NEWS

VOA: Companies Send Message in Support of Nationwide Protests

Category: Business News

U.S. companies typically are quiet during protests. Not this time.   Technology, banking, apparel and entertainment firms issued messages of support for those demonstrating against police treatment of black people.   “I am shocked by the number of executives who have spoken up for the first time,” said Kellie McElhaney, a professor at the Haas […]

Source: VOA

Published: June 1, 2020

CNN: Historic plane to transport Thomas Waerner home to Norway after dog musher left stranded in Alaska

Category: Business News

What to do when you’re stranded in Alaska by a global pandemic and are trying to get back home to Norway — with 24 dogs in tow. It’s been quite a three months for dog musher Thomas Waerner, who tells CNN Sport it’s the kind of a story he’ll remember until the day he dies.   […]

Source: CNN

Published: February 6, 2020

Great Place to Work 2020: Cisco kåret til Norges nest beste arbeidsplass – går helt til topps i den internasjonale kåringen

Category: Business News

Medarbeiderundersøkelsen Great Place to Work viser at Cisco Norge scorer nest høyest (Kategori: 200 – 499 medarbeidere) av samtlige arbeidsplasser i Norge. Samtidig er Cisco kåret til det beste selskapet å jobbe i globalt. – Vi kunne av naturlige årsaker ikke møtes fysisk for å feire dette, så da tok vi heller festen med våre […]

Source: Cisco

Innlegg i DN: Equinor betaler skatt der verdiene skapes

Category: Business News

I en artikkel i Dagens Næringsliv 23. mai rettes det kritikk mot at Equinor har selskaper i USA registrert i staten Delaware. DN har beklaget at Equinor ikke fikk anledning til å kommentere i artikkelen, og det er bra. Vi ønsker derfor å presisere følgende: Equinor betaler skatt til de delstatene i USA der verdiene […]

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CNN: The Arctic explorers locked down in a tiny hut in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago

Category: Airline / Travel

(CNN) — When Hilde Falun Strom and Sunniva Sorby began a long-planned expedition in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard last September, their main goal was to encourage conversation around climate change in the polar regions. After spending close to nine months collecting data and samples for researchers in remote Basembu, situated 140 kilometers from the “nearest […]

Source: CNN