The Local (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
... the time of the first Gulf War in the early 1990s up until the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.TT/David Landes (Swedish swimmer Therese Alshammar broke the 50 metre butterfly short course world record in the World Cup meeting in Stockholm on Wednesday. More National
Kieran Healy's Weblog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
I’m at CASBS this year. The other day (for Halloween) I was given a list all of the occupants who have been in the office I now sit in. The list includes Jacob Marschak, Harold Wilensky, David Landes, Ernest Nagel, Philip Selznick, Alvin Gouldner, Robert Bellah, Ruth Barcan Marcus, Fred Dretske and Ron Breiger. Crikey. I [...]
orgtheory.net (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
I’m at CASBS this year. The other day (for Halloween) I was given a list all of the occupants who have been in the office I now sit in. The list includes Jacob Marschak, Harold Wilensky, David Landes, Ernest Nagel, Philip Selznick, Alvin Gouldner, Robert Bellah, Ruth Barcan Marcus, Fred Dretske and Ron Breiger. Crikey. [...]
The Local (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... to enter its third season, is set to air the new episodes featuring Chase in the spring of 2009.David Landes (/+46 8 656 6518)A Stockholm-area pastor charged with beating his wife during a threesome has been sentenced to probation and counseling, the Metro newspaper reports. More Society
The Local (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... charges of vandalism and the theft of a pack of cigarettes stemming from two separate incidents.David Landes (/+46 8 656 6518)Irish low-cost airline Ryanair went on trial in a Swedish court on Tuesday accused of compensation infringements for cancelled flights, the Swedish Consumer Agency (KO) said. More National
The Local (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
... perimeter fencing.“We now need to review our surveillance system further,” he told the newspaper.David Landes (/+46 8 656 6518) Today's headlines Nearly 95 percent of violent crimes and robberies committed in Sweden go unsolved, and an individual police officer solves an average of three crimes per year, according to a recent analysis. Drivers of foreign-registered cars in Sweden...
The Local (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
... that a licence plate shouldn’t be offensive, regardless of whether it’s read forwards or backwards.David Landes (/+46 8 656 6518) Today's headlinesIf a recent increase in suspected cases of wrongdoing is any guide, it appears as if perpetrators of financial crimes in Sweden have no plans to let up due to the financial crisis. Researchers in Sweden have found that the twice yearly...
The Local (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
... Janszky.The study relies on 20 years worth of data on heart attacks in Sweden, starting in 1987.David Landes (/+46 8 656 6518) Today's headlinesIf a recent increase in suspected cases of wrongdoing is any guide, it appears as if perpetrators of financial crimes in Sweden have no plans to let up due to the financial crisis. Officials with Sweden’s Road Administration have denied a...
The Local (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
... her defence, and sentenced the woman to two months in prison for aggravated drunken driving.David Landes (/+46 8 656 6518)The National Institute of Economic Research predicts Sweden's economy will shrink slightly next year as the country’s main economic indicator dropped to its lowest level since 1996. More Society
The Local (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008
... reached by The Local, a spokesperson for the Swedish declined to comment on the matter.David Landes (/+46 8 656 6518)More Society
The Local (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
... ($127,000)Prosecutors allege that the 27-year-old was then paid 450,000 kronor for his efforts.TT/David Landes () Today's headlines The Stockholm stock exchange took a tumble in early trading on Friday, with the OMXS index dropping 5 percent by 9.15am. Shares in Volvo shed 19 percent of their value. Sweden’s Supreme Court has ruled that secretly filming someone having sex does not...
The Local (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
... jobs.The company has not yet determined how the white collar redundancies will be distributed.David Landes (/+46 8 656 6518) Today's headlines After reporting better than expected profits for the third quarter, Swedbank then saw its shares drop more than 10 percent on Thursday following an announcement that the bank may need to seek additional capital. A team of archaeologists digging...
The Local (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
... the Bronze Age and another which covers settlements from the latter part of the early Stone Age.TT/David Landes (Sweden's former Finance Minister Pär Nuder has criticized the country's security service over its failure to protect assassinated Foreign Minister Anna Lindh. More Science & Technology
The Local (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
... remains weak or if inflation remains high, a higher repo rate may be justified," said the Riksbank.David Landes (/+46 8 656 6518) Today's headlines Police confirmed late Wednesday night that they have found the body of Carolin Stenvall, the 29-year-old Swedish woman who has been missing for more than a month Residents of the small town of Aneby in southern Sweden reacted angrily this...
The Local (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
... conditions are pretty difficult because the current is so fierce,” the dive team leader told TT.TT/David Landes () Today's headlines The Swedish government plans to halt adoptions of children from Vietnam citing concerns over corruption and fears that the child’s best interests don’t always come first. Sweden's former Finance Minister Pär Nuder has criticized the country's security...
