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...Millennial generation, born after 1980. These post Cold War kids have grown up with the threat of global warming - just as their parents grew up with the fear of nuclear war - and they know that they'll be left to cope with a warmer world tomorrow if nothing is done to slow carbon emissions today...
...domestic resources, seeing two Norwegian firms, both largely state owned, jostling for the same openings could be "confusing," says Mellbye. "They thought there would be some political preference given from the Norwegian authorities, and then on that basis they could make a choice," he says. "But that was never done." The two companies began negotiations late last year, and when in December they brought their merger proposal to the government, it was quickly approved. (The government owns about two-thirds of StatoilHydro.) Now that the two firms are one, says Mellbye, foreign partners will know that Norway's political support...
...however, the company must also focus on investigating those suspect payments in Libya and limiting the damage if wrongdoing is uncovered. On Oct. 4, Hydro said it had contacted Okokrim, the Norwegian national authority that investigates economic crime, after an initial probe suggested Hydro had done more business with the consultancy than was previously thought. Packed into a room with reporters in Molde, a short drive and ferry trip from Nyhamna, StatoilHydro's new boss Lund scoffed at any talk that the revelations might disrupt the smooth integration of the two firms. "I'm the strongest guarantor for that...
...didn't think about it as a market-topping scenario, but I would say to you that it's unlikely that a deal of that size is going to get done again...
...shocking thing for us because we didn't realize we had 12 Top 10 hits. We sort of looked up a few months ago and thought, Wow, it's been 12 years. We've done pretty well for ourselves...