Category: Energy
President Donald Trump disagreed with executives of major oil and gas companies Thursday about the importance of keeping binding dispute settlement procedures in a renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement, according to a person familiar with the discussion. Trump told roughly a dozen of the oil and gas industry leaders at a White House meeting that he […]
Source: Bloomberg
Category: Accounting / Financial
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) is coming to a close. The program, which has been around in its current form since 2014, will officially end on September 28, 2018. That gives taxpayers a little over six months to come forward with previously undisclosed foreign financial assets. “Taxpayers have had […]
Source: Forbes
Category: Government
The Nordic countries are widely regarded as world leaders in gender equality. In the Global Gender Gap Index, the Nordic nations are top performers. Iceland leads the list, followed by Norway, Finland, and Sweden in second, third, and fifth places, respectively. Denmark ranks lowest in 14th place, but still considerably higher than the United States, […]
Source: Cato
Category: Government
De siste årene har vi sett en svært positiv utvikling innenfor legemiddelpolitikken i Norge. Fra å se på legemidler som en importvare det var om å gjøre og kjøpe så billig som mulig, ser man i dag legemiddelpolitikken i sammenheng med helsepolitikken for øvrig, og på legemidler som en viktig innsatsfaktor i helsetjenesten. Vi har […]
Source: Dagens Medisin
Category: Accounting / Financial
Today, the Ministry of Finance has appointed a working group to assess whether a central credit register should be established in Norway, as prescribed by a regulation from the ECB on the collection of granular credit and credit risk data. The working group consists of participants from the Ministry, Norges Bank, Finanstilsynet (the financial supervisory […]
Source: Regjeringen