February 14, 2012
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Business & Money: 25 Jan 12
Ericsson on announced a worse-than-expected 73 percent drop in its fourth quarter net profits, sending shares in the Swedish telecom giant plummeting in Wednesday morning trading.
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Business & Money: 19 Jan 12
Sony Ericsson, the soon-to-be divorced Swedish-Japanese mobile phone maker, reported a steep loss for the final quarter of 2011 on Thursday, as earnings were hit by a nearly 20 percent drop in sales.
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Business & Money: 10 Jan 12
Sony on Tuesday launched its first mobile handsets without the “Sony Ericsson” brand name at an electronics show in Las Vegas, marking a symbolic end to the company's ten year collaboration with the Swedish telecoms giant.
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Business & Money: 27 Oct 11
Swedish telecom equipment giant Ericsson confirmed on Thursday that it would sell its stake in mobile phone joint venture Sony Ericsson to Sony for €1.05 billion ($1.47 billion).
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Business & Money: 21 Oct 11
A senior executive with Sony on Friday dismissed as "speculation" reports that Swedish telecom firm Ericsson wanted to sell its stake in the Sony Ericsson joint venture back to the Japanese electronics giant.
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Business & Money: 20 Oct 11
Swedish telecom giant Ericsson announced on Thursday a 6 percent jump in third quarter net profits, causing its shares to surge in morning trading on the Stockholm stock exchange.
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Business & Money: 14 Oct 11
Swedish-Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson announced better than expected earnings for the third quarter on Friday, allowing it to break even amid sluggish sales in Europe.
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Business & Money: 7 Oct 11
Sweden's Ericsson is nearing a deal to sell its stake in the Sony Ericsson mobile phone joint venture to Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony, according to a media report.
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Business & Money: 15 Jul 11
Swedish-Japanese mobile phone manufacturer Sony Ericsson posted a net loss of €50 million ($70 million) for the second quarter on Friday, saying that its supply chain had been hit by the disasters in Japan.
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Science & Technology: 14 May 11
Sony Ericsson has put an end to its trademark dispute with the American telecomms company Clearwire.
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Business & Money: 19 Apr 11
Swedish-Japanese mobile phone manufacturer Sony Ericsson on Tuesday reported a steep decline in net profits, explained by the impact on sales of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
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Business & Money: 20 Jan 11
Android-based smartphone sales helped move Swedish-Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson back into profit in 2010, despite lower than expected fourth quarter earnings and sales.
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Business & Money: 22 Oct 10
Swedish telecom firm Ericsson on Friday reported a net profit of 3.68 billion kronor ($553 million) in the third quarter, with its shares leaping 6 percent as a result in early trading.
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Business & Money: 15 Oct 10
Swedish-Japanese mobile phone manufacturer Sony Ericsson reported a third consecutive quarter of net profits on Friday following dramatic restructuring, but its sales fell far below expectations.
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Society: 1 Oct 10
Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård has announced that he plans to auction memorabilia from HBO's vampire-themed True Blood and Hollywood thriller Straw Dogs in aid of his cash-strapped home town football club Hammarby.
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Science & Technology: 1 Sep 10
Sony Ericsson expects China to become its biggest handset market by volume in the next three to four years.
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Business & Money: 16 Jul 10
The Swedish-Japanese mobile handset maker said its focus on the top end of the market had helped it recover from last year's losses.
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National: 2 Apr 10
After advancing in the the Sony Ericsson Open men's quarter-finals in Miami, Roland Garros runner-up Robin Söderling will face off with Tomas Berdych in Friday's semi-final showdown.
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Business & Money: 18 Mar 10
Swedish students have named Google, Ikea and the foreign ministry as their dream places of work, according to a new survey.
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Business & Money: 24 Feb 10
Reader's Digest, a UK consumer magazine, has presented its survey listing Sweden's most trusted brands in a raft of categories.
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Business & Money: 18 Feb 10
The Stockholm area is one of the ten richest regions in the European Union, according to new figures from Eurostat, the EU's statistics agency.
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Business & Money: 15 Feb 10
Swedish-Japanese handset maker Sony Ericsson unveiled its new smartphones on Sunday as it seeks to close the gap on its main competitors.
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Business & Money: 22 Jan 10
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson reported a quarterly loss on Friday that surpassed market expectations but, amid plunging sales for the company, it continues to face fierce competition in the smartphone market.
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National: 16 Dec 09
Sony Ericsson plans to reduce the workforce at facilities in Lund in southern Sweden by 15 percent, putting 450 of the mobile handset manufacturer’s employees out of work.
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Business & Money: 23 Nov 09
Swedish online music service Spotify announced on Monday that it has launched an application for mobile phones running the Symbian operating system.
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Business & Money: 19 Nov 09
Sony Ericsson said on Wednesday it will lay off 130 employees as part of a plan to close its development centre in Kista near Stockholm. The announcement came as the company previewed a new touch screen mobile phone.
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Business & Money: 16 Oct 09
Swedish-Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson on Friday reported a €199 million ($297 million) net loss and a 42 percent drop in sales for the third quarter.
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Business & Money: 16 Jul 09
Sony Ericsson’s CEO said on Thursday that his company faced “difficult” times, as falling handset sales dented the mobile phone maker’s second quarter earnings.
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Business & Money: 25 Jun 09
Ericsson CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg has been appointed as new chairman of British Petroleum and will leave his post as head of the Swedish telecoms giant at the end of the year.
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Business & Money: 8 May 09
An estimated 800 people are set to lose their jobs in Lund in southern Sweden as mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson and wireless technologies firm ST-Ericsson announce new staff cutbacks.
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Business & Money: 17 Apr 09
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson announced plans on Friday to slash 2,000 more jobs after posting a loss of €293 million ($384 million) in the first quarter of 2009.
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Education: 27 Mar 09
Ikea, Google, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are the most popular employers among Swedish students, according to a new survey.
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Business & Money: 20 Mar 09
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson warned investors on Friday that its first quarter profits wouldn’t meet expectations.
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Business & Money: 18 Mar 09
Swedish mobile equipment maker Ericsson may soon be pulling out of its mobile handset partnership with Japanese electronics giant Sony, according to media reports.
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Science & Technology: 24 Jan 09
New models of mobile phones struggle to survive when temperatures plunge towards zero. Batteries freeze, performance weakens and the phones turn themselves off. 'Read the instructions', Swedish consumers have been told.
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Business & Money: 16 Jan 09
Swedish-Japanese phone maker Sony Ericsson announced on Friday fourth quarter net losses of €187 million ($247 million), as sales dropped 22 percent.
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Science & Technology: 15 Jan 09
A worker at Sony Ericsson’s facilities in Lund in southern Sweden is suspected of having stolen several mobile phone prototypes each valued at around 50,000 kronor ($6,000).
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Business & Money: 8 Jan 09
The recent demise of Swedish mobile phone software company UIQ has kept bankruptcy administrators busy and led some former employees to start their own firms.
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Analysis & Opinion: 15 Dec 08
Doug Lansky takes a look at how Swedish tradition, technology, sick leave, vacations, public holidays and a new management style mean many 'full-time' Swedish workers get 130 days off per year.
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Science & Technology: 9 Dec 08
A mobile telephone exploded in the hand of a Swedish student in the middle of class on Monday, spreading thick smoke throughout the classroom.
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Business & Money: 17 Oct 08
Swedish-Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson on Friday posted a third quarter net loss of €25 million ($33.7 million) down from a net gain of €267 million a year earlier.
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Business & Money: 20 Aug 08
Swedish telecoms equipment group Ericsson has announced it is to join forces with semiconductor group STMicroelectronics. The venture will employ almost 8,000 people.
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Business & Money: 19 Jul 08
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson announced Friday it was cutting 2,000 jobs worldwide after reporting an operating loss in the second quarter due to difficult market conditions and the global economic slowdown.
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Business & Money: 18 Jul 08
Swedish-Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson reported a dramatically reduced second quarter net profit of €8 million ($12.64mn) on Friday.
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Business & Money: 27 Jun 08
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson warned on Friday that its second-quarter results would be dented by a difficult commercial environment.
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Business & Money: 17 Jun 08
Sony Ericsson has unveiled a Wii-like handset which allows users to play games using the phone as a motion sensor.
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Business & Money: 23 Apr 08
Sony Ericsson has seen profits plunge in the first quarter following a drop in its average selling price.
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Business & Money: 11 Apr 08
Given a choice, Swedish students would most like to work for search engine giant Google, a new study has shown. Ikea, Sony Ericsson and H&M also performed well.
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Business & Money: 19 Mar 08
A profit warning from Sony Ericsson caused a sharp drop in Ericsson's share price on Wednesday morning.
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Business & Money: 11 Feb 08
The new offering is seen as a direct competitor with Apple’s Iphone.
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Business & Money: 16 Jan 08
The mobile manufacturer's fourth quarter results for 2007 showed a net income of €373 million on sales of €3.77 billion.
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Business & Money: 16 Oct 07
Ericsson shares fell 24 percent in opening trading on the Stockholm Stock Exchange after the telecoms equipment maker said its profits would be lower than expected. The fall wipes 100 billion kronor off Ericsson's value.
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Business & Money: 15 Oct 07
American telecom equipment maker Motorola has announced plans to by 50 percent of Swedish tech company UIQ Technology. UIQ is currently wholly owned by Swedish-Japanese mobile phone company Sony Ericsson.
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Business & Money: 11 Oct 07
Swedish-Japanese mobile handset maker Sony Ericsson, which has changed tack to target the mid-range market, announced Thursday a more than 10 percent fall in net profit in the third quarter.
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Business & Money: 4 Sep 07
The head of handset manufacturer Sony Ericsson, Miles Flint, is to step down. He will be replaced by a Japanese executive from Sony Electronics USA.
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Business & Money: 12 Jul 07
Sony Ericsson Thursday reported a 53.8 percent jump in net profit for the second quarter of 2007 as the Japanese-Swedish mobile telephone manufacturer enjoyed double-digit sales growth.
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National: 10 Jun 07
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has pressed Chinese President Hu Jintao on his country's human rights record, during the final day of a three-day Chinese state visit in Sweden.
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Business & Money: 20 Apr 07
Profits at Sony Ericsson doubled in the first quarter, with pre-tax profits standing at €362 million for January to March, compared to €151 million in the same period last year.
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Business & Money: 31 Jan 07
The Swedish-Japanese mobile maker Sony Ericsson has announced plans to start manufacturing in India.
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Business & Money: 17 Jan 07
Swedish-Japanese mobile maker Sony Ericsson has seen profits more than double in the last quarter of 2006, the company announced on Wednesday.
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Business & Money: 5 Jan 07
A profit warning from American mobile phone giant Motorola causes Nokia and Ericsson shares to fall on the Stockholm exchange.
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Business & Money: 7 Nov 06
Swedish software maker UIQ has been sold to Sony Ericsson by British software giat Symbian.
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Business & Money: 6 Nov 06
Third-generation mobile phones will soon account for half of all handsets sold in Sweden. Overall, some 3.5 million mobile phones will have been sold by the end of the year.
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Business & Money: 19 Oct 06
Ericsson saw profits increase to 8.8 billion kronor in the third quarter, but analysts had expected better. CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg said the business was showing positive momentum.
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Business & Money: 11 Oct 06
The Swedish-Japanese phonemaker makes an incredible comeback, with income for the third quarter 187 percent higher than in the same period last year.
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Business & Money: 21 Jul 06
The Swedish telecom giant sees its profits dragged down by British subsidiary Marconi. But results out on Friday still beat most analysts' expectations.
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Business & Money: 13 Jul 06
More people are buying their mobiles from Sony Ericsson, the Swedish-Japanese joint venture. The increased sales make for pleasant reading on the company's balance sheet.
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Business & Money: 16 Jun 06
A closure-threatened Ericsson facility in Hässleholm producing software for mobile phones has been taken over by Sony Ericsson.
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Business & Money: 13 Apr 06
Mobile phone producer Sony Ericsson records a profit before tax of 151 million euros for the year's first quarter - more than doubling the 70 million euros profit for the same period last year.
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Business & Money: 18 Jan 06
Big share prices falls in Tokyo and New York are reflected on the Stockholm share market, with most big companies losing value. AstraZeneca is among those hit after bad news from the US.
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Business & Money: 18 Jan 06
The mobile phone maker sold 51.2 million phones in 2005, and made a profit of €514 million, largely due to its new Walkman range. This gives us great momentum, says the company's boss.
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Business & Money: 7 Dec 05
Pirate copies of mobile phones is threatening to derail Sony Ericsson's growth, with fake branded phones being sold on the Asian market for a quarter of the price of the genuine product.
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Business & Money: 22 Nov 05
The Swedish-Japanese company sees its international market share rise to 6.7 percent in the third quarter, helping it rise above competitor LG.
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Business & Money: 17 Oct 05
The Swedish-Japanese mobile phone maker posts third-quarter profits well in excess of analysts' expectations. The company reports it is selling more phones at higher prices.
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Business & Money: 15 Jul 05
Mobile phone giant Sony Ericsson reported on Friday falling profits for the second quarter, saying continued high spending on research and development weighed on the bottom line.
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Business & Money: 13 Jun 05
The Swedish-Japanese phone maker unveils four new models, ranging from the basic J210 to the S600, a phone aimed at young people who want all the bells and whistles.
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Business & Money: 11 May 05
Sony Ericsson's handsets come out on top in a new survey of phone radiation, while Nokia phones fall behind. But scientists are still divided on how risky mobiles are to health.
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Business & Money: 15 Apr 05
Mobile phone giant Sony Ericsson reported on Friday tumbling profits for the first quarter, blaming a seaonally weak market and admitting that its outdated product range had failed to excite consumers.
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Business & Money: 14 Apr 05
Economics, technology, computing and engineering students all rank Sony Ericsson as one of Sweden's most desirable companies to work for, according to a new survey.
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Smörgåsbord: 5 Apr 05
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Business & Money: 4 Apr 05
Seven of Sweden's most popular mobiles are camera phones and Swedes are sticking firmly behind the home team as Sony Ericsson proves more popular than Finnish rivals Nokia.
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Business & Money: 17 Mar 05
Roger Bolander, head of Sony Ericsson's Nordic operations is to take over the top position in the company's newly established Russian division.
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Business & Money: 10 Mar 05
Sony Ericsson are to release two new mobile telephones exclusively for German mobile phone operator T-Mobile.
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Business & Money: 8 Mar 05
Three mobile phone giants, Sony Ericsson, Nokia and Siemens, are clubbing together to back a new industry standard for updating handset software, OMSI.
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Business & Money: 1 Mar 05
It's a music player that you can also use to telephone your friends. Or rather, a camera that you can listen to songs on. Either way, the Swedish media welcomes the new offering from the half-homegrown mobile phone giant.
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Smörgåsbord: 18 Feb 05
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Smörgåsbord: 26 Jan 05
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Business & Money: 11 Jan 05
Swedes continue to support the home team and nordic neighbours Nokia in the battle for mobile handset supremacy.
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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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Smörgåsbord: 6 Dec 04
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Smörgåsbord: 3 Dec 04
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Smörgåsbord: 15 Nov 04
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Smörgåsbord: 11 Nov 04
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Smörgåsbord: 29 Oct 04
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