NEWS

Kahoot! and Marvel Entertainment team up to help learners around the world become Super Heroes

Category: Business News

With the transition to virtual learning, student engagement has become more important than ever. To engage learners of all ages all around the world, Kahoot! is collaborating with Marvel Entertainment to create a wide collection of ready-to-play kahoots featuring fan-favorite Marvel characters. The learning games within Marvel’s collection are now available on Kahoot! as part of the […]

Source: Kahoot!

IMF Staff Country Reports: Norway : Financial System Stability Assessment-Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Norway

Category: Accounting / Financial

Much of the work of the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) was conducted prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the missions ending on February 13, 2020. Given the FSAP’s focus on medium-term challenges and vulnerabilities, however, its findings and recommendations for strengthening policy and institutional frameworks remain pertinent. The report was updated to reflect key […]

Source: IMF

Published: December 8, 2020

Press Release: Former US Embassy Oslo DCM Jim DeHart Appointed U.S. Coordinator for the Arctic Region

Category: Business News

The Department of State has appointed Jim DeHart as the U.S. Coordinator for the Arctic Region.  Serving as the principal advisor to the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary on all Arctic matters, DeHart will lead and coordinate the Department’s policy-making and diplomatic engagement on Arctic-related issues to advance U.S. interests in the region related to safety […]

Source: US Department of State

Bloomberg: Norway’s Deep Cuts to Oil Loadings to Curb Atlantic Basin Crude

Category: Business News

Norway may not officially be part of the OPEC+ alliance to curb oil supply in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, but next month it looks like the Scandinavian country will do its bit toward helping the producer alliance to avert a global glut of crude. Norway’s main oil loadings will drop by 261,000 barrels […]

Source: Bloomberg

Published: August 2, 2020

Joint Press Statement from U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders

Category: Business News

The U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Commission have initiated discussions to evaluate the potential for an enhanced EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework to comply with the July 16 judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Schrems II case. This judgment declared that this framework is no longer a valid […]

Source: US Department of Commerce

Published: August 10, 2020