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TeliaSonera sales slump as market shifts to data

Business & Money: 19 Apr 13
Swedish-Finnish telecom operator TeliaSonera on Friday reported a first quarter decline in sales and profit amid strong competition and a drop in revenue from texting and traditional voice traffic in relation to data services. READ »

TeliaSonera CEO widens misconduct probe

Business & Money: 4 Apr 13
TeliaSonera's new CEO Marie Ehrling has ordered a thorough review of the state-owned telecom firm's dealings in all markets abroad, as a new board was elected after a year under tough scrutiny over bribery allegations in Uzbekistan. READ »

TeliaSonera CEO quits amid bribery scandal

National: 1 Feb 13
TeliaSonera CEO Lars Nyberg announced on Friday he was stepping down from the Nordic telecom firm, which remains under fire over allegations of bribery stemming from its business dealings in Uzbekistan. READ »

TeliaSonera cuts Sweden staff despite profits

Business & Money: 31 Jan 13
Swedish-Finnish telecom operator TeliaSonera reported an 8 percent rise in 2012 net profits on Thursday, but still plans to reduce the size of its workforce in Sweden. READ »

Two TeliaSonera bosses suspected of bribery

Business & Money: 12 Dec 12
Nordic telecom firm TeliaSonera confirmed on Wednesday that two senior staff members are under criminal investigation for bribery following September’s revelations of the details surrounding its licensing deal in Uzbekistan. READ »

TeliaSonera hit with new Uzbek revelations

Politics: 5 Nov 12
Nordic telecom firm TeliaSonera has been hit with new revelations about another business deal with Uzbekistan, which came after a request from the daughter of the country’s president who “needed more money”. READ »

TeliaSonera to cut 2,000 jobs as earnings fall

Business & Money: 17 Oct 12
TeliaSonera will shed 2,000 workers as part of a 2 billion kronor ($300 million) savings package, the Swedish-Finnish telecoms giant announced on Wednesday along with its third quarter results. READ »

TeliaSonera CEO 'forced' to leave post early: report

Business & Money: 10 Oct 12
TeliaSonera CEO Lars Nyberg will be leaving his post early in the wake of bribery scandals and the Nordic telecom firm's dealings with dictators. A search for his replacement is already underway. READ »

TeliaSonera Uzbek deal prompts bribery probe

Business & Money: 26 Sep 12
Swedish prosecutors have launched a corruption investigation into the circumstamces surrounding how telecom operator TeliaSonera acquired licences in Uzbekistan, the company announced on Wednesday. READ »

TeliaSonera under fire over Uzbek bribe claims

National: 20 Sep 12
The CEO of telecom giant TeliaSonera, of which the Swedish state is the largest owner, said he was prepared to resign should new money laundering and bribery accusations related to the firm's contracts in Uzbekistan prove true. READ »

How studying at Stockholm can lead to a great Swedish career

Education: 24 Apr 12
When Han Zhang came from China to study a Masters at Stockholm University in 2009, it put her on the path to a career at a top Swedish law firm. She is one of many overseas students for whom studies in Stockholm have led to careers in Sweden. READ »

Telia Sonera may lose Stockholm as customer

Business & Money: 22 Apr 12
Stockholm municipality is currently a Telia Sonera customer, but has threatened to change providers following the revelation of Telia Sonera’s cooperation with several dictatorships, losing the company some 40,000 subscriptions. READ »

TeliaSonera reports profit drop for 2011

Business & Money: 3 Feb 12
Nordic telecoms giant TeliaSonera reported a 14-percent drop in net profit for 2011 on Thursday but said that their analysts still forecast a modest rise in sales for 2012. READ »

Sweden's Riksbank extends Ingves' term

National: 28 Jun 11
Sweden's Riksbank has announced that governor Stefan Ingves will be given a further six year term as chairman of its executive board. READ »

TeliaSonera lowers forecast as profits dip

Business & Money: 19 Apr 11
Swedish-Finnish telecom provider TeliaSonera on Tuesday announced a small dip in quarterly net profits as slower growth and currency movements also dented the company's 2011 sales expectations. READ »

TeliaSonera cuts jobs despite profits boost

Business & Money: 3 Feb 11
Nordic telecoms giant TeliaSonera announced layoffs within its fixed broadband operations, despite posting a 13 percent rise in net profits for 2010. READ »

TeliaSonera helps launch 3G on Mount Everest

Science & Technology: 29 Oct 10
A subsidiary of Swedish phone giant TeliaSonera has enabled Mount Everest climbers to surf the web from their mobile phones and make video calls back home from the top of the world’s tallest peak. READ »

Smartphone sales boost profits for TeliaSonera

Business & Money: 25 Oct 10
Nordic telecoms giant TeliaSonera said on Monday that sales of smartphones, coupled with growth in eastern Europe and Asia, boosted third-quarter profits and its outlook for fiscal-year results. READ »

TeliaSonera returns to profit as sales drop

Business & Money: 20 Apr 10
TeliaSonera declared a return to profits on Tuesday while the Nordic telecoms giant reported a drop in sales for the first quarter 2010. READ »

Telia Sonera doles out billions on strong report

Business & Money: 11 Feb 10
Swedish-Finnish telecom firm Telia Sonera has reported a profit after financial items of 6.98 billion kronor ($947 million) for the final quarter 2009, with shareholders in line for a bumper pay out. READ »

TeliaSonera in new bid to end Turkcell dispute

Business & Money: 12 Nov 09
Nordic telecom operator TeliaSonera and Russia’s Altimo have decided to combine their stakes in MegaFon and Turkcell in an attempt to end a long-running ownership dispute. READ »

Quarterly earnings on target for TeliaSonera

Science & Technology: 28 Oct 09
Telecoms operator TeliaSonera announced solid quarterly results on Wednesday, hitting targets for the year despite difficult conditions in the Baltics. READ »

TeliaSonera profits beat expectations

Business & Money: 11 Feb 09
TeliaSonera credited earnings from emerging markets and the Nordic-Baltic region for helping the Swedish-Finnish telecom operator beat fourth quarter net profits expectations when it presented its results on Wednesday. READ »

Charges dent TeliaSonera profits

Business & Money: 28 Oct 08
TeliaSonera has posted third quarter results that were lower than last year, but the Swedish-Finnish telecommunications operator's profits were higher than forecast. READ »

Carnegie granted multi-billion kronor loan

Business & Money: 28 Oct 08
Sweden's central bank has agreed to extend a five billion kronor loan ($609 million) to the troubled Carnegie investment bank. READ »

Riksbank was split over rate hike

Business & Money: 17 Sep 08
There was dissent within the ranks of the Riksbank's leadership during the September 4th decision to raise interest rates, according to minutes of the meeting released on Wednesday. READ »

Sweden holds its breath ahead of Riksbank rate decision

Business & Money: 3 Sep 08
Market analysts and savers in Sweden are anxious to learn the outcome of Wednesday’s Riksbank meeting, during which the bank’s governors will decide whether or not to raise interest rates. READ »

TeliaSonera posts solid quarterly results

Business & Money: 24 Jul 08
Swedish-Finnish telecommunications operator TeliaSonera, which recently snubbed a takover bid from France Telecom, reported strong second-quarter results on Thursday, but slightly missed analyst's expectations. READ »

Riksbank: 'charge for cash withdrawals'

Business & Money: 28 May 08
A Riksbank official has called on banks in Sweden to implement a surcharge on cash machine withdrawals to steer consumers toward more efficient card payments. READ »

Riksbank was split on interest rate decision

Business & Money: 25 Feb 08
The leadership of the Riksbank was split in its recent decision to raise the repo rate. READ »

Riksbank may put off rate hike

Business & Money: 4 Feb 08
Conflicting market signals are complicating the bank’s monetary policy decision. READ »

TeliaSonera announces 'best ever' quarterly earnings

Business & Money: 26 Oct 07
Swedish-Finnish telecommunications operator TeliaSonera said on Friday its third quarter net profit increased 8.1 percent to 6.2 billion kronor, against 5.75 billion in the same period of 2006. READ »

Telia gets new boss

Business & Money: 27 Jul 07
Sweden and Finland's largest telecoms operator, TeliaSonera, has appointed Lars Nyberg as its CEO. READ »

House prices 'not a worry'

Business & Money: 30 May 07
The deputy governor of the Swedish central bank, Lars Nyberg, has said he is not worried about the continued rise in Swedish property prices. But it is not sustainable in the long term, he added. READ »

Riksbank warns of house price slump

Business & Money: 19 Dec 05
The vice governor of Sweden's Riksbank, Lars Nyberg, has warned of the possibility of falling house prices as part of "a negative spiral of economic activity". READ »

Grubby Sweden

Society: 28 May 04
Stockholmers are troubled by litter, graffiti, and arsenic, while Gothenburg council thinks it's found the roof of all evil. READ »

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