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| | ... negotiate a lower tax rate. According to the Commonwealth Treasury, 11 countries have resource royalty regimes but five - Norway, Denmark, the US, Canada and South Africa - have super profit components albeit defined differently with varying threshold ... |
| | | ... audited annual reports, investment strategy and portfolio updates. The institute has modeled the index' principles on the Norway's Government Pension Fund-Global, which it said is one of the best examples of transparency in the world. The Future Fund ... |
| | | ... overseas. CF Industries made another offer for fertiliser maker Terra Industries, which last month agreed to be sold to Norway's Yara for $US4.1 billion. Technology stocks got a boost from Qualcomm Inc, which boosted its dividend by 12 per cent. The ... |
| | | The $430 billion Norwegian Government Pension fund has selected European responsible investment house, GES Investment Services, to screen its fixed income and equities portfolios for tobacco and weapons criteria. The research mandate means GES will ... |
| | | ... Souza Cruz SA, Universal Corp VA and Reynolds American Inc are among those excluded from the fund's investment universe. Norway's Government Pension Fund Global is a very active responsible investor. Last year, the fund placed the European engineering ... |
| | | ... nothing and watch as the economy crumbles? And low interest rates? What happened when the Fed begins lifting? Australia and Norway have started moving up interest rates. There are still many unknowns and 'what ifs' and there will always be. For now ... |
| | | ... 2,313 57 138 37.5 AA+ 12. Greece 505 47 135 90.1 A- 13. Sweden 664 73 129 36.5 AAA 14. Finland 329 62 116 33.0 AAA 15. Norway 552 118 114 52.0 AAA 16. Italy 2,359 41 98 103.7 A+ 17. United States 13,627 44 95 60.7 AAA 18. Australia 764 36 71 15.4 AAA ... |
| | | ... monetary authorities' helicopters. A check on The Economist's Economic and Financial Indicators table shows that apart from Norway, all 43 countries in its list are forecast to record budget deficits this year. I have even written about this late last ... |
| | | One of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, Norway's Government Pension Fund - Global is putting more emphasis on responsible investing with tighter regulations on environmental, social and good corporate governance. The fund previously had two ... |
| | | ... world are not sitting by watching their economies sink. And they'll 'do what is necessary.' Just last week, Bank Indonesia, Norway's Norges Bank and the Bank of England all cut their key interest rates by 50 bps to 8.25 per cent, 2.5 per cent and 1 per ... |
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