BTN NORWEGIAN POLITICS 2006 HEADLINES ONLY

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N281	Wednesday, 13 December, 2006 Social Firms?	Nobel Peace Laureate Wants "Social Firms" Can be Seen as a New Way to Recognize Intangibles Would Require a Special Legislative Framework Worth Considering
N280	Tuesday, 12 December, 2006 Anticlimax	Government Presents State Ownership Policy No Stock Options, Limited Bonuses New Document to Define State's Strategy No State Inc Firms to Notify Before Closing Plants
N279	Friday, 1 December, 2006 More Doors Closing	Government Presents Subsidy System for Renewables Higher Power Demand from Petroleum Industry Projected Coal Power with Capture Emerging as new Option Increasingly Hard to Define a Rational Energy Policy
N278	Monday, 20 November, 2006 The Progress Party's Call	Opposition Parties Present Budget Alternatives Conservatives, Liberals Aligned on Tax Policy, Research Christians Only Symbolically Aligned, Propose Small Changes Progress Party Spends NOK 23 Bn More than Government Progress Party's Theory and Practise Inconsistent Must Improve Its Act to get in Touch with Other Non-Socialists
N277	Sunday, 15 October, 2006 Time to Choose	Minister Presents More Details on Feed-In for Renewables Design Different from Expert Study's Discussion Missing Proposal to Parliament Later this Year Time to Choose One System; Capture at Least has Some Upside
N276	Monday, 9 October, 2006 Best of Times	Moderately Expansive Budget Tax Increase Completed Extra Half Billion from Creative Items Extra Revenue from Bondevik's Policies Likely to Disappear as Taxes Hurt Incentives High Local as Well as Global Business Cycle Sick Leave Problem Still Unresolved
N275	Wednesday, 20 September, 2006 Genie Without Magic	High School Students Reject Science Not Good for Expressing Ideas Scientists Seen as Isolated Nerds Reflects General Dichotomy between Science and Society Rationality Needs Better Philosophical Foundation
N274	Friday, 29 September, 2006 Making Ownership Matter More	Fund-in-Funds for Promoting PE Funds Encouraging Import of Human Capital More Arguments for Removal of Capital Tax Proposal to Cut Company Tax What's the Best Tax Package for More Value Creation?
N273	Friday, 15 September, 2006 State Inc?	How to Make the State a Better Owner Is "the State's Ownership Centre" a Good Solution? Similar Proposals Turned Down Many Times Before Willoch: Would Become a Major Concentration of Power Impossible to Find Good Solution Except Less State Ownership
N272	Wednesday, 6 September, 2006 Ownership Matters II	Individuals Best at Profitability Foreign Owners Best at Growth Multi-Firm Owners More Like Corporate Owners Holding Back on Profits to Achieve Long-Term Growth State Ownership Poor or Average Owners' Competence and Motivation Crucial Owners Should Match Firms' Changing Needs Ownership Changes Enhance Value Creation Foreign Takeovers Mostly Beneficial Low Norwegian M&A Activity Abroad
N271	Wednesday, 6 September, 2006 Ownership Matters I	New Seminal Book on Ownership in Norway Individuals Own More of Firms than Expected Norwegian Firms Not Very Internationalised Norwegian Investors Not Very Active Abroad Imbalance of Acquisition of Emerging Knowledge Firms?
N270	Tuesday, 1 August, 2006 Red, Green - and Yellow?	Labour Woos Christians Minister Proposes Alliance in Parliament Christian Rank-and-File Tempted Makes No Sense for Either Side Real Purpose to Prepare Backup for Left Socialists
N269	Saturday, 29 July, 2006 Promises, Promises	Red-Greens Need More Money Pressure to Break Tax Commitment Homes and Interest Shelters Tempting PM, Labour Resisting Centre Party Minister Indicates Election Promises are Worthless Operation With Farmers Allows Additional Tax Increase for Others Can We Expect More of the Same Creativity?
N268	Tuesday, 4 July, 2006 Desirable Failures	Cluster Theory Becoming Broadly Recognised Covered By "Market Failure" in Modern Neo-Classic Theory To Be "Corrected" By Active Policy, If Necessary Even Tax Problem: "Failure" is Desirable Verification Required Econometric, Empirical Verification - Which to Trust? Shipping Tax Commission Majority Refuses to Recognise Shipping Cluster Contrary to Expectation, Empirical Evidence, Econometrics Discussion About Decisions Under Uncertainty, Lobbying
N267	Saturday, 1 July, 2006 Fiscal Imperialism	Business Warns Against CFC Proposal Breaks With International Practise Violates Tax Agreements, EEA/EU Rules Competitive Handicap for Norwegian Firms Probably Impossible To Implement Anyway
N266	Tuesday, 27 June, 2006 Majority for Minority	Most Review Statements Support Shipping Industry Important Contributions From NHO, LO, FNH, OLF, Veritas Two Ministries Taking Opposing Sides, Others Silent West Coast Politicians Confirm Cluster Effects Most Political Parties, Government, Already Committed Main Challenge to Avoid Impression of "a Political Thing"
N265	Friday, 15 June, 2006 Feed-In	Feed-In the Most Expensive System Likely to Cause Target Over-Run Feed-In Promotes Industry Development, But Hard for Latecomers Promoting a Hydropower Cluster Makes No Sense Unless Size is Allowed Simple Bidding System Better If New Program Can't be Avoided
N264	Friday, 15 June, 2006 Unnecessary and Wasteful	Government Increases Renewables Target Creates Fund for New Renewables Annual Returns Into Enova's Budget Feed-In System to Encourage Wind and Small Hydro Target Already Set Much Too High Everything is Overkill, Gas Power Will Do
N263	Monday, 22 May, 2006 Revenues Growing	State's Tax Revenues Continue to Grow 6% Growth of Onshore Tax Revenue Above Wage Growth Major Part Explained by Increased Employment Must Include Many Voluntary Non-Employed Seeking/Getting Work Indicates Tax Cuts May be Self-Financing (or More) More Research Required
N262	Friday, 12 May, 2006 Wallet, Heart, Or Mind?	Conservatives in Crisis Open Convention Solberg: Less About Money, More About Values Young Conservatives: Aim at Cooperation With Progress Party Foss: Closer to Socialists on Finance Policy Brende Discards "Neutral" Industry Policy
N261	Thursday, 11 May, 2006 No Easy Fix	Preliminary Findings on "Value Chain" released Next Power Crisis in Finnmark Gas Power Projects Lined Up if the Government Pays Coal Boss Wants Coal-Fired Power Plants Can Everything Fit Into "Value Chain"?
N260	Thursday, 4 May, 2006 Promising Power	PM Promises Funds for Another Two Gas Power Plants Turnaround: Priority for Skogn Project Over Tjeldbergodden Hopes that CO2 for EOR Will Pay for Everything Gassco Identifies Eleven "Value Chains", None Profitable
N259	Tuesday, 2 May, 2006 A Third Voice	Kydland to Lead Project on Fund Privatisation "Citizens Better Caretakers" Conservatives, Progress Party Positive Finance Minister Negative Project Likely to Transform Political, Professional Paradigms "Third Voice" Between Orthodoxy and Populism
N258	Tuesday, 25 April, 2006 Shipping Fallacies Discussion paper by Gunnar Frognes attached to commentary.	Shipping Tax Commission Analysed by Gunnar Frognes Profitability Should Reflect Use of Currency State's Liquidation Profit Equivalent to Petroleum Revenue Ties to Equipment Suppliers Without Direct Trade
N257	Tuesday, 21 March, 2006 The Third Factor	Shipping Tax Commission Misses Knowledge Factor Narrow-Sighted Cluster Theory Misleading Use of Empirical Studies Full Picture Must Include the Petroleum Cluster
N256	Friday, 17 March, 2006 All or Nothing	Polarized Shipping Tax Commission Majority Back to Fundamentalism Weak Point: Will Investors Remain When Industry Departs? Minority Wants to Follow Europe, Sweden Political Majority Indicates Support for Commission's Minority
N255	Wednesday, 1 March, 2006 Sweden Follows Europe	Swedish Commission Proposes European Shipping Tax Norwegian Commission Due Shortly Complicated Politics and Professionalism in Norway
N254	Friday, 10 February, 2006 Completely Green Must be Green Enough	Opposition Demands Green Certificates System With Sweden Government Unable Due to Incompatibility On Hydropower, "Green Heat" Soria Moria Declaration Requires Very Limited Hydropower Certificate System Never Efficient Under Any Circumstances European System Years Off; Could Benefit Norway Why Have Conflicting Programs When Everything is Green Anyway?
N253	Monday, 30 Januar, 2006 Ownership for Innovation	Owners Drivers for Productivity Restructuring, Endogenous Improvement Equally Important Enough Capital, Not Enough Owners "Fund-in-Fund" Recommended as Instrument Important to Attract Headquarters
N252	Monday, 30 January, 2006 Competition Neutrality?	Economists Discard "Competition Neutrality" But Other Countries' Framework Conditions Not Irrelevant Should in Particular be Considered on the Frontier of Innovation
N251	Monday, 16 January, 2006 Active Neutrality	Economists Discuss Industry Policy Neutrality Ex Ante or Ex Post? Knowledge Externalities, Cluster Theory Accepted Innovation Policy Beyond Neutrality