March 18, 2010
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The following articles have been tagged with "Bill_gates":
Two Swedes named on world rich list
Business & Money: 11 Mar 10
Two Swedes have been named among the richest people in the world, according to the latest Forbes ranking which places Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim at the top of the pile.
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Bill Gates in Sweden for high society wedding
Dating: 22 Nov 08
Microsoft billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates is in Gothenburg this weekend to attend the wedding of billionaire Charles Simonyi and Swedish socialite Lisa Persdotter.
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Bill Gates collects honour from Stockholm institute
Science & Technology: 24 Jan 08
Bill Gates has visited Sweden to collect an honorary doctorate from Stockholm's Karolinska Institute (KI).
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Court gives thumbs up to anal massage technique
Society: 10 Jan 08
A Stockholm has revoked a warning issued to a doctor who used an anal massage technique to cure various aches and pains.
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Stockholm institute honours Bill and Melinda Gates
Science & Technology: 20 Dec 07
Bill Gates and his wife Melinda are to receive honorary doctorates from Stockholm's Karolinska Institute.
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'Doctor Anal' resurfaces in Denmark
Society: 20 Sep 07
A Swedish doctor who ran into difficulties in Sweden and Norway for using a controversial 'anal massage' technique has managed to secure a job at a Copenhagen hospital.
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Kamprad fourth richest in world
Business & Money: 9 Mar 07
Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad is the fourth richest man in the world, according to US magazine Forbes. H&M boss Stefan Persson and Tetra Pak's Birgit Rausing also feature.
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Swedish craftsmanship of the first glass
Travel: 25 Aug 06
Florida has the Magic Kingdom, Will Perkins has the Wild Kingdom, but Sweden has the Glass Kingdom. And after a day of defacing fine glass in the Kosta Boda workshop, Doug Lansky develops the eye of a craftsman.
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Journalist admits faking Bill Gates interview
National: 7 Aug 06
A Norwegian journalist has admitted that a purported interview with Bill Gates that appeared in Aftonbladet was a fake. He also confessed to making up interviews with Oprah Winfrey and Michael Schumacher.
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Mystery over 'faked' Bill Gates interview
Business & Money: 4 Aug 06
Microsoft has said an interview with Bill Gates in Aftonbladet was faked. The billionaire never even met the journalist, a company statement claims.
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Doctor fired for 'anal massage' technique
Science & Technology: 4 Apr 06
A Swedish doctor who has previously been cautioned in Sweden for using a controversial 'anal massage' technique to cure headaches has been fired from his job in Norway. "I'm different, but cleverer," he says.
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IKEA founder at top of world rich list
Business & Money: 10 Mar 06
Ingvar Kamprad, the Swedish owner of IKEA, is the fourth richest person in the worlds, according to Forbes magazine. Eight Swedes are worth more than a billion dollars, Forbes reckons.
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Ingvar Kamprad Extends Affluence
Business & Money: 8 Apr 04
The world's richest man is SEK6,000 worse off after an IKEA candle burns a woman who "used it wrongly".
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Day 22 – A Mongolian St. Paddy’s Day »
"During my misspent ‘yoof’ when I should have been learning Irish and French we used to quip the most random place you could be sent was outer Mongolia. Yesterday on the day my patron saint and namesake was being celebrated I found myself breaking bread with a classmate who hails from the country which has..." READ »
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The novels of journalist-become-author Maria Ernestam are both serious and humorous. Sometimes compared with works by Isabel Allende, Fay Weldon, Ingrid Noll and Ruth Rendell, Ernestam's books have... - Film studio Sweden
Sweden — with its midnight sun, northern lights and areas with certainty of snow — is attracting filmmakers from all around the world. Besides an exotic environment, Sweden has other advantages as a... - Veronica Hedenmark
“I’d like to travel and fly without having to think about the practical arrangements — but the practical part severely restricts my movements,” says entrepreneur Veronica Hedenmark, who uses an... - Victoria Webster
Victoria Webster became Sweden’s first specialist in emergency medical care. This attracted considerable media attention, since she has a cerebral palsy (CP)* disorder.
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