American Chamber of Commerce in Norwayhttp://www.amcham.no/American Chamber of Commerce in Norwayen-us© Copyright 2005, amcham.no, All Rights Reserved.2010-07-312010-07-31 amcham.no: News360 American Chamber of Commerce in Norwayhttp://www.amcham.no/image/AmCham.gifhttp://www.amcham.no/ HealthStream and Laerdal Medical Form Joint Venturehttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3378Nashville, Tenn. – HealthStream, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSTM), a leading provider of learning and research solutions for the healthcare industry, and Laerdal Medical (“Laerdal”), a global leader in the provisi6/27/2010 Opera Software Selects Dell to Drive IT Efficiency Globallyhttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3377OSLO, Norway, -- Opera Software (OSE: OPERA), developer of cross-platform Web browser technology, has selected Dell to simplify its data center to deliver a faster, more stable and flexible Internet e6/23/2010 FMC Technologies Awarded $70 Million Pan Pandora Contracthttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3372HOUSTON, June 21, 2010 -- FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FTI) announced yesterday that it has signed an agreement with Statoil for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment to support t6/22/2010 Telenor Norway Deploys Lancope's StealthWatch for NetFlow Analysis to Gain Network Visibilityhttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3373Atlanta -- Lancope, Inc., the leader in NetFlow(TM) collection and analysis and the provider of the StealthWatch(R) System for flow-based network performance and security monitoring, announced that Te6/22/2010 Statoil Declares Force Majeure on GoM Rig Jobhttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3374Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Wednesday that Statoil had declared force majeure on a contract on a Maersk oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.The Maersk Developer rig has been wor6/22/2010 Oil Drilling in the Arctic - Facing a Freezehttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3375WHEN BP’s Macondo well began spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the firm was in the midst of an effort to persuade Canada’s energy regulator that safety standards for offshore drilling in the Canadi6/22/2010 BNY Mellon Asset Servicing Appointed as Global Custodian by the Norwegian Banks' Guarantee Fundhttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3376BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, the global leader in securities servicing, has been appointed by Bankenes sikringsfond (Norwegian Banks Guarantee Fund) to provide global custody and related services for a6/22/2010 Europe's Oncology Community Meets at ECCP 2010 in Oslo September 15-17http://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3371Europes most promising oncology biotechs and other key stakeholders will gather in Oslo, Norway, September 15-17 for the 2nd European Cancer Cluster Meeting (ECCP 2010). Co-hosted by the Oslo Cancer C6/16/2010 RPM's Performance Coatings Group Acquires Norwegian Flooring Coatings Businesshttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3370MEDINA, Ohio -- RPM International Inc. announced that its Performance Coatings Group has acquired Hummervoll Industribelegg AS, a supplier and installer of industrial flooring systems based in Bergen,6/15/2010 TV 2 Selects Convivahttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3367SAN MATEO, CA -- Conviva, Inc., an advanced streaming solutions provider, announced that TV 2, the largest commercial television station in Norway, is using Convivas platform for securing the delivery6/14/2010 FMC Technologies Receives Petroleum Directorate Awardhttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3368FMC Technologies Norway has received the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s 2009 IOR award for outstanding technology development of seabed production systems.Director general of the Norwegian Petroleu6/14/2010 Statoil Sees Higher Drilling Cost After US Spillhttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3369Norwegian oil and gas group Statoil said on Friday it expected higher drilling costs on the Norwegian continental shelf with tighter regulation following BPs oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.If there i6/14/2010 Northrop Grumman Wins Orders for New High-Speed Passenger Ferries in Norwayhttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3364CHARLOTTESVILLE -- Northrop Grumman Corporation has supplied the integrated bridge systems for two new high-speed passenger ferries for the Norwegian ferry operator Fjord1 Fylkesbaatane. Each of the v6/10/2010 Bark Group to Acquire Media Agency in Norway, Expanding Presence in Scandinaviahttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3365NEW YORK, NY, -- Bark Group Inc., an innovative integrated U.S. advertising and performance-based marketing company with a multinational client base, announced today that their affiliate, BARK Stockho6/10/2010 Lockheed Martin F-35 Ground-Test Article Completes Testing Five Months Ahead of Schedulehttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3366FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program successfully completed F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) full-scale static testing - with zero structural failures - five6/10/2010 The ''Plastiki'' Expedition - Waste is Fundamentally Inefficient Designhttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3362The Plastiki began her adventure nearly four years ago after taking inspiration from a report issued by UNEP called ‘Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Deep Waters and High Seas’ and Thor Heyerdahl’s epic6/8/2010 Hydro Brise Soleil Product Line to Use Ascent Solar CIGS Moduleshttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3363THORNTON, Colo. -- Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. and Hydro announced today, after rigorous internal product development and testing, the CIGS laminated modules from Ascent Solar are ready for beta t6/8/2010 Oslo University Hospital Strengthens Innovation Leadershiphttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3361OSLO and BOSTON -- Oslo University Hospital and Induct Software(TM) AS (Induct), The Open Innovation Company(TM), today announced a long term strategic partnership Agreement under which the parties wi6/7/2010 BRS Parachute System Saves Four in Dramatic Norway Emergencyhttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3360SOUTH ST. PAUL, MN -- BRS Aerospace (Ballistic Recovery Systems) of South St. Paul, Minnesota, USA announced its 250th documented save when four people in a Cirrus SR20 SRV G3 single-engine aircraft w6/4/2010 Fluor Completes REC's Moses Lake Polysilicon Plant Constructionhttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3358IRVING, Texas -- Fluor Corporation announced today that it has reached mechanical completion on Renewable Energy Corporations (REC) Silicon IV silane gas plant for its Moses Lake Expansion Project in 6/3/2010 Names of the 2010 Kavli Prize Recipients Announcedhttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3359Oslo -- Eight scientists whose discoveries have dramatically expanded human understanding in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience have been recognized with the award of the million6/3/2010 NASDAQ OMX Completes Nord Pool ASA Acquisitionhttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3355The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. yesterday announced that it has received the necessary regulatory approval for the completion of its acquisition of Nord Pool ASA. Nord Pool ASA holds a Norwegian exchange l6/1/2010 Statoil Stands to Lose Millions Dailyhttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3356The Norwegian oil and energy company Statoil stands to lose NOK millions daily as long as the new US ban on drilling for oil on the sea bed is maintained, says the companys information director in the6/1/2010 KONGSBERG Delivers First Helicopter Surveillance System to General Dynamicshttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3357Kongsberg Maritime has successfully delivered the first state-of-the-art Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) Helicopter Operations Surveillance System (HOSS) to General Dynamics Advanced Information System6/1/2010 WindSim and 3TIER Advance Wind Resource Assessment Modelinghttp://www.amcham.no/news/news.asp?id=3352WindSim and 3TIER recently announced the completion a joint wind resource assessment initiative that successfully demonstrates the feasibility of combining WindSims computational fluid dynamics (CFD) 5/25/2010