STOCKHOLM, May 7- Swedish industrial production rose 0.8 percent in March from February and was flat year-on-year, topping market expectations, data from the statistics office showed on Tuesday. Industry order bookings increased 10.5 percent on the month and rose 11.2 from the same month a year ago, the office said in a statement.
STOCKHOLM, May 7- Lundin Petroleum:. *Q1- EBITDA of musd 276.2. *Mean forecast for Q1 EBITDA was $277 million in Reuters poll.
OSLO, May 6- The Arctic ecosystem, already under pressure from record ice melts, faces another potential threat in the form of rapid acidification of the ocean, according to an international study published on Monday. Cold water absorbs carbon dioxide more readily than warm water, making the Arctic especially vulnerable.
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*ABBA gets own museum in Stockholm. *Bjorn Ulvaeus scotches rumours of a reunion. STOCKHOLM, May 6- The catchy tunes, outlandish costumes and shimmering boots that made ABBA a global phenomenon all feature in a new museum dedicated to the band, but rumours the exhibition may presage a reunion by Sweden's most famous export were quickly quashed.
*Norway less predictable place to do business- oil firms. *Second change to Norway energy incentives in 5 months. Norway, the world's seventh-biggest oil exporter, announced on Sunday it would lower the amount energy firms can write down on their investments to 22 percent of their investment costs from the special energy tax, down from 30 percent earlier.
OSLO, May 6- Output from Sweden's 1,120 megawatts Forsmark-2 nuclear reactor will be reduced to 250 MW on Monday starting from 0730 GMT as a part of a testing plan announced earlier, its operator said in a market message. *-Oskarshamn-2's permission to operate is valid until June 30, 2013.
STOCKHOLM, May 6- Sweden's Lundin Petroleum. Lundin Petroleum has a 40- percent stake in the discovery. The other partners are Statoil, with 30 percent, and Premier Oil, with 40 percent.
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*Spot power for Sat set at 38.26 euros/ MWh. for Saturday delivery came out at 38.26 euros per megawatt-hour on the Nordic power exchange versus 40.97 euros for Friday. Combined wind power output in Denmark and Sweden was predicted to increase by about 1,000 MW to some 3,000 MW on Saturday.
May 03- Following are terms and conditions. of an FRN increased on friday.
STOCKHOLM, May 3- SAS AB:.
May 03- Following are terms and conditions. of an FRN priced on Friday.
STOCKHOLM, May 3- Scandinavian airline SAS. said on Friday it would sell 80 percent of Norwegian regional airline Wideroe for 2.0 billion Swedish crowns as part of a survival plan agreed with banks last year. SAS said it had an option in 2016 to sell the remaining 20 percent to the consortium of investors buying Wideroe.
STOCKHOLM, May 3- Ericsson expects cut-throat competition between telecoms equipment makers as China prepares to spend billions of dollars on high-speed networks, punishing margins at a time when profitability is already under pressure.
STOCKHOLM, May 3- Ericsson expects cut-throat competition between telecoms equipment makers as China prepares to spend billions of dollars on high-speed networks, punishing margins at a time when profitability is already under pressure.
OSLO, May 3- Sweden's 1,400- megawatt Oskarshamn-3 nuclear reactor, the biggest in the Nordics, will go offline for maintenance on Saturday, reducing the availability of nuclear power in the region for much of May.
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HELSINKI, May 3- The following stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and other factors on Friday:. For more on the company, click on TDC. Danish telecom operator TDC is expected to report a 3.4 percent fall in first-quarter core underlying profit, a Reuters poll of analysts showed.