May 28, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Leif_Östling":
Business & Money: 24 Apr 12
Swedish heavy-truck maker Scania, owned by Volkswagen, announced on Tuesday that its first-quarter profit had fallen by 28 percent owing to weaker demand and high development costs.
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Business & Money: 27 Jun 11
Scania CEO Leif Östling has reported Sweden's top anti-corruption prosecutor for violating confidentiality rules in connection with his investigation into the Swedish truckmaker's alleged skirting of UN sanctions in Iraq.
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Business & Money: 28 Apr 11
Swedish truckmaker Scania announced a 77 percent profit rise for the first three months of 2011, although growth in new orders grew more modestly.
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Business & Money: 22 Feb 11
Tom Johnstone, the Scottish CEO of Swedish ball-bearing giant SKF has been named Sweden's funniest CEO in an competition backed by Comedy Central.
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Business & Money: 1 Nov 10
Managers from Swedish truckmaker Scania are expected to be charged for violating United Nations sanctions for their role in paying millions of kronor in bribes to the former Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein.
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Business & Money: 25 Oct 10
Swedish truckmaker Scania reported a steep rise in third-quarter profits on Monday, although a slow economic recovery in Europe kept sales figures below expectations.
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Business & Money: 15 May 09
Truckmaker Scania announced on Friday plans to implement a 4-day week in June for its 12,000 workers in Sweden in an effort to avoid redundancies as the economic crisis continues to take its toll on truck sales.
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Business & Money: 27 Apr 09
Net profits at Swedish truckmaker Scania plunged 93 percent to 179 million kronor for the first quarter ($21.8 million), the company reported on Monday as orders for new vehicles also took a dive.
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Business & Money: 3 Feb 09
Swedish truckmaker Scania reported a 44 percent drop in fourth quarter net profits and sharp drop in new orders on Tuesday.
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National: 6 Jan 09
German sports car maker Porsche is obliged to place a bid for Swedish truck firm Scania after acquiring more that fifty percent of the voting stock in Volkswagen.
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Business & Money: 3 Dec 08
Swedish truck maker Scania announced on Wednesday it was closing down production across Europe for one month because of weaker demand.
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Business & Money: 24 Oct 08
Swedish truckmaker Scania said Friday that orders had plunged because of the financial crisis but that it had made slim rise in third-quarter profits.
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Business & Money: 25 Jul 08
Swedish truckmaker Scania reported strong second-quarter profits on Friday, beating expectations but warning that 2009 could offer a bumpier ride.
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Business & Money: 28 Apr 08
Scania on Monday posted strong first quarter results and increased sales while flagging a sharp fall in new orders ahead.
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Business & Money: 28 Mar 08
The wages of managing directors in Sweden's top stock exchange listed companies continued to rise sharply last year with many firms posting record profits.
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Business & Money: 2 Nov 07
Swedish truck and bus maker Scania has been named a 'preferred supplier' by former US President Bill Clinton's environmental movement.
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Business & Money: 15 Sep 07
Plans to merge Swedish truck-maker Scania with Germany's MAN and parts of Volkswagen have been called off, according to the German weekly magazine Focus, quoting an unidentified manager involved.
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Business & Money: 8 Dec 06
Scania's CEO Leif Östling has apologised for comments he made on Tuesday comparing truck manufacturer MAN's tactics to those of Germany's blitzkrieg campaign in the Second World War.
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Business & Money: 7 Dec 06
The Scania takeover battle stepped up on Wednesday, as the firm's chief executive Leif Östling likened a hostile bid by Germany's MAN to Hitler's 'blitzkrieg'.
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Business & Money: 6 Dec 06
At Scania's Capital Markets Day on Wednesday, Chief Executive Leif Östling said that the financial markets had not realised that a shift in the global economy had taken place.
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Business & Money: 5 Dec 06
The managing directors of big Swedish companies such as Scania and Ericsson have received a 20 percent average wage increase in the last year, according to a new report.
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Politics: 1 May 06
The Social Democrats' big guns, including the prime minister, were firing at May 1st meets around Sweden. And they all had the conservative alliance and Swedish business in their sights.
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Business & Money: 26 Apr 06
Swedish truck maker Scania has announced profits of 2.1 billion kronor for the first quarter, beating analysts' expectations.
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Business & Money: 6 Feb 06
Swedish bus and truck manufacturer Scania has reported a profit after net costs of 2.17 billion kronor for the final quarter of last year - a slight rise on the same period last year.
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Business & Money: 1 Nov 05
Swedish bus and truck maker Scania has reported slightly lower profits for the third quarter of 2005 than for the same period last year. But orders at the firm are up slightly.
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Business & Money: 11 Oct 05
Unions have expressed their concern at the news that the bus and truck company Scania is preparing for a "substantial" package of savings in Sweden.
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Business & Money: 27 Jul 05
In the wake of increased income at the Swedish truck giant in the first half of the year, CEO Leif Östling sees his own income leap to 7.5 million kronor a year.
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Smörgåsbord: 4 Nov 04
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Business & Money: 6 Aug 04
Sweden's industry leaders call for their less affluent countryfolk to buckle down to some good old-fashioned hard work. Or else.
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