NEWS
AmCham News tags
- Accounting / Financial
- AmCham Norway
- Company Profiles
- Education / Research
- Entertainment
- Food & Beverage
- Government
- Healthcare
- Hotel/ Restaurants/ Conferences
- Insurance
- International Leadership Interview Series
- Membership Guide
- Publications
- Rising Leaders
- Technology
- Trade
- Travel
Business News tags
- Accounting / Financial
- Airline / Travel
- Automobile / Transport
- Chemicals / Metals
- Communications/PR/Media
- Culture / Lifestyle
- Defense / Security
- Education / Research
- Energy
- Entertainment & Lifestyle
- Financial / Investment
- Food & Beverage
- Government
- Health
- Human Resources
- Insurance
- IP & Innovation
- Legal
- Management Consulting
- Manufacturing
- Pharmaceutical
- Politics
- Property / Real Estate
- Seafood
- Shipping & Offshore
- Statistics
- Tax
- Technology
- Trade
Norway Sticks to Tightening Plan as Rate Held at Record Low
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
More
Norway plans to buy electric planes, mimicking green car success
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
More
Peterson Institute: Report on the Norwegian Economy
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
More
Google-skatt kan ramme norsk IT-næring
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
More
WTO members say U.S. actions threaten trade body’s credibility
Category: Government
Nearly 50 countries expressed concern on Tuesday about the “serious threat” to the World Trade Organisation posed by unilateral trade actions, a pointed reference to U.S. import tariffs that have caused a global outcry. Delivering concluding remarks after a two-day informal meeting of the WTO members in New Delhi, Indian Trade Minister Suresh Prabhu did […]
Source: Reuters
More