ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) privatization

- Norway: the Norwegian State has sold, for NOK 4.3 bn, 104 million shares in DNB - DEN NORSKE BANK, the country's leading bank. Following this sale, the state, that had a 60.7% stake in the bank, now has only some 47.3%. In the long-term, the Government is committed to reducing its share to a third of the capital. The shares were put up for sale at NOK 41.5 a share and demand exceeded supply by 2.5. Of the 104 million shares, 95 million were sold to institutional investors and 9 million to...