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Norway to review fund investments (Financial Times)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:01:53 GMT
Norway’s finance minister has ordered a review of investments by the country’s wealth fund in companies active in the Palestinian territories after Israel’s crackdown in Gaza, officials said.

Amy Winehouse drops drug case appeal in Norway (Newsday)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:28:46 GMT
OSLO, Norway -- British singer Amy Winehouse dropped her appeal in a Norwegian drug case and will accept a fine for illegal marijuana possession in 2007, her attorney said Tuesday.

Norway oil fund's Israel holdings under scrutiny (AlertNet)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:51:24 GMT
Source: Reuters (Adds detail on review's remit) By John Acher OSLO, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Norway's finance minister has ordered a review of investments by the country's $300 billion wealth fund in companies active in ...

Norway oil fund's Israel holdings under scrutiny (AlertNet)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:06:14 GMT
Source: Reuters By John Acher OSLO, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Norway's finance minister has ordered a review of investments by the country's $300 billion wealth fund in companies active in the Palestinian territories after ...

Norway T/N rate rises, 3-mth rate steady at fixing (The Forex Market)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:40:32 GMT
OSLO, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Norway's tomorrow/next interest rate rose to 3.66 percent at the daily fixing on Tuesday from Monday's 3.52 percent while three-month cash held steady at 3.85 percent.

Canadian consults Norway on oil wealth (UPI)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:19:20 GMT
EDMONTON, Alberta, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- The provincial minister of finance for the Canadian province of Alberta is seeking advice from Norway on handling billions of dollars in oil revenue.

Norway council tables fair board's electric request (The Iron Mountain Daily News)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:37:47 GMT
NORWAY - As a way to make necessary improvements in order to host horse shows and other events that bring in much needed revenues to the area, the Dickinson County Fair Board has requested the city of Norway's assistance with installation of electrical services to the campground area. In order for the events to take place, the campground must be improved with appropriate electrical and bathroom f

Norway's PM calls for Israeli withdrawal from Gaza (People's Daily)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:34:32 GMT
Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has appealed to Israel to withdraw its troops immediately from Gaza, according to news reports reaching here from Oslo Monday. The Israeli operation on the ground is a dramatic escalation and Norway is opposed to military operations which hit a large number of civilians, Stoltenberg said in a news program of the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK. "We ask ...

Canadian consults Norway on oil wealth (Moldova.org)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:52:12 GMT
The provincial minister of finance for the Canadian province of Alberta is seeking advice from Norway on handling billions of dollars in oil revenue.Iris Evans leaves Edmonton this week to see how Oslo has managed to amass $300 billion in a rainy-day fund since the 1990s from oil profits. Alberta has been saving since the 1970s but has only about $15 billion in its fund, the Edmonton Journal ...

Amy Winehouse Says Fine to Norwegian Fine (E! Online via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:06:41 GMT
Amy Winehouse may not have given in to wearing her bathing suit all the time, but she has agreed to pay the fine for her 2007 illegal marijuana possession charge in Norway.

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