Suspected insider trading threatens bank bailout plan
Publisert: 11:48 20-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s finance minister warned opposition politicians Monday morning not to delay or dump last week´s government crisis plan aimed at boosting bank liquidity. Critics claim the plan was tailor-made for DnB NOR, which is under investigation for alleged insider trading linked to the plan. |
 
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Coastal shipping line to lay up another vessel
Publisert: 10:05 20-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s famed coastal shipping line Hurtigruten
plans to put another vessel in mothballs and lay off employees, as the line struggles with mounting financial trouble. |
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Pettersen led after the first round on Hawaii
Publisert: 18:44 17-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Pettersen was in the lead after the first round of the LPGA match on Hawaii. |
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Fear of social dumping puts pressure on Stoltenberg
Publisert: 17:39 17-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is unwilling to speculate about whether the Directive on services in the internal market will split the Centre-Left coalition. |
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Weak Kroner threatens interest rate cut
Publisert: 16:26 17-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The recent fall in the value of Norwegian Kroner may force the Bank of Norway to raise interest rates again. |
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Cluster bomb ban ready
Publisert: 14:18 17-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
A proposal which will lead to the destruction of all Norwegian cluster weapons is on its way to the Norwegian Parliament. |
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SAS wants to quit Air Baltic
Publisert: 13:40 17-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
SAS is negotiating with the Latvian government about selling its shares in Air Baltic. |
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Norwegian Air makes emergency landing
Publisert: 13:20 17-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian Air carrying 170 passengers made an emergency landing at Rygge Airport after an alarm warned of fire in one of the wings. Passengers were evacuated by emergency slides. |
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Progress Party plunges after bank crisis
Publisert: 10:46 17-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
One in five of the Progress Party’s supporters have changed their mind since last month’s opinion poll. Support for the Labour Party has grown. |
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Volatile week on Oslo Exchange
Publisert: 09:27 17-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The main index fell 8.91 percent on Wednesday. Thursday the market lost 7.95 percent. On Friday the index rose 5.8 percent during the first four minutes of trading. |
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Norway and Russia agree on fishing quotas
Publisert: 21:35 16-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norwegian and Russian authorities have agreed on fishing quotas for 2009. Cod and haddock limits are higher than for many years. |
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Committee wants fewer children in prison
Publisert: 16:24 16-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Children who have committed very serious crimes will still go to jail, says a report which discusses how to react to juvenile crime and how to prevent it. |
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Dead sheep shocks diver
Publisert: 15:55 16-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Diver Hans Harald Ylvisåker was swimming 15 metres under the surface looking for crayfish. Instead he found a sheep with three of its legs tied to a stone. |
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Stocks fall on Thursday
Publisert: 15:02 16-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The main index fell 8.91 percent on Wednesday. The fall continued in early trading Thursday before the market regained some of the initial loss. In the early afternoon the index was down 4 percent. |
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Norwegian Kroner falls
Publisert: 14:53 16-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The Norwegian Kroner has fallen steeply against the Euro and the US dollar. |
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Svalbard bans criminal
Publisert: 13:32 16-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The Assistant Governor on Svalbard has barred a 28 year-old man from entering the Arctic archipelago for two years. |
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Gahr Støre opens conference on internal refugees
Publisert: 11:43 16-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre opened a big conference about people who are forced to flee their homes and seek refuge in another part of their own country. |
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Stocks fell sharply on Wednesday
Publisert: 11:01 16-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
The main index fell 8.91 percent on Wednesday. The fall continued in early trading Thursday before the market regained some of the initial loss. |
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More pressure on soccer coach to quit
Publisert: 10:23 16-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
Norway´s soccer team’s lost one to nothing against the Netherlands on Wednesday. Sports journalists are clamouring for the head coach to quit. |
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Bribery concerns sour mood at Norway´s two largest firms
Publisert: 16:44 15-10-2008 Kilde: Aftenposten
StatoilHydro took over Norsk Hydro´s oil and gas division in a so-called "friendly" deal last year, but now relations between Norway´s two largest companies seem nearly hostile. A case of suspected bribery nearly a decade ago has pitted the two local giants against each other. |
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