NEWS

E24: Laerdal Medical dropper permitteringene

Category: Business News

De 1500 ansatte i Laerdal-konsernet slipper likevel å redusere arbeidstiden til fire dagers uke og gå ned i lønn. Årsaken er flere nye kontrakter de siste ukene. – Vi er glade for at vi slipper på effektuere permitteringsvarslene som vi sendte ut for to uker siden, sier eier og daglig leder Tore Lærdal i Laerdal […]

Source: E24

Medtronic: Leaning into change

Category: Business News

Lights from Tokyo’s Shibuya Crossing and New York’s Times Square pulse to empty streets and echoes of ambulance sirens. The bustle of workplaces and neighborhood school yards remain quiet as we retreat to makeshift home offices and improvised virtual classrooms. Sheltering in place feels like the world is on pause — but that is far […]

Source: Medtronic

Published: June 1, 2020

Reuters: Norway pledges $1 billion to vaccines against COVID-19, other diseases

Category: Business News

OSLO (Reuters) – Norway will give $1 billion to support the distribution worldwide of any vaccine developed against COVID-19 as well as for vaccines against other diseases, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Monday. Oslo made the pledge as part of a donor conference held on Monday by the European Union to raise 7.5 billion […]

Source: Reuters

Published: May 4, 2020

Washington Post: Upbeat news on a possible coronavirus treatment powers U.S. stocks, lifting Dow more than 500 points

Category: Business News

Small but significant scientific advances against covid-19 sent stocks bursting upward Wednesday, all but ignoring sobering data that shows a U.S. economy in paralysis. Stocks are on pace for one of their best months in decades as the United States ramps up coronavirus testing and states take steps to emerge from the weeks-long lockdown. Wednesday’s rally picked […]

Source: Washington Post

Keeping Trade Open: Where Do US Medical Products Really Come From?

Category: Business News

The COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted a heavy toll on the United States in lost lives and mounting economic hardship. While our resilience is unquestionable, the pandemic has laid bare the inadequacies of some aspects of U.S. preparedness, and policy changes are clearly warranted. But will we embrace the right solutions?  A number of lawmakers have […]

Source: US Chamber