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...Labor Party had already secured a pledge from the coalition's main party, the Christian Democrats, to pull troops out this year. Despite Balkenende's pleas, the Labor Party refused to reconsider. "A plan was agreed when our soldiers went to Afghanistan," said Labor leader and outgoing Finance Minister Wouter Bos. "Our partners in the government didn't want to stick to that plan and, on the basis of their refusal, we decided to resign." (See pictures of British soldiers in Afghanistan...
BIKESMITH Work stopped at the headquarters of Koga, the high-end-bicycle manufacturer, during the sprint event at the 2004 Athens Olympics. The Netherlands-based company had sponsored star cyclist Theo Bos, and even watching on TV, managing director Wouter Jager, 48, knew his boy was struggling...
...Twisted Transistor Talk about a blank canvas. This retro FM radio from Dutch studio wouter Geense won't even function until properly adorned. Grab a hanger for the antenna, trinkets for the volume and tuning knobs and drill your own set of holes for the speaker. Then sit back and enjoy the static. woutergeense.nl...
...same way they are treated at home. That decision gives tax authorities across Europe little choice but to overhaul their tax laws, which have traditionally taxed national operations differently from international ones. "There's a lot of tension and pressure on corporate tax systems" from the court, says lawyer Wouter Paardekooper of the Amsterdam office of Baker & McKenzie, which represented Bosal. But the newest and perhaps the biggest force for change comes from the east. Many of the new E.U. members have substantially lower rates for both companies and individuals than their Western neighbors. Consultants Ernst & Young calculate that...
...each weeknight to amuse themselves on TV. They tried to glue themselves to the ceiling, learned how to spit fire, crashed a music-awards show - and won a nightly following of more than 75,000, all for "just six people with a couple of digital-video cameras," says producer Wouter Rengelink. Heineken provided the stars' salaries and 16 crates of beer - "R and D investment," says a spokeswoman - but had no editorial control and only a credit at the end of each episode. An entire low-budget series can be created for $500,000, less than it can cost...