Biotech

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Swedish roosters bred to become lip fillers

Science & Technology: 16 Oct 11
Swedish roosters are bred for the sole purpose of becoming lip enhancements and anti-wrinkle creams, according to a report in Swedish media. READ »

Swedish invention tracks spread of HIV

Science & Technology: 29 Apr 11
Swedish scientists have developed new highly sensitive equipment that may have a huge impact on tracking the spread of HIV and detecting signs of bio terrorism and water contamination. READ »

Foreign firms look to locate in Stockholm

Society: 21 Nov 10
An increasing number of foreign companies are deciding to locate their regional headquarters in Stockholm, according to a recent study. READ »

30 Swedish firms in Forbes Global 2000

Business & Money: 12 May 10
Forbes Magazine has included 30 Swedish companies on its list of the world's most successful major companies, including Nordea Bank, ABB and H&M. READ »

Swedes develop Huntington's medicine

Science & Technology: 5 Feb 10
A Swedish biotechnology firm has developed a new medicine which provides hope for sufferers of Huntington's disease. READ »

Markets absorbed by probiotic Swedish tampons

Science & Technology: 3 Dec 09
Shares in a Swedish biotech firm soared on Wednesday on news that the company had inked a distribution deal in China for its tampons “bathed in human lactic acid bacteria”. READ »

New beetle species confirmed in Sweden

Science & Technology: 3 Mar 09
For the first time in 100 years, a new species of beetle has been confirmed in Sweden. READ »

Norwegian women abort girls in Sweden

National: 22 Feb 09
Pregnant Norwegian woman have been allowed to undergo abortions in Sweden after finding out the sex of their child, according to new revelations. READ »

Swedish beauty bloggers offered implant 'bribes'

Society: 4 Feb 09
A controversy has erupted in the Swedish media world following revelations that a company offered free beauty enhancement treatments to some of the country's most popular female bloggers. READ »

Buoyant start to stock exchange week

Business & Money: 3 Nov 08
The Stockholm stock exchange has begun the week on a high note with the OMXS index gaining 4.6 percent on Monday. READ »

GE figures sink Stockholm bourse

Business & Money: 12 Apr 08
A weak report from General Electric sank the Stockholm bourse as the trading week ended on Friday. The OMXS index closed down 1.5 percent. READ »

AstraZeneca sees 2007 profits sag

Business & Money: 31 Jan 08
Pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca saw its net profit fall 7.2 percent last year to $5.63 billion (€3.79 billion), owing partly to a major restructuring. READ »

'Send in the clones'

Analysis & Opinion: 21 Jan 08
The issue of cloning in agriculture is always guaranteed to stir up emotions, but the technology actually offers us better meat and healthier animals, argues Waldemar Ingdahl. READ »

Carnegie employee cleared of insider trading charges

Business & Money: 4 Jan 08
The appeals court has doubts about whether inside information led to a man's 700,000 kronor windfall from the sale of Biacore stock. READ »

AstraZeneca profit deteriorates

Business & Money: 1 Nov 07
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca said Thursday that group net profit fell 15.4 percent in the third quarter as higher costs weighed. READ »

The Swedish E-Vikings are back

Analysis & Opinion: 23 Oct 07
New Swedish companies are bursting with ideas in IT and biotech. It's time for international investors to sit up and take notice, says leading entrepreneur Johan Staël von Holstein. READ »

Viking clash: Danes and Swedes battle to be biggest

Lifestyle: 18 Oct 07
When Stockholm's Mayor donned a t-shirt proclaiming the city 'Capital of Scandinavia', the reaction from the neighbours was predictably indignant. Daniel Boman looks at how Stockholm and Copenhagen are battling to prove who's biggest and best. READ »

Sweden forges energy links with Michigan

Business & Money: 15 Aug 07
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm hopes her upcoming trade trip to Sweden will help the state tap into Sweden's efforts to meet its energy needs entirely with renewable fuels by 2020. READ »

Further job cuts at AstraZeneca

Business & Money: 26 Jul 07
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca said Thursday that it would cut 7,600 jobs by 2010, more than double an original estimate, after posting a fall in second-quarter net profit. READ »

AstraZeneca in major vaccine purchase

Business & Money: 23 Apr 07
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca has agreed to buy US biotechnology company MedImmune for $15.6 billion. Maryland-based MedImmune specialises in vaccines. READ »

Wallenbergs look to strengthen Norway ties

Business & Money: 19 Apr 07
The powerful Wallenberg family is looking to strengthen ties with Norwegian industry. Marcus Wallenberg will visit the country in June as part of a major delegation. READ »

Growing Swedish companies attract more venture capital

Business & Money: 20 Mar 07
Venture capital investments in small companies in Sweden grew to 46 billion kronor in 2006, up 14 percent on the 2005 figure. READ »

Swedish firm in Chinese HIV deal

Business & Money: 12 Feb 07
Swedish biotech company Medivir has signed a deal with a Chinese company for development and marketing of its anti-HIV drug. READ »

Pressure grows on Swedish trade minister

Politics: 13 Oct 06
The storm surrounding the personal finances of Swedish trade minister Maria Borelius continued to blow fiercely on Friday, as it emerged that she risks being fined for irregularities in a share deal. READ »

Prosecutor orders searches at Karolinska

National: 23 May 06
Two research institutions at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute have been searched on the orders of the prosecutor general's anti corruption division. READ »

Shares recover after two days of falls

Business & Money: 16 May 06
The Stockholm Exchange rallied somewhat on Tuesday afternoon, picking up after a shaky start to the week. READ »

Tripep shares plummet as HIV drug disappoints

Business & Money: 4 Apr 06
Shares in Swedish biotech company Tripep AB crash dived after the company said it will probably scrap its alphaHGA HIV-inhibiting drug after trials in Thailand showed "no significant decrease of the HIV-levels in the patients' serum". READ »

Astra Zeneca: new animal testing laws threaten 5,000 jobs

Business & Money: 16 Aug 05
Anglo-Swedish drugs company Astra Zeneca threatens to move its research labs out of Sweden if the government goes through with plans to tighten up the laws on animal testing. READ »

China "suspected of spying at Swedish universities"

National: 9 May 05
China could be using guest researchers at Swedish universities to spy and steal research, it is claimed. Swedish Radio says that a source from security service Säpo has told them that Stockholm's Karolinksa Institute has been targeted. READ »

Swedish MDs say Persson must go

Smörgåsbord: 24 Mar 05
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Östros intends to hold on to state companies

Smörgåsbord: 17 Mar 05
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Sweden's Lundin Mining acquires Irish zinc mine

Smörgåsbord: 8 Mar 05
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Government go-ahead for Stockholm tunnel

Smörgåsbord: 8 Mar 05
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IT and medical sectors beginning to boom again

Business & Money: 7 Mar 05
If the increasing price of IT consultants' fees are anything to go by, it looks like the Swedish IT industry is on the up again. READ »

Oriflame dismisses chief executive

Smörgåsbord: 4 Mar 05
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Treschow urges politicians to focus on competition

Smörgåsbord: 4 Mar 05
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AMS head requests extra funds

Smörgåsbord: 3 Mar 05
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Saab launches new Combi

Smörgåsbord: 3 Mar 05
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Sweden's pay gap widens

Smörgåsbord: 3 Mar 05
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Stockholm: world's seventh most expensive city

Smörgåsbord: 3 Mar 05
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Regional growth gap widens

Smörgåsbord: 3 Mar 05
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Forestry giant Stora Enso to relocate

Smörgåsbord: 3 Mar 05
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Sweden "on the brink of deflation"

Business & Money: 3 Mar 05
With inflation hovering around 0%, Swedish bank SEB says that the rumoured supermarket price war could send the Swedish economy into deflation. READ »

Newspaper circulation

Smörgåsbord: 1 Mar 05
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Swedish firms turn to India

Smörgåsbord: 1 Mar 05
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Industry operating at full capacity

Smörgåsbord: 1 Mar 05
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Sweden "ready for euro"

Smörgåsbord: 25 Feb 05
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Swedish electricity is cheap

Smörgåsbord: 25 Feb 05
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Nuder critical of new Lisbon strategy

Smörgåsbord: 22 Feb 05
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Sweden's visible unemployment remains high

Smörgåsbord: 22 Feb 05
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Over 1,000 may have to quit at Saab

Smörgåsbord: 22 Feb 05
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Electrolux to be split up

Smörgåsbord: 22 Feb 05
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"Two days" to buy commercial property in Sweden

Smörgåsbord: 18 Feb 05
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Sony Ericsson launches new phones

Smörgåsbord: 18 Feb 05
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"Accident not Volvo?s fault"

Smörgåsbord: 18 Feb 05
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Sweden?s most powerful businesswoman

Smörgåsbord: 16 Feb 05
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3,000 jobs to go at Telia

Smörgåsbord: 16 Feb 05
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Reijmyre glassworks struggling to survive

Smörgåsbord: 15 Feb 05
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"Persson wrong" says Skandiabanken

Smörgåsbord: 15 Feb 05
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New suppliers behind Swedish broadband price war

Smörgåsbord: 11 Feb 05
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Baltic wages 80% lower than in Sweden

Smörgåsbord: 11 Feb 05
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IKEA continues to expand

Smörgåsbord: 10 Feb 05
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Sweden's Gripen in talks with Thailand and India

Business & Money: 10 Feb 05
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GDP to increase as bankruptcy rate falls

Smörgåsbord: 10 Feb 05
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Gunnebo under pressure from steel prices and dollar

Smörgåsbord: 8 Feb 05
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Anti-corruption unit now permanent

Smörgåsbord: 8 Feb 05
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Electricity prices "lowest in years"

Smörgåsbord: 7 Feb 05
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H&M deemed world class

Smörgåsbord: 7 Feb 05
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Swedish companies target Poland

Smörgåsbord: 2 Feb 05
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Swedish steel industry on a high

Smörgåsbord: 2 Feb 05
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Sweden's Capio to acquire Spanish hospital group

Smörgåsbord: 2 Feb 05
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Economic research unit dismisses warnings of jobless growth

Smörgåsbord: 2 Feb 05
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117 jobs to go as Eniro streamlines directory enquiries

Smörgåsbord: 28 Jan 05
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Competition Authority applies for cinema injunction

Smörgåsbord: 28 Jan 05
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FSB forecasts drop in Swedish unemployment

Smörgåsbord: 28 Jan 05
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SAS airlift cost 28 million crowns

Smörgåsbord: 27 Jan 05
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Bonnier & Proventus bid for Alma?s broadcasting business

Smörgåsbord: 27 Jan 05
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Telia and Vattenfall offer storm compensation

Smörgåsbord: 27 Jan 05
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Ladbrokes wants Swedish judges replaced

Smörgåsbord: 26 Jan 05
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Heikensten lowers rate cut expectations

Smörgåsbord: 26 Jan 05
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Elsam rejects Vattenfall

Smörgåsbord: 25 Jan 05
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Swedish forest companies demand 10bn crowns

Smörgåsbord: 25 Jan 05
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Ericsson announces biggest ever service order

Smörgåsbord: 25 Jan 05
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"Free year" scheme to cost 1.7 billion crowns

Smörgåsbord: 24 Jan 05
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Swedish Professionals criticise Lisbon measures

Smörgåsbord: 24 Jan 05
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Lindex to stretch itself

Smörgåsbord: 24 Jan 05
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Baltic trade project begins

Smörgåsbord: 21 Jan 05
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Strong results for Sweden's listed companies...

Smörgåsbord: 21 Jan 05
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Insurance premiums to rise following storm damage

Smörgåsbord: 21 Jan 05
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Travel companies consider seeking compensation

Smörgåsbord: 20 Jan 05
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Vattenfall bids for Elsam

Smörgåsbord: 19 Jan 05
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Sweden "still in a recession"

Smörgåsbord: 17 Jan 05
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Public sector gets biggest pay rise

Smörgåsbord: 14 Jan 05
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SAS strikes hit profitability

Smörgåsbord: 14 Jan 05
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New Cadillac to be built in Trollhättan

Smörgåsbord: 13 Jan 05
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Clas Ohlson: one of Europe?s fastest growing businesses

Smörgåsbord: 12 Jan 05
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Increase in passengers at Skavsta

Smörgåsbord: 10 Jan 05
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Volvo concerned at EU spares plans

Smörgåsbord: 10 Jan 05
Sales of new cars in Sweden increased by 1.2 per cent to just over 264,000 last year. READ »

Record profits for IKEA

Business & Money: 9 Jan 05
After a couple of bad years, IKEA’s Swedish business has broken the trend and set records both for sales and profit.
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Swedish households and builders upbeat for 2005

Smörgåsbord: 5 Jan 05
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