Category: Financial / Investment
Bedriftene som er berørt av avgiftssjokket på alkoholfrie drikkevarer og sjokolade- og sukkervarer, sliter nå i motbakke. I tillegg går den stadig økende grensehandelen direkte utover bedriftenes konkurranseevne. Det viser en fersk medlemsundersøkelse gjennomført av NHO Mat og Drikke. Stortingsflertallets vedtak om avgiftsøkning gir en direkte effekt på lønnsomhet, omsetning og bemanning i 1 av […]
Source: NHO
Category: Energy
Statoil CEO Eldar Saetre discusses the production of oil and gas, and talks about expanding into renewable energy. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets.” (Source: Bloomberg) See the video HERE
Source: Bloomberg
Category: Accounting / Financial
Norway’s central bank kept its signal intact to start raising interest rates in the second half of this year, undeterred by a cooling economic recovery in western Europe’s biggest oil producer. In an interim decision on Thursday, Norges Bank, as anticipated, held its key rate at 0.5 percent. The bank reiterated its message from March that […]
Source: Bloomberg
Category: Culture / Lifestyle
Norway’s era of satellite communications began on May 17, 1968, with a ping from ESRO. A maxim in economic history holds that “Never in history has man successfully invented a device, an instrument, a machine, or a structure without creating a demand for performance far beyond the capacity of the original design.” This is particularly […]
Source: Norwegian American
Category: Defense / Security
The United States and Norway entered into an official arrangement to mutually supply defense goods and services needed for national security in an April 12 signing ceremony at the Norwegian-American Defense Conference (NADIC). The Norwegian Ministry of Defense’ national armaments director Morten Tiller and Eric Chewning, the U.S. Defense Department’s deputy assistant undersecretary of defense for Manufacturing […]
Source: Defense News