Category: Financial / Investment
Bedriftene som er berørt av avgiftssjokket på alkoholfrie drikkevarer og sjokolade- og sukkervarer, sliter nå i motbakke. I tillegg går den stadig økende grensehandelen direkte utover bedriftenes konkurranseevne. Det viser en fersk medlemsundersøkelse gjennomført av NHO Mat og Drikke. Stortingsflertallets vedtak om avgiftsøkning gir en direkte effekt på lønnsomhet, omsetning og bemanning i 1 av […]
Source: NHO
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
Category: Airline / Travel
Norway said on Thursday it wants to buy electric passenger planes in the coming years to help slow climate change, building on its success with big tax breaks that have made it the world leader in electric car sales. State firm Avinor, which runs 45 airports in Norway, said the commitment to battery-powered aircraft could […]
Source: Reuters
Category: Accounting / Financial
Can a country save too much money? Many countries have squandered their natural resource endowments. The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank routinely hector developing economies to save and invest more of their revenues from resources such as oil and gold for the benefit of future generations after the resources run out. But, can […]
Source: Peterson Institute
Category: Government
Det er meningsløst å lokke til seg IT-gigantene med den ene hånden, og deretter kakke dem i hodet med uforutsigbare særskatter med den andre, skriver Kjetil Thorvik Brun i denne kommentaren. Miljøpartiet De Grønne har fremmet et forslag om å utrede egne skatteregler for IT-giganter som Google, Apple, Amazon og Facebook. Mange har kritisert selskapene […]
Source: Abelia