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Stor bredde i norsk-amerikansk næringslivssamarbeid

Business

Category: Government

– USA er et stort og viktig marked for norske bedrifter og en sentral partner for samarbeid om forskning og utvikling. Samtalene med det amerikanske handelsdepartementet er et nyttig redskap for å uveksle informasjon og for i fellesskap å finne måter de økonomiske båndene mellom våre to land kan bli ennå tettere.  Det sier statssekretær […]

Source: Ministry of Trade & Industry

Published: March 19, 2024


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What Brought Norwegian Royalty to Silicon Valley?

Business

Category: Technology

That’s a big reason for a visit by the crown prince and princess of Norway to Silicon Valley last week. They arrived at a small loft space called Innovation House, where Norwegian technology entrepreneurs gave them demos of some of the gadgets being worked on there. Princess Mette-Marit waved her hand in front of a […]

Source: Bloomberg

Published: March 19, 2024


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Crown Prince Haakon Signs UC Berkeley Agreement

AmCham

Category: AmCham News

Prince Haakon, a Berkeley graduate, also heard a presentation on the recently established Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study, a collaboration of the College of Letters and Science and eight Norwegian academic Institutions that takes its name from a Norwegian who was an early trustee of UC Berkeley and has several campus landmarks named after […]

Source: UC Berkeley

Published: October 5, 2013


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Statoil Says Higher Petroleum Tax Risks Harming Investments

Business

Category: Tax

The government said it will limit the so-called upflift on cash flow to 22 percent from 30 percent and raise the special petroleum tax to 51 percent from 50 percent, keeping a top tax rate of 78 percent. The increase will raise total taxes by about 3 billion kroner ($520 million) a year, the government […]

Source: Bloomberg

Published: June 5, 2013


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Norwegian Retail Sales Growth Stalls as Economic Expansion Slows

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Category: Statistics

Retail sales, excluding motor vehicles and petrol stations, were unchanged in the month, after rising 0.5 percent in February, the Oslo-based statistics office said today. They fell an annual 4.2 percent. Sales were estimated to be unchanged in the month, according to a Bloomberg survey of seven economists. Europe’s second-richest nation per capita is starting […]

Source: Bloomberg

Published: March 19, 2024


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