News 17 oktober

17 oktober 1969 - NOBEL PRIZE FOR ROTTERDAM PROFESSOR

Rotterdam – The Swedish Nobel Committee announces that the Dutch Professor Jan Tinbergen, the Nobel Prize in Economics will. Together with a Polish researcher, they are the founders of Econometrics. Tinbergen (Den Haag) was natuuurkundige, but switched to economics, because he felt that he could do more.

17 oktober 2014 - Nedstaal IN ALBLASSERDAM BANKRUPT

Alblasserdam – Steel company Nedstaal officially declared bankrupt in Alblasserdam. The company ran into trouble with the collapse of the car industry. The company makes a new start. While most people may continue. Nedstaal was also the summer under fire in a trial with burning asbestos steel. Local residents fear that asbestos into the environment.