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Vestas exceeds expectations – wins new China order / Norwegian outstrips SAS / Novo spends $3m on US campaign Vestas: Wind energy giant Vestas upgraded its profit guidance for 2016, Tuesday, after posting Q3…
MoreUS Ambassador: DK-USA relationship will remain strong, even if Trump wins
If Donald Trump is elected president today it won’t drastically change the relationship between the USA and Denmark, according to US Ambassador Rufus Gifford who said in a TV interview last night the…
MoreNordea: Trump presidency could cost 10,000 Danish jobs
A Donald Trump victory in today’s presidential election will kick-start an American recession that could cost Danish export companies millions of kroner and thousands of jobs, Nordea has warned. In a special report…
MoreSmall Danish exporters enjoy US success
Economists’ concern about the possibility of a Donald Trump victory today comes just as a new report shows small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are enjoying success in the USA. After years of stagnation,…
MoreVestas fears Trump victory
Vestas is praying for a Hillary Clinton today. Shares in the wind energy giant dropped by about 8 percent last week after it appeared anti-environment candidate Donald Trump was gaining ground in the…
MoreTurkey’s ambassador asked to explain crackdown on opponents
Turkey’s ambassador to Denmark, Mehmet Dönnez, was summoned to the Danish Ministry 0f Foreign Affairs, Monday, to explain the recent mass arrests in his country, including 11 members of the pro-Kurdish HDP party….
MoreNovo Nordisk could be investigated for insulin cartel
Former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Saunders has requested the US Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission open investigations into “potential coordination” by Danish drug-maker Novo Nordisk in raising insulin prices in collusion…
MoreDecades of growth coming to an end
50 ‘golden years’ of sustained economic growth are slowly coming to an end, according to Berlingske’s Business Panel of 93 leading economists who predict per capita growth over the next decade – the average…
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SAS passenger boost / FLSmidth signs $200 million Iraq deal / Vestager wins Real Madrid dispute SAS: Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) enjoyed it’s best October ever, carrying 2.7 million scheduled passengers, but the ’yield’ – measure…
MoreAlcohol diplomacy in island dispute with Canada
The New York Times reports how Canada and Denmark are fighting a decades-old territorial dispute with whisky and schnapps rather than guns and threats. From the New York Times: International disputes over territory can…
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