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• Corporate Express buying French rival
Staples is offering 8 euros ($12.53) per Corporate Express share, and the Dutch company’s stock fell 4.4 percent to 7.75 euros ($12.14) Wednesday in Amsterdam after the alternate deal for Lyreco was announced.
• Staples Delivers
Staples is gearing up to become even stronger overseas, as it recently went hostile in its pursuit of Dutch rival Corporate Express (NYSE: CXP)
• Sunken war ship found off Australia
None of the 645 men aboard the Sydney survived. But 317 of the Kormoran's 397 crew rowed to the Australian coast in life boats and were taken prisoner. The 9,500-ton Kormoran had been disguised as a Dutch merchant ship when it opened fire on the ...
• What does gasoline cost in other countries?
The Dutch have the dubious distinction of paying the most to fill 'er up, according to the U.S. Deptatment of Energy. (There are various agencies that track gasoline prices, but these are among the most recent figures available.) As of April 10 ...
• Spa unleashes snakes for your pains
Anglo-Dutch consumer products group Unilever sent knives to 200,000 Dutch families in a direct mail campaign which resulted in some children suffering injuries, the now-regretful company admitted. The company had sent the letters, which included a ...