Business roundup: Novo earns billions and announces share split, Vestas and Ørsted face headwinds

It is accounting time, and the large Danish companies are seeing varying degrees of success. Billions continue to flow into Novo Nordisk, while the green energy companies Vestas and Ørsted depict had a more challenging quarter. New inflation figures show a rise, but the minister of Economic Affairs is not worried.

It is accounting time, and the large Danish companies are seeing varying degrees of success. Billions continue to flow into Novo Nordisk, while the green energy companies Vestas and Ørsted depict had a more challenging quarter. New inflation figures show a rise, but the minister of Economic Affairs is not worried.


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