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Swedish forestry firm cuts 2,500 jobs

Business & Money: 18 Jun 13
Forestry giant Stora Enso plans to let another 2,500 employees go, of whom 750 work in Sweden, citing weak markets and deflating profits. READ »

Stora Enso axes 300 jobs across Sweden

Business & Money: 5 Feb 13
Forest company Stora Enso has announced job cuts across its production in Sweden, stating that "the painful decision was necessary" due to slaking newspaper demand. READ »

Factory worker sacked for rolling up his pants

Society: 2 Oct 12
A 59-year-old man who worked for more than 30 years at a packaging plant in southern Sweden has been fired for rolling his pants up while on the job. READ »

More berry pickers could be exploited: expert

Business & Money: 23 Jul 12
New guidelines issued last year to make it harder for companies to take advantage of foreign labour don't apply to EU citizens, making these more attractive for employers, according to an expert. READ »

Swedish company sent Swastikas to Germany

Society: 10 Mar 12
A Swedish paper manufacturer made an unpleasant discovery recently, when they found that someone had been drawing swastikas on the company's paper rolls - later exported to a major client in Germany. READ »

Trading halted by paper giant merger rumours

Business & Money: 2 Sep 10
Trading in the shares in Nordic paper giants Holmen, Stora Enso and Norske Skog has been halted on Thursday amid rumours of a partial merger. 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 »

'Hijackers could remain on board': coastguard

National: 12 Aug 09
A group of masked men alleged to have hijacked a cargo ship off the coast of Sweden last month could have remained on board the vessel when it passed through the English Channel, the British coastguard has claimed. READ »

'Hijacked' cargo ship missing at sea

National: 10 Aug 09
The Finnish ship hijacked in Swedish waters in July has disappeared off the radar along with its valuable cargo of timber. READ »

Swedish paper maker SCA to slash 2,200 jobs in Europe

Business & Money: 28 Apr 09
Swedish paper maker SCA planned to shutter 11 factories and cut 2,200 European jobs, the company announced on Tuesday. READ »

Stock market falls across the board

Business & Money: 8 Mar 08
The Stockholm stock exchange fell across the board on Friday. Commodities and finance stocks led the fall. READ »

Women invade Stora Enso plantation in Brazil

Business & Money: 5 Mar 08
Hundreds of women invaded a Stora Enso plantation in Brazil on Tuesday. READ »

Stora Enso sells North American arm

Business & Money: 21 Sep 07
Finnish-Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer Stora Enso has agreed to sell its North American operations for $2.52 billion. READ »

Six Swedish firms in Fortune 500

Business & Money: 12 Jul 07
Six Swedish companies have made it onto the annual list of the world's 500 most successful businesses published by Fortune magazine. The highest-ranked Swedish firm is Volvo, while Electrolux brings up the yellow-and-blue rear. READ »

Crow knocks out paper plant

Society: 29 Jun 06
A crow knocked out power at a factory north of Stockholm on Monday after crash landing on its generator. "How can such a small thing cause so much damage?" asked a worker. READ »

Stora Enso offloads Swedish mills

Business & Money: 2 Mar 06
Stora Enso says it will sell its Grycksbo Fine paper mill in Sweden to Accent Equity, a Stockholm-based private equity firm for 37 million euros by the end of March. The Linghed sawmill is also to go. READ »

Forestry giant to slash 2,000 jobs

Business & Money: 27 Oct 05
Swedish forestry and paper company Stora Enso is to cut 2,000 jobs as part of a massive savings plan, after announcing third quarter results below analysts' expectations. READ »

Ikea boss takes female business award

Business & Money: 12 Oct 05
Jeanette Söderberg, the new head of Ikea in Sweden, is this year's 'Ruter Dam' - an annual award for the woman who has achieved the highest position in the Swedish business world. READ »

Stora Enso gets 200m euro loan

Business & Money: 29 Jun 05
The European Investment bank loans the Swedish-Finnish company 200 million euros for investment at its mill in Kvarnsveden. READ »

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