Category: Government
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Friday it would challenge in court the Norwegian company Wilhelmsen Maritime Services’ (WWI.OL) plan to buy smaller U.S. rival Drew Marine Group. The FTC said the $400 million proposed deal would reduce competition in the market for marine water treatment chemicals, used in a ship’s boiler water and […]
Source: Reuters
Category: Automobile / Transport
Uber setter pris på å kunne legge frem våre innspill til Samferdselsdepartementet om det fremtidige lovverket for kommersiell persontransport. Uber deler Regjeringens målsetning om å endre det nåværende regelverket for å tilrettelegge for økt konkurranse i markedet. Det vil komme både forbrukere og de som jobber i næringen til gode. I tillegg vil det ha […]
Source: DN
Category: Culture / Lifestyle
H.K.H. kronprins Haakon reiser 13. -14. mars til Austin, Texas sammen med blant annet flere norske gründere, techbedrifter og norsk musikkbransje for å delta på konferansen South by Southwest (SxSW). Formålet med besøket er å bidra til synlighet og profilering av norske selskaper for et internasjonalt publikum. SxSW har blitt et utstillingsvindu for noen av […]
Source: Regjeringen
Category: Defense / Security
Norway has accelerated plans to scale up its national security infrastructure against threats emanating from the cyber domain. Recent intelligence reports more than suggest that Norway’s critical IT infrastructure will likely face a higher level of targeting in the shape of malicious cyber attacks launched by hostile foreign governments and cyber crime actors. To counter […]
Source: Computer Weekly
Category: Accounting / Financial
Norway’s economic recovery continued in the fourth quarter led by rising consumer spending and investments while a report showed inflation unexpectedly slowed at the start of the year. Mainland economic growth, which excludes oil and shipping, expanded by 0.6 percent in fourth quarter, down from a revised 0.7 percent in the prior period, Statistics Norway […]
Source: Bloomberg