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Anders Borg the Swedish Finance Minister, tells CNBC that they are going to start negotiations with Switzerland and Lichtenstein and others based on anti-tax haven legislation.
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Ford Motor said it has not entered talks with anyone to sell Volvo, despite reports that BMW was interested in a possible purchase of the Swedish automaker.
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Scandinavian Airlines officials met with union representatives Monday in a bid to end a cabin crew strike that has grounded hundreds of flights to and from Sweden since last week.
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Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the owner of the Dubai stock exchange, is mulling a rival bid to Nasdaq's agreed $3.7 billion takeover of Nordic markets owner OMX, the Sunday Times reported.
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Scandinavian airline SAS said on Thursday it was cancelling all flights by its Swedish unit on Friday due to a threatened strike by cabin crew.
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Sweden's Volvo posted a smaller-than-expected fall in first-quarter pretax profit on Friday, weathering a U.S. slowdown, and raised its outlook for its key European truck market.
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Wireless equipment maker Ericsson said Thursday its net profit grew 27% during the first quarter, boosted by stronger sales in western Europe and Asia.
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Swedish household appliance maker Electrolux said Thursday its net profit for the first quarter more than doubled from last year, when results were weighed down by the closing of a plant in Germany.
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Global fashion chain Hennes & Mauritz sees room to boost its efficiency and is likely to maintain the gross profit margin achieved in its last quarter, its chief executive said on Wednesday.
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Shares in Air France-KLM increased on Friday after Deutsche Bank upgraded the stock to “buy” from “hold”.
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Here some of Thurday's big movers on European stock markets: Altadis, Imperial Tobacco, Pirelli, Cap Gemini, Swedish Match, Omega Pharma and AstraZeneca.
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AOL Wednesday withdrew an estimated $900 million cash offer for Swedish online marketerTradeDoubler after failing to gain the approval of 90% of shareholders.
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Here some of Wednesday's big movers on European stock markets: Kingfisher, Carrefour, J. Sainsbury, HBOS, RBS, Deutsche Bank, SEB, Skanska and Holcim.
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Swedish hygiene and paper product maker SCA said on Monday it had signed a deal to buy all of Procter & Gamble's European tissue operations for 512 million euros ($672 million) in cash.
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Volkswagen said Wednesday it has increased its holdings in Swedish truckmaker Scania to more than 35% of the voting rights, in an attempt to pave the way for a friendly alliance with German rival MAN.
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Bacardi wants to buy Absolut vodka maker Vin & Sprit and has written to the Swedish government to express its interest, the private drinks company's chief executive told the Financial Times.
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Sweden's Electrolux, one of the world's top household appliance makers, said Wednesday it had swung to a fourth-quarter net profit from a previous loss, thanks to higher income in all its units, with particularly strong performance in Europe.
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Sweden's unemployment rate rose to 4.6% in December, the national statistics agency reported Thursday.
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AOL, the Internet division of Time Warner, said on Monday it was to buy Swedish online marketing group TradeDoubler for around $900 million as it seeks to expand its Internet advertising business.
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Swedish truck maker Scania -- subject to a hostile takeover offer by German rival MAN --_ will report its full-year results earlier than planned in a move to give shareholders more information on its finances, company officials said Friday.