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DN: Norske OSM Aviation kjøper Flight Center US i Florida og tar mål av seg å friste langt flere kvinner til å utdanne seg til piloter

Category: Airline / Travel

– Hele flyindustrien står foran en dramatisk mangel på piloter. Det er behov for 100 nye piloter hver dag; dobbelt så mange som blir utdannet i dag, sier Espen Høiby i OSM Aviations i forbindelse med at selskapet har kjøpt Flight Center US i Fort Lauderdale i Florida. Skolen skifter nå navn til OSM Aviation […]

Source: DN

The Norwegian American: American College of Norway

Category: Business and Investment News

Did you know there is an American college in Norway? Founded in 1989 by Dr. Steinar Opstad, the American College of Norway (ACN) first opened its doors in 1992 to 24 eager and adventurous Norwegian and American students. Flash forward to 2019 and over 2,000 students from Norway, the United States, and beyond have taken […]

Source: The Norwegian American

Published: September 11, 2019

American Wine Club: Bonterra Tasting

Category: AmCham News

Visiting organic wine pioneer Bob Blue led the American Wine Club and AmCham members through an exclusive tasting of Bonterra Vineyards diverse range of organic and biodynamic wines. Founded in 1987, Bonterra is a rising star in the American wine industry and was named Wine Enthusiast magazine’s American Winery of the Year in 2016.

Source: AmCham

Bloomberg: Norwegian Voters Deliver Warning to Country’s Oil Industry

Category: Business and Investment News

Norwegian voters have fired a warning shot at the country’s oil industry. Parties that want to rein in the country’s golden goose made significant gains in Monday’s local elections. That raises the prospect of more advances for those forces that want to limit drilling in the Nordic nation, which supplies 25% of the European Union’s […]

Source: Bloomberg

Published: September 10, 2019

Equinor: Ten companies selected for Equinor’s Techstars Energy Accelerator 2019

Category: Business and Investment News

Equinor today announced the second class of global start-up companies selected to participate in the Techstars Energy Accelerator. Three Norwegian companies participate in the programme. The ten start-up companies have been selected from hundreds of applicants across 42 countries. Through an intensive 13-week programme they will seek to accelerate their solution by tapping into a […]

Source: Equinor