A summary of some of the most interesting Business stories around the web just now.
STAY IN THE EU, NORWAY WARNS UK
Norway's foreign minister has urged the UK to stay in the European Union, rather than leave. Norway is not an EU member but has access to the single market. UK Eurosceptics use it as a model for how the UK could relate to the EU from outside.
But Foreign Minister Espen Eide, who is pro-EU said Oslo had "limited scope for influence".
"We are not at the table when decisions are made," he told Radio 4's The World This Weekend. Norway has twice rejected the chance to join the EU in referendums in 1972 and 1994.
RESEARCH IN MOTION PROFITS DOWN
Blackberry-maker Research in Motion (RIM) has seen its profits plunge, and reported the first fall in quarterly subscription numbers in the company's history. The Canadian firm made a net profit of $9m (£5.5m) in the three months to 1 December, down from $265m a year ago.
During the quarter, its global subscriber base fell to 79 million from 80 million. RIM hopes to revive its fortunes with a new operating system. The Blackberry 10 system will be introduced from 30 January on a new range of handsets.
JAPAN RECEIVE ECONOMIC BOOST
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has boosted its key stimulus measure in an attempt to revive growth in the world's third-largest economy. It has extended its asset purchase programme, aimed at keeping borrowing costs down, by 10 trillion yen ($119bn; £73bn).
The central bank also left interest rates unchanged between zero and 0.1%. The BOJ has been facing increasing pressure to take steps to help revive the Japanese economy. Japan has been battling years of sluggish growth.
Source: BBC Business News
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