Royal Bank of Scotland to cut roughly 500 Netherlands jobs
The China Post Friday 11th May, 2012
AMSTERDAM -- British lender Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) said on Friday it was to cut 500 jobs in the Netherlands, roughly a quarter of its headcount there.
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