Category: Business News
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron and congressional Republicans in the U.S. are speaking out against President Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, after he announced Thursday that he would officially place them on allies Canada, Mexico and the European Union. Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Susan Danger (@AmChamEU_SDA), CEO of the American […]
Source: Wbur.org
Category: Education / Research
Bard Ludvig Thorheim, political adviser to Norway’s minister of foreign affairs, expected his recent trip through the Midwest to be informative and productive, but he did not expect to find home. Nevertheless, he discovered the spirit of Norway lived on in the residents of the “Norwegian-American heartland.” “They told about what they had heard from […]
Source: Grand Forks Herald
Category: Defense / Security
The U.S. Navy has selected the Naval Strike Missile, offered by Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and Kongsberg Gruppen, to meet its over-the-horizon requirement for littoral combat ships and future frigates. Raytheon will manufacture and deliver over-the-horizon weapon systems under a $14.8 million contract for offensive missiles loaded into launching mechanisms, and a single fire control suite. The contract includes […]
Source: PRNe
Category: Energy
Facebook inngår langsiktig kraftavtale om norsk vindkraft til sine nordiske datasentre, etter at Google, Hydro og Alcoa har gjort lignende avtaler. Facebooks datasentre i danske Odense og svenske Luleå skal drives med norsk vindkraft. Facebook kjøper kraftproduksjonen fra tre norske vindparker i Bjerkreim-området fra investeringsselskapet Luxcara, mens det svenske energiselskapet Vattenfall har inngått avtale om […]
Source: E24
Category: Automobile / Transport
One of the examples I have offered up for those who believe that peak oil demand is right around the corner due to the rise of electric vehicles (EVs) is Norway. For many years, Norway has had the highest growth rates and highest penetration of EVs in the world. This is a result of generous tax breaks […]
Source: Forbes