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Monday, 02 April 2012
New businesses start ups in Sweden fell sharply in March from a year earlier.
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Slightly more than Skr20 million is what Ericsson’s President and CEO Hans Vestberg received in salary and bonuses in 2011.
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Monday, 09 July 2012
The founder of Ikea Ingvar Kamprad has donated Skr75 million to a retirement home in Swiss Epalinges, where he has resided since 1976
Monday, 02 July 2012
Big and leading Norwegian companies such as the Oslo Stock Exchange, Schibsted, DNB, PST, and the Norwegian Bettingas as well as and online newspapers have been attacked by hackers.
Friday, 29 June 2012
A very ‘untouchable’ Swedish business man, Percy Barnevik, is reported to have been arrested in London, on Thursday on suspicion of sexual offenses. He said that it is a "crazy woman" who pursues him. "You should know that there is no basis what so ever. It's just fake, "he told the Swedish tabloid news paper, Expressen.
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
The top officials of the Swedish Economic Crimes Authority went on a field trip to Miami Beach in the USA with a price tag of about Skr50,000 per person. They who are supposed to be holding others accountable got away with squandering state funds.
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
When westerners cry that most of their jobs have been outsources to China and China on the other side boast that it is recording 8 to 10 percent economic growth, and also Western firms report huge corporate profits, all that comes down to the slavish ways the Chinese workers are put through.
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
Swedish companies are reported to have taken advantage of the vulnerability in the African country, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and to exploit the vulnerable people there including children.
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
Many Swedish companies have been associated with a critical report in which workers' rights and working conditions in low wage countries have been identified.
Monday, 18 June 2012
For long now, Norway had been the real egalitarian society where more women have been organically climbing the management ladder than anywhere else in the western world.
Thursday, 14 June 2012
Swedish companies continue to roll out bonus program which on the first look at things it is great for it would spur economic vitality and productivity. But there is a problem the bonus programs are increasingly aimed only at managers and top executives.
Monday, 11 June 2012
After 15 years, global sales manager Stefan Larsson leaves H & M. and goes to competitor Gap brand Old Navy.
Tuesday, 05 June 2012
Danish tennis star, Caroline Wozniacki has signed a sponsorship agreement with the Danish underwear brand JBS, which among others during the fall 2012 will launch her own underwear collection.
Friday, 01 June 2012
Identify theft in Sweden expanded by 42 percent, described as having by far the biggest increase is in Stockholm.
Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Maybe they have had it much better today than their greying seniors, which is why Sweden has not done to assist the Swedish youth into proper carrier path as could have been expected according to rhetoric.
Thursday, 10 May 2012
A major observation which is likely not new but growing is that which companies are buying the “like” on facebook. Is this a sustainable approach to build audience and promote a business?
Spotify founder wealth growth in the UK show how starting a business in Sweden is hard Wednesday, 02 May 2012
If Spotify founder is among the UK's richest, does it mean that starting a business is hard? Well, Daniel Ek, founder of the music streaming service Spotify, made it onto the Sunday Times' annual list of the UK's richest people.
Wednesday, 02 May 2012
The Swedish state development agency, Swedfund has invested tens of millions in a company that will produce ethanol in Sierra Leone, but the local people are reported to have been affected by water shortages and hunger when the company took over their land. Now the poor inhabitants are seeking help from Sweden.
Saturday, 21 April 2012
Norwegian Oil fund manager, also know as Norwegian wealth fund manager, Yngve Slyngstad has seen his salary increased by over 65 percent in two years. Neither Norges Bank nor those in the central bank and the Fund resources management will explain why such an astronomical rise has taken place.
Friday, 13 April 2012
Swedish companies are increasingly turning to the bond market for financing as access to bank credit has tightened since the autumn in the wake of the euro-zone debt crisis and tough new financial regulation, Danish bank Danske Bank A/S (DANSKE.KO) said Friday.
ABB appoints Prith Banerjee to Executive Committee as Chief Technology Officer
Thursday, 05 April 2012
ABB Ltd (ABBN.VX) Thursday said it appointed Prith Banerjee as Chief Technology Officer.
How they are all in it together - Sandvik President and Chairman pay themselves huge salaries
Tuesday, 03 April 2012
The CEO of Swedish engineering group Sandvik, Olof Faxander as well as his board chairman, who approve salaries have received huge pay.
Monday, 02 April 2012
Women in Sweden, who are not born in Sweden, described here in Sweden as women born abroad are very tough. More of them have chosen to become entrepreneurs in an environment where they have limited opportunities.
Sunday, 01 April 2012
Following the stance taken by the Swedish government and the its opposition relating to laws governing Sweden's smaller business, curious Swedish snoopers decided to look at what similar business life was like in other countries. Conclusively without doubt it turns out that when compared to the rest of the world, Sweden is not very good for business.
Thursday, 29 March 2012
Has SEB lost the plot by coming the smallest of the Swedish top banks in terms of market capitalisation? Is it down to strategy missed of just bad luck even though their CEO, Annika Falkengren is one of the best paid in the industry in the region?
Thursday, 22 March 2012
Margot Wallström is reported to succeed Allan Larsson as Chairman of the Board of Lund University in a new high profile job for the Swedish heavyweight.
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Victor Muller believes that a Saab sale can still be realized. He is also open for a job in his old company according to an interview with Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
ICA Group's outgoing CEO Kenneth Bengtsson, who is also chairman of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, was last year paid total compensation of Skr30 million, compared with Skr14 million the year before.
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
The average manager in Sweden earn Skr38 000 a month and most will earned that in the financial industry in Stockholm, while the lowest wages paid managers are in the public sector and on the island of Gotland, recent data from statistics from Ledarna, a Swedish Organization for Managers show.
Monday, 19 March 2012
Earnings of head of Swedish Giant Corporation exposed in a different way by Swedish daily, Dagens Nyheter as questions about corporation tax payments in Sweden rage on.
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
It was the dream for many so called education entrepreneurs to start their own school and cash easily from the government based on the amount of students they have.
Monday, 12 March 2012
Finland’s national air carrier Finnair announced Monday that it plans to sell its catering operations to in-flight services provider LSG Sky Chef, a subsidiary of the German airline company Lufthansa.
Saturday, 10 March 2012
It has become more common in Sweden that company’s top management have become intrusive into the personal lives of those they want to employ. This is something illegal but with the job market here almost collapsing, employers can break the law and still sue the employee on top of it.
Thursday, 08 March 2012
The CEO of SCA, Jan Johansson had a good return on his bonus even last year. The variable payment landed at about Skr 5.4 million and together with his salary, he gets Skr14.4 million, according to the company's annual report.
Wednesday, 07 March 2012
The airline Finnair paid almost € 2.8 million (nearly Skr25 million) in extra bonuses to its executives that they would remain in the company's service for the period 2009 and 2011.
Tuesday, 06 March 2012
Swedish owner of the Ikea chain of furniture shops, Ingvar Kamprad is the richest man in Europe, and the fourth richest in the world, according to a new ranking.
