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Genii Capital pulls out of Saab bidding process

Business & Money: 26 Jan 10
The Luxembourg investment firm backing Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone's efforts to purchase Saab from General Motors said on Monday it was dropping out, leaving Dutch carmaker Spyker as the last remaining bidder. READ »

Ecclestone prepares new cash bid for Saab

Business & Money: 18 Jan 10
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone remains in the hunt to buy Saab from General Motors despite reports touting Dutch sportscar maker Spyker as the sole remaining bidder. READ »

Thousands of drivers in Saab support road rally

National: 18 Jan 10
More than 2,000 Saab drivers filled a several kilometre stretch of road in the Swedish automaker's home town on Sunday in a demonstration of support for the beloved brand in the face of a decision by owner GM to wind it down. READ »

Only one bidder for ailing Saab: report

National: 17 Jan 10
Dutch boutique car maker Spyker Cars is said to be the only remaining bidder for the troubled General Motors unit Saab Automobile based in Sweden. Saab is in the first stage of gradually being liquidated. READ »

Merbanco pulls out of race to buy Saab

Business & Money: 15 Jan 10
The CEO of the small US investment company has emailed independent enthusiast website SaabsUnited.com to say GM has turned down the firm’s bid to buy Saab. READ »

Formula One boss submits new Saab bid

National: 13 Jan 10
The battle over the future of Saab took another twist on Wednesday as a group including Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone submitted a new bid to buy the Swedish automaker from General Motors. READ »

Spyker chief: we've shown GM the money

Business & Money: 13 Jan 10
Saab can still be sold, Dutch sportscar maker Spyker insisted once again on Tuesday, claiming it had the money needed to purchase the Swedish brand. READ »

Last-ditch Swedish effort to save Saab

National: 10 Jan 10
The Swedish Government has evidently not given up hope that the ailing Swedish-based Saab Automobile can be saved, as a delegation makes its way to General Motors headquarters in Detroit. READ »

Saab can still be sold: General Motors

National: 9 Jan 10
General Motors announced on Friday it had begun "an orderly wind-down" of its Swedish unit Saab, but would consider any late proposals for the brand, in a move drawing protests from Sweden. READ »

GM begins official Saab wind-down

National: 8 Jan 10
General Motors have taken the decision to start official proceedings to wind down the Saab Automobile organisation in Trollhättan. READ »

GM confirms multiple Saab bidders

National: 8 Jan 10
General Motors confirmed on Friday that it has received a number of bids for Swedish unit Saab Automobile. READ »

Swedish group eyes Saab sale: report

National: 8 Jan 10
A group led by a Swedish truck industry veteran and a former government minister has expressed an interest in buying Saab Automobile from US owner General Motors. READ »

Spyker confirms revised Saab bid

National: 8 Jan 10
Dutch sports car maker Spyker has confirmed that it submitted a renewed bid for Saab Automobile before the expiry of General Motors' Thursday evening deadline. READ »

Formula One boss face of last-minute Saab bid

National: 8 Jan 10
British sports magnate Bernie Ecclestone has teamed up with the Luxembourg investment firm that is launching a last-minute rescue bid for Swedish carmaker Saab, according to media reports. READ »


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Blog Update: Julie's Nordic Island

12 February 21:30

The consciousness of one »

"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »

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Swedish word of the day

fin

adjective

Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.



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