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Dutch have 10 bn reasons to fear UK’s exit from EU

  Bloomberg A U.K. vote to leave the European Union could cut gross domestic product of the Netherlands by €10 billion ($11.4 billion) by 2030 due to an increase in the cost of trade, having a “relatively severe effect” on the economy, the Dutch planning agency said. Assuming that trade also fosters innovation, Brexit-related costs could increase another 65 percent, ...

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Those Brexit job losses? Recruiters say they’ve already started

  Bloomberg Pro-EU forces have warned that if Britain votes to exit the union on June 23, the country could lose almost a million jobs. Recruiters say the damage has already begun. “Companies are pushing the pause button,” said Kit Bingham, a partner at executive search firm Odgers Berndtson. An Odgers poll last month found that a quarter of directors ...

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Denmark’s Dong valued at $15bn joins list of European IPO giants

  Bloomberg Dong Energy A/S became Europe’s biggest initial public offering this year, with investors lining up to own shares in the Danish utility as it transforms itself into a renewable energy giant. The world’s biggest offshore wind-park operator sold 17.4 percent of its shares at 235 kroner a piece, raising 17.1 billion kroner ($2.6 billion), according to a statement ...

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