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Latest oil find boosts stocks

Norwegian oil company Det norske oljeselskap was among those seeing even more investor interest on Monday, after state oil company Statoil confirmed the discovery...

Norway’s oil attracts the world

More than 50,000 energy industry players were converging on Norway's oil capital of Stavanger this week, to meet and mingle at a time when...

Media workers face huge cuts

More uncertainty was gripping employees of Norwegian media firm Schibsted on Thursday as it planned to slash jobs, consolidate some editorial operations among several...

Orkla expands its dominance at the grocery store

Orkla AS, one of Norway's biggest industrial firms, is about to get even more powerful in the grocery store business after finally succeeding with...

Unemployment rose slightly

Labour Ministry officials say they're uneasy over unemployment figures that have been showing a slight rise in recent months. The overall unemployment rate in...

Norway’s emerging Arctic capital

Norway's northern city of Tromsø has been called "The Paris of the North" for years, but now it's taking on entirely new significance as...

Rise in car sales signals continued confidence

Norwegians bought more cars last month than they did in July of last year. Economists view the rise as a sign  that consumer confidence...

Stoltenberg repeats euro concerns

NEWS ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has getting more widespread media coverage, during Norway's summer doldrums, over his ongoing concern about economic turbulence in...

Norwegian parents ‘spoil’ their kids

Young Norwegians are so privileged and demanding that relatively few have been working in hotels, restaurants, fish factories or warehouses this summer. Frustrated Norwegian...

More cuts loom at Norsk Hydro

One of Norway's largest industrial firms, Norsk Hydro, is feeling the pain of the euro crisis after suffering major losses in the second quarter....
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