1.   And at least one Dutch publisher shied away from a book on American values.

2.   Dutch publisher VNU NV is the only publicly traded company involved in the venture, called Holland Media Group.

3.   Nielsen Media Research, a subsidiary of Dutch publisher VNU N.V., measures television viewership in the United States and Canada.

4.   PCM is a joint venture between Dutch publishers Meulenhof BV and Perscombinatie BV, which already publishes three national daily newspapers.

5.   Reed Elsevier also said it agreed with Dutch publisher VNU NV on the sale of Brabants Nieuwsblad, a regional Dutch newspaper published in the south of the Netherlands.

6.   The company suffered a substantial loss of confidence in the investor community last year when its planned merger with the Dutch legal publisher Wolters Kluwer foundered on regulatory grounds.

7.   The return will be linked to an index of four Dutch publishers listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

8.   Wegener NV, a Dutch publisher, said it has completed the purchase of Arcade Beheer BV, a privately held entertainment company, for an undisclosed sum.

9.   When he finished the novel, he made four copies and sent them at random to four Dutch publishers.

10.   Wegener NV, a Dutch publisher, said it plans to buy Arcade Beheer BV, a privately held entertainment company for an undisclosed sum.