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Nordic countries continue to have the smallest equality gaps between men and women

New York, USA, 27 October – Iceland (1) has claimed the top spot of the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2009 from Norway (3) which slipped to third position behind Finland (2). Sweden (4) completed the Nordic countries’ continued dominance of the top four. The report’s Index assesses countries on how well they are dividing their resources and opportunities among their male and female populations, regardless of the overall levels of these resources and opportunities.    » read more »

Governor Leads Green Business Development Mission to Sweden; Opens new foreign office in Stockholm to tap region's strengths in bio, alternative energy

ANNAPOLIS, MD (June 10, 2009) – Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley led a Maryland delegation through a packed agenda today in Sweden, meeting with Swedish bio and clean technology companies, touring an eco-friendly city, and addressing an American Chamber of Commerce reception.    » read more »

Stream Computing Provides Real-Time Analysis For New Insight into Effects on Earth

BERLIN - 03 Jun 2009: IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Uppsala University and the Swedish Institute of Space Physics announced today a major new Stream Computing project to analyze massive volumes of information in real time to better understand “space weather”. By using IBM InfoSphere Streams to analyze data from sensors that track high frequency radio waves, endless amounts of data can be captured and analyzed on the fly.

Over the next year, this project is expected to perform analytics on at least 6 gigabytes per second or 21,600 gigabytes per hour – the equivalent of all the Web pages on the Internet.    » read more »

Gothenburg Energy to Install 90,000 GE Smart Meters

COLOGNE, Germany -- 27 May 2009 -- To provide consumers with information to better manage utility costs, Gothenburg Energy has ordered and will deploy 90,000 GE smart meters.

The project will meet a Swedish government mandate, which requires all utilities to have an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) in place by June 1, 2009. The new meters will provide the utility with real-time data access.

“We are very impressed by the functionality and quality of the GE Smart Meter,” said Tomas Arnewid, AMI project manager for Gothenburg Energy. “We look forward to installing GE’s polyphase meter, as well."    » read more »

Virginia Harbor Services Inc. of Clearbrook, Va., and Trelleborg Industrie S.A.S. of France Agree to Plead Guilty

April 20, 2009 -- WASHINGTON — Two subsidiaries of the Swedish company Trelleborg AB, one based in Virginia and the other in France, have agreed to plead guilty and pay a total of $11 million in criminal fines for their participation in separate conspiracies affecting the sales of marine products sold in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today.    » read more »

09 June 2008 -- A Swedish research organization says global military spending has increased 45 percent over the past decade, while noting increased support for new arms control talks.

In its annual report, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute says international military spending reached nearly $1.4 trillion in 2007 - a six percent increase from the previous year. Arms sales by leading manufacturers during the same period jumped eight percent.

Commenting on the data, institute chief Bates Gill said there is growing urgency around the globe to bring a mainstream momentum to arms control. He also said disarmament by the largest nuclear powers - the United States and Russia - could play a critical role in spurring reduced military spending elsewhere in the world.    » read more »

May 13, 2008 -- LANSING - Lt. Governor John D. Cherry, Jr., representing Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm, today announced that the city of Flint and alternative energy leader Swedish Biogas International (SBI) will undertake a project to produce alternative energy from waste removed from the city's wastewater treatment plant.

The plant will produce biogas - an alternative energy that can fuel vehicles and generate heat and electricity. Granholm called the announcement of the plant "a major building block in creating the state's alternative energy industry" and said that it will lay the groundwork for creating jobs in the industry.    » read more »

Geneva, Switzerland, 9 April 2008 - Denmark is the most networked economy in the world, followed by Sweden and Switzerland, according to The Global Information Technology Report 2007-2008, released today by the World Economic Forum. Among the top ten, the Republic of Korea (9) and, to a lesser extent, the United States (4) post the most notable improvements (moving up 10 and 3 positions, respectively).

World Economic Forum Networked Readiness Index 2007-2008    » read more »

March 17, 2008, Beverly Hills, CA — A weekend-long salute featuring five of director Ingmar Bergman’s Academy Award®-nominated and winning films will be presented by the Academybeginning Friday, April 4, at 7 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.    » read more »

14 February 2008 -- Iron Maiden’s year has got off to a roaring start with the February 4th release of the band’s long-awaited DVD Live After Death smashing straight into the UK music DVD charts at Number One not only outpacing its nearest competitor by three to one, but outselling the rest of the Top 6 combined!    » read more »

06 November 2007 -- The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has narrowed the field to three finalists for the men's and women's 2007 World Athlete of the Year awards.

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang, marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, and world sprint champion Tyson Gay of the United States are in the running for the men's award.

The women's nominees include Swedish heptathlon champion Carolina Kluft, Ethiopian distance runner Meseret Defar and Croatian high-jumper Blanka Vlasic.    » read more »

November 1, 2007 -- DETROIT - Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today met in Lansing with the Swedish Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Eskil Erlandsson, where they discussed a variety of issues important to their respective governments, including forestry and the expansion of the alternative energy industry to create jobs in Michigan. Erlandsson also met with Michigan Department of Agriculture Director Don Koivisto and officials from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) to discuss expanding economic development partnerships.    » read more »

Germany, Singapore, Japan and the United Kingdom among the top ten

Geneva, Switzerland, 31 October 2007 – The United States tops the overall ranking in The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008, released today by the World Economic Forum. Switzerland is in second position followed by Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Finland and Singapore, respectively.    » read more »

October 25, 2007 -- DETROIT - Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today met in Detroit with the newly-appointed Swedish Ambassador to the United States, Jonas Hafström, where they discussed a variety of issues important to their respective governments, including expansion of the alternative energy industry to create jobs in Michigan. The meeting marks Hafström's first visit to Michigan since taking his new post in September.    » read more »

October 23, 2007 -- AOL Europe today announced the launch of a new portal in Sweden, AOL.se. AOL.se is free to anyone using the Web and will offer email, instant messaging, photo and video services, in addition to tailored content including local sports, entertainment and celebrity news.    » read more »