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Thursday, 20 November 2008

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Finland country news

The number of decisions taken by the EU to nod financial schemes of the member states till today crossed the double-digit mark as the European... full story

EU okays JV between Finland’s UPM and Maltese BRIST

Nokia takes charge and takes over Symbian

Finnish-Estonian nuclear power station

Fortum and Hafslund Infratek will combine some operations

Stora Enso to sell Helsinki HQ building to Deka

Neste to build 80 mln Euro isomerisation unit

Azeri-Finnish Presidents talk in Helsinki

TietoEnator’s top owners reject a bid from Cidron

Estonia mulls buying 122 mm artillery howitzers

Political

Finnish ministers appeal to Stora Enso, UPM-Kymmene

Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen and Economic Affairs Minister Mauri Pekkarinen have appealed to Stora Enso and UPMKymmene to help those affected by their capacity... full story

OSCE cooperation discussed

HES construction starting up soon

Austrian Chancellor coming to talk on range of issues

Finland joins consortium buying transport planes

Government appoints forum to curb retirement woes

Iran must obtain nukes

Finland may join NATO response force this year

Forces to be withdrawn from UNIFIL

Calls for greater engagement in CDMs with India

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Business

Ahlstrom issues a profit warning off waning demand

Finnish fibre product maker Ahlstrom said that its full-year profit excluding one-offs was expected to be almost unchanged from last year’s, citing slumping demand. Ahlstrom... full story

Spinoff speculation as Metso mulls structure

TietoEnator’s Q2 pretax up at 24 mln Euro

Outotec wins 90 mln Euro order in Peru

Wartsila to double Togo’s generating capacity

Valmet Automotive signs hybrid assembly LoI with Fisker

Rautaruukki to slash 207 jobs home, abroad

Nokia Siemens wins Chinese Mobile order

Outotec signs a service agreement with Boliden in Sweden

HKScan issues negative guidance over pork and energy

Economic

Finnish nuclear reactor project further delayed

The construction schedule for Finland’s fifth nuclear reactor has run into a new delay, Finnish power company Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said. Work on the third... full story

Itella to outsource or close 38 post offices

YIT reports 13% pre-tax profit drop

Business federation seeks to limit jobless benefits

Gyrating railway cost estimate jumps to over 590 mln

Nord Stream spots mines in Gulf of Finland

Ramirent’s Q4 pretax up at 44 mln Euro

SRV posts 5 mln Euro loss in final quarter

Finland to sell OMX slice to Borse Dubai

UPM-Kymmene Q4 pretax slumps to 92 mln Euro

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