Saab Revs Ads to Drive New Models
June 30, 2010
- Elaine Wong
Swedish auto brand Saab has made a comeback to general media advertising following its spin-off from General Motors earlier this year.
Saab is running ads across television, radio, print and online, marking its TV return as part of a new company. (GM sold the brand to [...]
Swiss Marketers Journey to Sweden to Explore Scandinavian Digital Success
The Swiss Chapter of the International Advertising Agency (IAA) recently travelled to Stockholm to get first-hand experience of how Swedish companies are applying internationally recognized design and web expertise to brands – and realizing global success.
“Swedish web know-how and increasingly innovative use of digital platforms are [...]
TED brings 'Ideas Worth Spreading' to worldwide TV stations for free
TED, which has long been broadcasting its famous 18-minute inspiration talks on its website, announced at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco that it would bring the videos to broadcasters worldwide.
Launched May 4, the Open TV Project will enable countries with limited internet access [...]
TiaLinx, Inc. Announces Appointment of Dr. Mokhtari as Its Vice President of Advanced Products NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 18 /PRNewswire/ — TiaLinx, Inc., a developer of mm-wave integrated radio and antenna arrays and beamforming technology, announced today that it has appointed Dr. Mehran Mokhtari as its Vice President of Advanced Product Development.”Dr. Mokhtari's extensive expertise [...]
Swedish pavilion at Expo aims to strengthen country's brand
Published: 30 Apr 10 17:23 CET
The 150 million kronor ($20.69 million) Swedish Expo budget, of which half was provided by the state and half from private enterprise, is the largest-ever investment Sweden has undertaken for a World Fair.
The pavilion also hopes to strengthen a positive image of [...]
100 Years and 200,000 Babies Later: Swedish, Microsoft and Nordstrom Come Together to Celebrate Community
Three Iconic Seattle Organizations Have Teamed up to Recognize Swedish Medical Center-Born Babies at Three Local Nordstrom Stores via a Custom Microsoft Surface Experience Application Developed by POP
SEATTLE, May 06, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Swedish, one of the region's largest and [...]
Sustainability and Swedish Fashion: A New Website and a New Exhibit
The first time I blogged about sustainability and fashion for this site, I was writing from Sweden. That trip – just four days of reporting in Stockholm – was the first step in a journey to define sustainable style, a subject cloaked in mystery. For [...]
Västtrafik – Tilldelningsbeslut klara för “Buss 2010-upphandlingen” – Newsdesk
Tilldelningsbeslut klara för “Buss 2010-upphandlingen”
Idag offentliggjordes tilldelningsbeslutet för vinnande anbudsgivare i Västtrafiks senaste upphandling. Den gäller stads- och landsbygdstrafiken i Mölndal, stadstrafiken i Partille samt expressbusstrafiken Kungsbacka-Göteborg och Saltholmen-centrala Göteborg. Trafikstart planeras till 20 juni 2010.
- Vi hälsar välkommen till Busslink som aldrig tidigare har utfört trafikuppdrag [...]
Singapore, Sweden sign digital-media MOU
Singapore, Sweden sign digital-media MOU
Tue, Jun 16, 2009
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THE Media Development Authority MDA announced yesterday that Singapore and Sweden’s Center Of Visualization have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding on interactive digital media.
Under the scheme, Swedish companies can use Singapore as a test-bed for various new projects and developments.
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The Gothenburg Times – Couple wants to care for elderly in residential home
Couple wants to care for elderly in residential home
By Elizabeth Barrett
June 12, 2009
A rural Gothenburg couple seeks a special use permit to open an adult family home in a residential area.
Cyndi and Doug Stevens want to buy a home owned by Bob and [...]
The FINANCIAL – Volvo Trucks withdraw the given notice in Gothenburg
Volvo Trucks withdraw the given notice in Gothenburg Print E-mail
10/06/2009 12:11 (4 Day 09:47 minutes ago)
The FINANCIAL — The management and the local union have come to an agreement to deal with the low utilization at the assembly plant in Gothenburg. The agreement includes [...]
Truckmaker Volvo agrees deal to cut hours, pay | Industries | Industrials, Materials & Utilities | Reuters
Truckmaker Volvo agrees deal to cut hours, pay
Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:16am EDT
Housing, CPI may feed early recovery hopes
Defensives lift Dow, S&P but tech weighs on Nasdaq | Video
Oil falls on stronger dollar, profit-taking
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Sweden Industrial Output, New Orders Decline In April – Forex TV
Sweden Industrial Output, New Orders Decline In April
06/10/09 03:51 am (EST)
(RTTNews) – Wednesday, the Statistics Sweden announced that the industrial production dropped 21.2% year-over-year in April, compared to the 22.1% decline in March, revised from 22.9% fall reported initially. Economists were looking for a decline [...]
Western Sweden and Gothenburg…literary hot spots. We’re talkintravel.
Western Sweden and Gothenburg…literary hot spots. We’re talkintravel.
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Here’s the latest news release from the Swedish Tourism Office. We’ve spent time in Western Sweden, especially Gotenburg. It’s a great town with a the main train station perfectly located in the [...]
Sweden’s Pirate Party Lands Seat on Parliament | homemediamagazine.com
Sweden’s Pirate Party Lands Seat on Parliament
By Chris Tribbey | Posted: 09 Jun 2009
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The anti-copyright, anti-patent Pirate Party of Sweden landed a seat on the European Parliament late Sunday, earning 7.1% of the vote, the fifth highest tally among political parties in Sweden.
The totals were enough to [...]
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Sweden PM: Need To Restore Functioning Fincl Mkts, Confidence
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There’s a need to restore the functioning of and confidence in financial markets, and the current economic downturn is straining government finances, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said Tuesday.
“We need to restore functioning financial markets and confidence in them. Families and companies must [...]
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Sweden FSA: Banks Have Enough Cap To Absorb Big Loan Losses
By Anna Molin and Ian Edmondson
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
STOCKHOLM (Dow Jones)–Swedish banks have sufficient regulatory capital to absorb loan losses at best of $26.18 billion and at worst of $45.13 billion in a three-year period, with the outcome depending on economic developments at [...]
Wreck of Soviet WWII submarine found in Baltic Sea | Reuters
STOCKHOLM, June 9 (Reuters) – Swedish and Finnish divers have located the wreck of a Soviet submarine sunk during World War Two in the Baltic Sea, the team said on Tuesday.
The wreck of the submarine, the S-2, which sank in 1940 with a crew of [...]
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ECOFIN: Sweden Fin Min: Latvia Must Do Exactly As Promised
LUXEMBOURG (Dow Jones)–The Latvian government’s pledge to restore its strained public finances is welcome, but the authorities must now do “exactly as they say” to avoid further financial crises, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg said Wednesday.
“We are pleased with a more responsible fiscal policy [...]
Woman nearly drowned in unprovoked assault – The Local
Woman nearly drowned in unprovoked assault
Published: 30 May 09 11:10 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/19766/20090530/
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A 30-year-old woman was attacked and nearly drowned outside the seaside town of Kungsbacka in southern Sweden yesterday. The woman had taken her two small children [...]
Royals confirm Swedish plans – Yahoo Eurosport UK
Royals confirm Swedish plans
Wed 03 Jun, 11:44 AM
Reading have announced a pre-season training camp in Sweden at the end of July.
The Royals will fly out to Scandinavia on Wednesday July 22 and will be based in Kungsbacka for the third time in recent years.
The Championship side will take [...]
Social recognition increases employees’ support for companies .:. Juraforum.de – Portal für Recht mit Rechtsanwalt – Suche!
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Employees who have some influence over their place of work provide a better service. On the other hand, praise and encouragement from managers has no particular significance in terms of loyalty toward the [...]
KNEG members cut 120,000 tonnes of CO2 – News – Logistics Manager
KNEG members cut 120,000 tonnes of CO2
Published: 27 May 2009 10:13 AM
Industry Channel: Transport & Distribution
A joint project aimed at making freight transport “climate-neutral” has resulted in a 120,000-tonne reduction in carbon dioxide emissions in 2008.
The news, announced at the Logistics & Transport [...]
Svenska Golfförbundet – Grön tävling i ”Fiddes” namn – Newsdesk
Grön tävling i ”Fiddes” namn
2009-05-25 11:12
Grön tävling i ”Fiddes” namn
För andra gången på två veckor står en svensk världsstjärna bakom en SAS Masters Tour-tävling. Fredrik Jacobson Masters hosted by Telenor har lockat 66 damer och 90 herrar till Kungsbacka GK 28-30 maj.
Fredrik Jacobson Masters hosted by [...]
Telecoms Korea News Service – World’s First Commercial LTE Service Unveiled
World’s First Commercial LTE Service Unveiled Print
Written by T_Korea
Monday, 25 May 2009
While almost 30 mobile operators have committed to deploying Long Term Evolution (LTE), Ericsson and TeliaSonera announced they have unveiled the world’s first commercial (LTE) site in Stockholm, Sweden.
The site will be part of [...]
Iraqi wins asylum in Sweden – UPI.com
Iraqi wins asylum in Sweden
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 23 UPI — A Swedish court has overruled the Migration Board, ruling that an Iraqi who has been in the country since 2007 should be granted asylum.
The court found anyone who has worked for the U.S. military could be in danger in [...]
BMW, GDF, Intervest, Qiagen, TNT, UBS: European Equity Preview – Bloomberg.com
BMW, GDF, Intervest, Qiagen, TNT, UBS: European Equity Preview
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May 4 (Bloomberg) — The following companies may have unusual price changes in European trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are from the previous [...]
Forest fire burns out of control in Sweden – UPI.com
Forest fire burns out of control in Sweden
Published: April 26, 2009 at 9:11 A
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, April 26 (UPI) — A forest fire burning out of control in western Sweden has destroyed at least 4 square miles of land, firefighters said Sunday.
The fire north of Gothenburg spread [...]
New Blood: The Gothenburg Address :: The Skinny
New Blood: The Gothenburg Address
Written by: Ewen Millar
Published: Tue 28 Apr 2009
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19:00PM, Wednesday 06 May 2009
Cabaret Voltaire, 36-38 Blair Street, Edinburgh
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The Gothenburg Address support Amusement Parks on Fire at Cabaret Voltaire on 6 May and play the Skinny Dip at The Bongo Club, Edinburgh on 28 May.
A [...]
SPL: Aberdeen 1983 team award | Setanta
Dons heroes pick up merit award
by Brian Etherson , 03 May 2009
Aberdeen’s 1983 European Cup Winners Cup team has picked up a special merit award at a glittering ceremony in Glasgow which was accepted on behalf of the whole team by captain Willie Miller.
Former Dons striker John Hewitt – [...]