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Seadrill Limited (OSL:SDRL) Kate Blankenship, Director of Seadrill Limited, has purchased 3,000 shares in Seadrill Limited at a price of NOK58.00 per share. Blankenship's holding in Seadrill Limited following this transaction is 11,000 shares and 50,000 options.
STX Europe ASA (OSL:AKY) The world's leading builder of cruise and offshore vessels, Aker Yards, changes name to STX Europe. The name change reflects the entry of the South Korean-based STX Business Group as principal shareholder in the company during summer 2008. Effective 3 November, the international shipbuilding group Aker Yards, with head office in Oslo, Norway, and all its subsidiaries, will share the common brand STX Europe.
KBC Groep (EBR:KBC) Regulated information* - 3 November 2008 (8 a.m. CET)
Outotec Oyj (HEL:OTE1V) OUTOTEC OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE, NOVEMBER 3, 2008 AT 9.00 AM
Norske Skog (OSL:NSG) Reference is made to the stock exchange release from Norske Skog dated 23 October, stating that all result effects after tax from sold units will be gathered under the item "Loss from discontinued operations". The figure totals around minus NOK 800 million.
StatoilHydro (OSL:STL) StatoilHydro ASA (OSE: STL, NYSE:STO) StatoilHydro's net income in the third quarter in 2008 amounted to NOK 6.3 billion compared to NOK 14.6 billion in the third quarter of 2007 and was negatively affected by the significant strengthening of the US dollar compared to NOK on net financial items and consequently an unusually high tax rate. Net income in the first nine months of 2008 amounted to NOK 41.2 billion, compared to NOK 38.4 billion in the first nine months of 2007.
