Volvo reports better profit in Q2 than expected
July 25th, 2012 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Stockholm, July 25 (IANS) Swedish auto manufacturer Volvo group has posted a profit of 6,764 million Swedish kronor (about $970 million) before tax in the second quarter this year, which ... Read more...
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Swedish fashion firm to tap Chinese market
July 18th, 2012 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Stockholm, July 18 (IANS) Swedish clothing company J.Lindeberg is planning to open 50 stores in China in 2012 and 2013, a media report said.Half of the company's total turnover would ... Read more...
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Electrolux income drops in 2011
February 3rd, 2012 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
Stockholm, Feb 3 (IANS) Affected by price pressure and increased costs for raw materials, the income of the Swedish multinational appliance manufacturer Electrolux fell by 48 percent last year compared ... Read more...
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Two Americans share Nobel Prize for Economics
October 10th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Stockholm, Oct 10 (IANS) The Nobel Prize for Economcis will be shared by Christopher A. Sims and Thomas J. Sargent of the US "for their empirical research on cause and ... Read more...
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Swedish poet wins 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature
October 6th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Stockholm, Oct 6 (IANS) Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer has won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature, it was announced Thursday."The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2011 is awarded to the ... Read more...
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Israeli scientist wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
October 5th, 2011 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Stockholm, Oct 5 (IANS) Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman Wednesday won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of quasicrystals.
Shechtman, from Israel Institute of Technology, discovered the quasicrystals, a ... Read more...
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Nobel Prize for medicine to go to dead scientist Ralph Steinman
October 4th, 2011 - 8:05 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Oslo, Oct 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The organizers of the Nobel Prize are left in a fix after it emerged that one of the scientists named for a top prize in medicine has ... Read more...
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Three share Nobel in Medicine
October 3rd, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Stockholm, Oct 3 (IANS) Three scientists Monday won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discoveries of the immune system that opened up new avenues for the treatment of ... Read more...
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Most lottery winners choose to save money than squander it
March 1st, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
"It's common for people to say that 'they are who they are' as an explanation for why they do not change more," said University of Gothenburg researcher Anna Hedenus.She surveyed 420 Swedish ... Read more...
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Lottery winners remain unchanged after windfall
March 1st, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 1 (IANS) We often hear about lottery winners who have squandered all their prize money, incurred debts and become lonely and unhappy. However, the bulk of winners claim to carry ... Read more...
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Nobel Prize 2010 For Chemistry Physics And Medicine Announced
October 6th, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar,
The winners of some of the categories of Nobel Prize have been announced. These categories include, Physics, Chemistry and Medicines. The other categories are yet to be announced. ... Read more...
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Nobel Prize In Economics 2009 Goes To US Economists
October 12th, 2009 - 7:53 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar,
New York, Oct 12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Oliver Willamson and Elinor Ostrom will share the sum of 1.4 million dollars or 10 million Swedish kronor as they have been jointly honored ... Read more...
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Swedish court rejects The Pirate Bay appeal
June 27th, 2009 - 1:04 am ICT by John Le Fevre
A request for a retrial by the four men behind The Pirate Bay torrent hosting website has been dismissed by a Swedish court.The men behind The Pirate Bay had requested the Svea ... Read more...
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‘Champion of downtrodden’ Krishnammal gets Alternate Nobel Prize
December 9th, 2008 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Stockholm, Dec 9 (IANS) India's "champion of the downtrodden" Krishnammal Jagannathan was conferred the Right Livelihood Award, popularly known as the Alternate Nobel Prize, at a ceremony in the Swedish Parliament, ... Read more...
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IPCC, Al Gore awarded with Nobel Peace Prize
December 10th, 2007 - 11:13 pm ICT by admin
Oslo, Dec 10 (ANI): Chairman of the U N Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Rajendra Pachauri and former US Vice President Al Gore on Monday were awarded with the coveted Nobel ... Read more...
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Three Americans to share Nobel Prize for Economics
November 14th, 2007 - 2:17 am ICT by admin
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