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Shifter: Stop talking, start innovating: How to achieve success in «Silicon Valley Style»

Category: Business News

To gain real returns business leaders must stop talking and start being innovative daily in their actions, decisions and management approaches. In Silicon Valley innovation comes through action. Jennifer Vessels, founder of Silicon Valley based Next Step, leader of Executive Growth Alliance and speaker. Talk about innovation is everywhere – in board rooms, conferences, employee […]

Source: Shifter

World Oil: Equinor increases share in deepwater Gulf of Mexico from Shell

Category: Business News

STAVANGER — Equinor has exercised its preferential rights to acquire an additional 22.45% interest in the Caesar Tonga oil field from Shell Offshore Inc for a total consideration of $965 million in cash. This will increase Equinor’s interest from 23.55% to 46.00%. Anadarko remains the operator with a 33.75% interest, and Chevron retains its 20.25% […]

Source: World Oil

Published: May 1, 2019

Bloomberg: Oil-Rich Norway to Stress Test Its Finances Amid Climate Risk

Category: Business News

Norway, western Europe’s biggest oil and gas producer, plans to stress-test its public finances with different price scenarios to better understand risks related to climate change. The government’s decision follows recommendations from an expert report last year on climate risk, and comes amid an intensifying public debate in the Nordic nation about the future of […]

Source: Bloomberg

Reuters: Norsk Hydro looks to master magnetism to keep carbon promise

Category: Business News

KARMOEY, Norway/LONDON (Reuters) – In the cavernous chamber of Norsk Hydro’s aluminum smelter on the Norwegian island of Karmoey, the magnetic forces are so strong they make heavy iron wrenches float out of the hands of workers. The company is piloting a technology that tames the effects of that powerful magnetic field, which is a […]

Source: Reuters

Reuters: Norway clears way for Euronext to win Oslo Børs in Nasdaq bid battle (Video Link)

Category: Business News

Euronext won approval from Norway’s Ministry of Finance to buy up to 100% of Oslo Børs on Monday, effectively ending a five-month battle with Nasdaq for one of the last independent stock market operators in Europe. See video HERE.

Source: Reuters