February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Hsb":
Society: 28 Aug 11
Two neighbours in northern Sweden were horrified to find their apartments crawling with maggots because the person living next door had died and the undiscovered body had been rotting for two and half weeks.
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Business & Money: 21 Feb 11
English-speaking professionals in other European countries form a growing and valuable market. Reach:Europe, launched today by The Local, helps advertisers reach nearly 6 million of these high-earning consumers with one phone call.
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National: 23 Dec 09
A day after a major housing association in southern Sweden was found to have classified immigrants as a risk factor in assessments of working environments, it has been revealed that real estate companies across the country have used the same criteria for at least a decade.
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National: 22 Dec 09
“Immigrants” were listed along with “asbestos” and “noise” on a list of 39 risk factors on a form to be filled out by cooperative housing associations belonging to HSB Skåne in southern Sweden.
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Business & Money: 15 Dec 08
Sweden’s Nordea bank found itself among the many financial institutions affected by American Bernard Madoff’s multi-billion dollar pyramid scheme, it emerged on Monday.
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Sport: 8 Nov 08
Sweden's Henrik Stenson was joined by Spanish sensation Sergio Garcia at the top of the HSBC Champions leaderboard after a rain-delayed second round in Shanghai on Saturday.
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National: 26 Jun 08
A coalition of Swedish real estate and environmental organizations has suggested using property taxes as a way to promote investment in measures to conserve energy.
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Politics: 23 Sep 07
Apartment owners in Stockholm are set to be the big losers in the government's new budget, unveiled this week. This is according to new calculations made by HSB, one of Sweden's biggest landlords.
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Business & Money: 26 Jul 07
Swedish security firm Securitas is pulling out of its cash handling operation in the UK. The company, Loomis Cash Management, has 2,300 employees.
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National: 9 Dec 06
Thousands of broadband customers in Malmö have been able to view each other's internet traffic, including email. They have also been able to see which web pages others have visited.
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Business & Money: 21 Nov 06
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., an Israeli maker of security software, has said it will buy Protect Data AB, a Swedish company, for $586 million.
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Society: 25 Sep 06
An order to evict an 83-year old Sundsvall woman was this morning overturned at an extraordinary board meeting.
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Society: 25 Sep 06
A neighbour of an 83-year old woman with Parkinson's, who is threatened with eviction for being late with her monthly fee, has started a petition for her to be allowed to stay.
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Society: 24 Sep 06
A national controversy has broken out after a housing association in Sundsvall decided to evict an 83-year old woman with Parkinson's after she was late with her rent.
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National: 14 Dec 05
The Malmö branch of HSB, one of Sweden's largest property companies, appears to have been embezzled out of 40 million kronor. Three former employees are under suspicion. But nobody knows where the money went.
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Business & Money: 11 Mar 05
A spectacular residential development in Malmö picks up a prestigious award in the property world's version of the Oscars.
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Society: 17 Sep 04
Rent controls, housing shortages and trouble in the laundry room for Sweden's tenants. No wonder mortgage levels are at an all-time high.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"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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