Category: Trade
In Field of Dreams, James Earl Jones tells a broke farmer if he builds a baseball diamond, “people will come.” The next scene is cars lined up to see baseball played in an Iowa cornfield. That’s Hollywood. Building Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce Los Angeles will not follow a Hollywood script. President Erik Steigen and the board […]
Source: Norwegian American
Category: Government
U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue, in his annual State of American Business address today, laid out the business community’s top policy priorities for the coming year, casting the organization’s agenda as a means for preserving, strengthening, and expanding the American dream. Tackling the U.S. economy’s workforce challenges—including through education and […]
Source: US Chamber of Commerce
Category: Trade
Ny analyse fra Skatteetaten viser at multinasjonale selskaper i Norge betalte samlet 241 milliarder kroner i selskapsskatt, arbeidsgiveravgift og merverdiavgift i 2016. Skatteetatens kartleggingsarbeid viser at Norge har omtrent 30 000 multinasjonale selskaper, det vil si selskaper som driver virksomhet i flere land. Disse utgjør ni prosent av alle selskaper i Norge, og betaler over […]
Source: Skatteetaten
Category: Government
“It is with deep sorrow and sadness that I write to inform you that our colleague and friend, consul Kim Nesselquist, passed away this morning, on Dec. 7, after being diagnosed with cancer in April this year. Kim fell into a deep and peaceful sleep, surrounded by his loved ones. “I had the pleasure to […]
Category: Food & Beverage
Ferske tall fra SSB viser at grensehandelen fortsatt er på et rekordhøyt nivå. – Dette vil bare fortsette dersom politikerne ikke evner å iverksette tiltak. Norske politikere bør lære av Danmark og se hvilke grep de har tatt for å kontrollere grensehandelen. Det sier administrerende direktør Petter Nome i Bryggeri- og drikkevareforeningen (BROD). I morges […]
Source: BROD