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Businesses must stop using expensive five-digit telephone numbers
Many Norwegian companies use expensive five-digit numbers for customer service. A recent judgment makes it illegal for companies to charge more than normal mobile phone…
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The oil fund, energy prices, taxes, housing and the Norwegian economy.
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Stavanger seals Budapest service
Avinor’s Stavanger Airport will add Budapest to its destination map with its existing airline partner Wizz Air next year. Coming just a few months after the…
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Further growth in globalization
The total number of foreign-controlled Norwegian enterprises continues to rise, and the strongest growth is in Swedish and Danish ownership. However, enterprises that…
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Norwegian Pilot Association leader says ‘it will get worse’
The leader of the Norwegian Pilot Association believes the pilot problem will happen again for Norwegian Airline after the weekend’s many cancelled flights. ‘When…
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Valen: Ap uses disabled people as bait
Valen: Ap uses disabled people as election bait The Labour Party has criticized the Government’s cuts in the child benefit for the disabled, but does enter into the to…
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Norwegian investors back ‘Danish’ salmon in the United States
Norwegian investors have invested hundreds of millions of kroner on a Danish company that will run salmon farming, on land, in the USA. Danish company, Atlantic…
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The tendency is towards increased inequality
Norwegian Business Organization says ‘the tendency is towards increasing inequality’ A recent report from the Norwegian Business Organization (NHO) shows that in line…
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New wave of ransomware affecting businesses
New wave of ransomware affecting businesses: what to do? (Europol/Norway Today) Since yesterday, 27 June 2017, critical infrastructure and business systems are being…
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Contracts bonanza worth billions
Contracts bonanza worth billions in the North Sea 50 vessels submitted tenders for contracts worth up to NOK 3.1 billion. These are the winners. Statoil has awarded…
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Few care about the krone rate during holiday period
According to a survey conducted by Finn Reise, only 13% of Norwegians answered ‘yes’ to whether the krone exchange rate has any bearing on their choice of holiday…
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Sharp rise in job insecurity for among oil workers
The proportion of employed persons who believe they are at risk of losing their job and who have experienced changes in the workplace has increased slightly over the…
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Predator Board leader: need for faster sheep
Predator Board leader: The wolf had taken fewer sheep with faster sheep breeds Fewer sheep would have been taken by wolves if farmers focused on fitter and faster sheep…
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Norway are behind in the cloud
Norway are behind in the use of cloud services Norwegian companies invest less in cloud services than the Swedes and Finns, according to a survey by VMware and Tieto.…
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Fewer ‘hobby investors’ in the housing market
The government’s tightening of controls in the housing market seems to have worked, according to new figures from the capital. The average age of buyers of small…
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Debt problems growing in the oil counties
Debt problems growing in the oil counties The number of payment notifications increases in the oil counties in southern and western Norway, according to an analysis from…
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Hazardous fuels are removed from Kola
Cleanup of high-radioactive nuclear heritage from the Cold War – Hazardous fuels are removed from Kola High-radioactive uranium fuel from Soviet nuclear submarines has…