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Progress for Norwegian companies despite oil bust
2015 accounts from Norwegian corporations show a positive trend despite the downturn in the oil sector. The newspaper Dagens Næringsliv shows that the section of the…
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The oil fund, energy prices, taxes, housing and the Norwegian economy.
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Hauglie- employment offers to young unemployed within eight weeks
Employment and Social Affairs Minister Anniken Hauglie says that all candidates under the age of 30 will get a job related offer within eight weeks. – I can confirm that…
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Fewer notices of termination and layoffs
In August Nav received 2,600 alerts about possible layoffs and terminations. That is about half compared with a year ago. – After a fall and winter where we received…
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More tax fraud networks uncovered
The Tax Administration believes 4,000 people have been using five tax cheaters to claim false deductions for over 400 million. Aftenposten writes that the five fraud…
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Record growth in foreign guest nights in Norway
Norwegian tourism businesses had record growth in foreign guest nights this summer. Tourist growth has contributed to the tourism industry. The industry is very…
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Interest rate from Norges Bank remains the same
Norges Bank is keeping the key interest rate unchanged at 0.5 percent and expects it will remain at current levels in the near future. The decision, which became…
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Unemployment at 5 per cent
There were 139 000 unemployed persons in July, adjusted for seasonal variations. This corresponds to 5.0 per cent of the labour force. According to the Labour Force…
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Strikes in oil service companies
Over 300 oil service employees will be involved in a strike after mediation between the union Industri Energi and Norwegian Oil & Gas Association was not successful. The…
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Few report serious cybercrime
Only 9 percent of businesses that suffered serious cybercrime last year, reported the offense to the police. According to figures from the dark figures survey, which…
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Now you have to pay for the travel cards of Ruter and NSB
The travel card will initially be able to last up to ten years. In the Ruter area, there is now approximately 560,000 travel cards in use, yet every year more than…
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Increase in new house prices
The prices for new houses have increased over the last quarter as well as the last year. The prices for new small houses and flats have increased by 9.5 per cent from…
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Increase in amount of grain sown for the first time in 12 years
Last year nearly 25,000 more acres of grain were sown than the year before. That is the first time the area of grain sown has increased in twelve years, and this is…
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Risk of strike in the oil industry: mediation deadline approaching
Over 300 employees in five companies are ready to strike from midnight if a consensus in the mediation between the Industri Energi and Norwegian Oil and Gas is not made.…
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