were killed and more than 50 injured Wednesday when a Turkish Airlines plane with 134 people aboard slammed into a field.

Circus animals escape near Amsterdam

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:09:01 -0500

Several circus animals escaped last night in Amstelveen, just south of Amsterdam.

Listing Of Tetrys On Euronext Brussels

ruzik_tuzik — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:25:51 -0500

Today, 699,400 ordinary shares of the company Tetrys were admitted on the Free Market of Euronext Brussels next to a bond issue of €1.25 million.

Next BioTech Index: Dedicated To Biotech Companies

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:51:14 -0500

In order to increase the visibility and to support the development of the biotech sector in Europe, Euronext has launched a biotech index on 7 April 2008: Next Biotech. Next Biotech is the first Eurozone biotech index and, as it is composed solely of biotech companies, the only true biotech index in the world.

Liffe Launches Contracts On Eonia, Sonia

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:42:33 -0500

Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, London, New York, Paris, May 15 2008 – Liffe announced that the Exchange will launch one month futures contracts on the "Eonia" (Euro Overnight Indexed Average) and the "Sonia" (Sterling Overnight Indexed Average), and a three month "Eonia" Swap Index futures contract in June 2008.

Terms Of Statutory Buy-Out Procedure For Remaining Euronext Shares

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:19:13 -0500

NYSE Euronext (NYX) and Euronext N.V. (NXT) announced today that the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeals has rendered its final judgment on the matter of the statutory buy-out of the remaining Euronext shareholders holding a minority of approximately 2% of the shares of Euronext N.V.

JPMorgan Lists New Series Of ETF On Euronext

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:14:54 -0500

JPMorgan announced today the launch of a new series comprising four exchange traded funds (ETFs) based on the sub-indices of JPMorgan's European Monetary Union Government Bond Index (GBI EMU) on NYSE Euronext's European market. The new ETF series provides investors with direct access to the performance of the European fixed income bonds with specific maturities and follows the successful listing of the JPMorgan ETF GBI EMU Fund in October 2007.

Internaxx, iShares, Nyse Euronext Host ETF Event

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:23:21 -0500

Luxembourg, 28 April 2008. Internaxx, Fortis and TD Waterhouse's international online broker, is to host an ETF event with the world's largest provider of ETFs, iShares and NYSE Euronext. It will take place on 29 April 2008 in the large Fortis auditorium in Luxembourg's city centre, providing an opportunity to present the complete picture about the ETF market, the advantages of iShares' products and the methods to invest on the Internaxx platform.

Tokyo Stock Exchange Chooses NYSE Euronext Technology For Options Market

ruzik_tuzik — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:48:28 -0500

Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. (TSE) is proud to announce the introduction of Tdex+, a new trading system based on LIFFE CONNECT and AEMS technology and services, for its options trading market.

Anheuser-Busch Cross-Lists On NYSE Euronext’s European Market

ruzik_tuzik — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:41:37 -0500

NYSE-listed Anheuser-Busch today listed and opened for trading on NYSE Euronext’s Paris market under the ticker symbol “BUD”. The stock continues to be listed and traded on the NYSE, where it already trades under the ticker symbol “BUD”.