The following articles have been tagged with "Håkan_samuelsson":
Business & Money: 20 Feb 13
Volvo Cars said on Wednesday it was preparing to axe 1,000 mostly white-collar jobs as car sales in Europe have fallen to a two-decade low.
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Business & Money: 19 Feb 13
Volvo Cars unveiled updated versions of several of its larger vehicle models on Monday with modifications designed to make them feel more luxurious and boost fuel efficiency.
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Business & Money: 10 Jan 13
Stefan Jacoby, the ex-CEO of Volvo Cars, has admitted to feeling cheated by his old company after they fired him last year halfway through his recovery from a stroke.
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Business & Money: 19 Dec 12
The head of Volvo Cars warned in an interview on Tuesday that it would be "very difficult" for the company to avoid losing money this year and next.
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Business & Money: 5 Nov 12
Former Volvo Cars CEO Stefan Jacoby, who left his post after two years due to ill health, will not be leaving empty handed. According to company policy he is entitled to some 8 million kronor ($1.2 million) in severance pay.
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Business & Money: 19 Oct 12
Volvo Cars board member Håkan Samuelsson, who previously served as chairman of German truckmaker MAN, has been named the new Volvo CEO, taking over from current head Stefan Jacoby who suffered a stroke in September.
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Business & Money: 17 Jan 11
Swedish businessman Håkan Samuelsson, the former CEO of German truckmaker MAN, has been ordered to pay the company €237 million ($315 million) in damages for his alleged part in a major corruption scandal.
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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.
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Business & Money: 7 Mar 07
Volkswagen shifted up a gear on Wednesday in its drive to engineer a three-way trucks merger between itself, MAN and Scania, raising its stake in both the German and Swedish companies.
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Business & Money: 27 Dec 06
MAN AG wants to offer Scania AB shareholder Investor AB a supervisory board seat, in the event of MAN taking over the Swedish truck maker, according to MAN CEO Håkan Samuelsson.
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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: 1 Dec 06
The chief executive of MAN, Håkan Samuelsson, has played down the prospect of a raised bid for Swedish truckmaker Scania. He also said a Scania bid for MAN was unlikely.
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Business & Money: 23 Nov 06
German truckmaker MAN has promised not to cut jobs in Sweden if it succeeds in taking over its rival Scania. "There will be no discrimination of Swedish employees in favour of German," says MAN's CEO.
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Business & Money: 2 Nov 06
German engineering conglomerate MAN was upbeat on Thursday about its chances of taking over Swedish struckmaker Scania.
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