Solution for analyzing and interpreting human genomic
PHILADELPHIA, PA, August 14, 2012 - The Intellectual Property & Science business
of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced that GenoSpace joined its Life Sciences Partner Ecosystem. The companies will work together to develop an
integrated product offering for the analysis and interpretation of human genomicm variation, reports Nordic-news.com.
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Remained Stable in Sweden
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Anders Borg(Foto:Wikipedia) |
Compared with a year ago, the unemployment rate fell in seven Member States, increased in nineteen and remained stable in Sweden. The largest falls were observed in Estonia (13.6% to 10.9% between the first quarters
of 2011 and 2012)
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Avtale med China Union Pay
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Mette Kamsvår8Foto:Nets) |
China UnionPay, som er det største kortselskapet i Kina, har inngått en avtale med Nets om kortprosessering. Avtalen innebærer at kinesiske turister som besøker Norden i større grad kan bruke sine UnionPay kort. Med denne avtalen ligger også forholdene til rette for økt aksept av kortene i Europa. Nets er det tidligere Bankens Betalingssentral8BS), som idag eies av danske interessser.
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'Give 100 million in export support'
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Stefan Løfven(Foto:Wikipedia) |
The Social Democrats want to invest in small and medium-sized export companies, wrote the party’s head Stefan Löfven in an opinion piece on Saturday. Löfven, who is slated to hold his speech in Almedalen later on Saturday, suggested that the Swedish Export Council (Exportrådet) should receive SEK 100 million kronor extra over a period of four years, reports Nordic-News.com..
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Eurozone must Make Collective Response to Crisis
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CEO Christine Lagarde(Photo:Gouv.France) |
he crisis in the euro area has reached a critical
stage, the staff of the International Monetary Fund said in its latest
assessment, and urged the 17 countries of the eurozone to remain
strongly committed to a robust and complete monetary union, including a
unified banking system and more fiscal integration. A strong collective commitment to “a robust and complete monetary
union” would help restore faith in its viability, the IMF statement
said. It should encompass a credible path to a banking union as an
immediate priority, and greater fiscal integration, with better
governance and more risk sharing.
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Greek Elections Calls for Coaition
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Antonis Samaris(FotWikipedia) |
THENS, Greece (AP) — Greek election victor Antonis
Samaras says he will continue efforts to build a broad coalition
government, despite a refusal from the second-placed Syriza radical left
party to join in.The conservative New Democracy leader says he will
seek to engage as many parties as possible in the power-sharing effort.
Samaras spoke after talks Monday with Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras. He
said he would persist in his efforts because debt-crippled Greece is in
"immediate" need of being governed.
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Altor takes over carnegie Holding
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Harald Mix(Foto:Altor) |
Altor (Altor Fund III GP Limited) has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Bure Equity's stakes in Carnegie Holding, Max Matthiessen and Carnegie Asset Management subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, writes Nordic-news.com..
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Ferdinand Piech enters The Scania-board
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Dr. ferdinand Piech(Photo:VW AG) |
The nomination committee of Scania proposes the election of Prof. Dr. Ferdinand K. Piëch as member of the Board of Scania at the Annual General Meeting of Scania which is held on Friday 4 May 2012. Gunnar Larsson has notified the nomination committee of Scania that he is no
longer available for re-election to the Board due to other duties, writes Nordic-news.com.
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Bayerngas Discover on the Skarfjell Prospect
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Arne Westeng(Foto:Bayergas) |
Bayerngas Norge AS has a 20 % participating interest in PL 418. The operator Wintershall Norge AS is now in the process of completing wildcat well 35/9-7 in the northeastern North Sea. The well is drilled on the Skarfjell Prospect located approximately 17 km southwest of the Gjøa Field and lies inbetween the Grosbeak
discovery in PL378 to the south and the Titan discovery in PL420 to the north. The
primary exploration target for the well was to prove hydrocarbons in Upper Jurassic
reservoir rocks, says managing director Arne Westeng to Nordic-news.com.
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Gauch elected New German President
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Joachum Gauch(Photo:Wikipedia) |
Joachim Gauck is Germany's new president after being elected on Sunday. The expectations for him are already unbelievably high, but he has a good chance of being a great head of state. He has experienced much of Germany's turbulent postwar history firsthand, and as a former East German pastor, he knows the value of freedom,writes der Speigel.
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Jim Yong Kim's World Bank nomination is 'encouraging'
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Jim Yuong Kim( Photo: Darthmouth.edu) |
The state news agency Xinhua said the choice of Jim Yong Kim, a public health expert born in Seoul and raised in the US, is “encouraging”.
Mr Kim is president of Dartmouth College, a prestigious university in New Hampshire, and previously ran the HIV/Aids department at the World Health Organisation, writes Nordicv-News.com
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TeliaSonera acquires Svenska Stadsnät AB
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Malin Frenning(Photo:TeliaSonera) |
TeliaSonera acquires all shares in Svenska Stadsnät AB, a company providing fiber capacity to municipalities, companies and households. The price for the acquisition is not disclosed.
For 2011 net sales in Svenska Stadsnät amounted to SEK 53 million. The company has operations in seven municipalities: Laholm, Svalöv, Örkelljunga, Karlshamn, Gislaved, Gnosjö and Mölndal. The company has 14 employees in Gislaved, Mölndal and Landskrona, writes Nordic-news.com.
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Eastman pays Dividend
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James Rodges (Photo:Eastman) |
The board of directors of Eastman Chemical
Company (NYSE:EMN) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.26 per share on thecompany's common stock. Eastman and Kodak is divorcing according to a fresh press release from the company, writes Nordic-news.com.
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Bedre resultat for Den norske Bank
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CEO Rune Bjerke(Foto:DnB) |
DNBs resultat i fjerde kvartal 2011 ble 4 089 millioner kroner, mens resultatet i fjerde kvartal 2010 var 5 284 millioner. Resultatet for året 2011 ble 12 979 millioner kroner, en reduksjon på 1 083 millioner sammenlignet med 2010.
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Defence cuts plan outlined by Pentagon
The U.S. Defence Department outlined a plan Thursday for slowing the growth of military spending, including cutting the size of the army and marine corps, retiring older planes and trimming war costs. The plan drew quick criticism from Republicans, signalling the difficulty of scaling back defence budgets in an election year, writes CBS.
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