Category: Culture / Lifestyle
This month, the former Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle dropped the middle third of its name and opened the doors to its spectacular new home. This landmark institution aims to serve as a cultural center with a focus not only on the past, but also on contemporary aspects of life — and the arts — […]
Source: WashDiplomat
Category: Chemicals / Metals
Alcoa Corporation (NYSE: AA) and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO) today announced a revolutionary process to make aluminum that produces oxygen and eliminates all direct greenhouse gas emissions from the traditional smelting process. Executives of Alcoa, Rio Tinto and Apple were joined by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier of Québec Philippe Couillard for the […]
Source: Alcoa
Category: Technology
24SevenOffice launched today a new Freemium business model in the US. Small businesses can now start using a somewhat downscaled version of 24SevenOffice’s ERP system completely free for one user. As your business grows, you can easily upgrade to multiple users and functionality by paying a monthly subscription cost. 24SevenOffice is with this initiative the first […]
Source: 24SevenOffice
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