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		<title><![CDATA[After Running Aground, New Pirate Bay Acquisition Chatter Is Afloat]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Global Gaming Factory X GGF&#8216;s much-hyped and now defunct bid to buy BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay was a ship that never sailed. But more bidders could be on the horizon&#8230;Swedish games download site Gamersgate.com and, bizarrely, GGF CEO Hans Pandeya are amongst them, according to DI.se (via Thelocal.se).Pirate...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Stockholm Business Region: Stockholm Hosts Red Herring ETRE Global Technology Summit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Journalists are invited to learn more about Scandinavia's technology, economic and financial centre and leading entrepreneurial companies, as the city is joining with global media company Red Herring as a host of the 19th ETRE European Technology Roundtable Exhibition Global Technology Summit, taking place October 14-17.  STOCKHOLM, Sweden --...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU PROBES STATOIL BUY OF JET STATIONS.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission opened a detailed investigation, on 14 May,  into Norwegian oil company StatoilHydro's proposed acquisition of  Jet petrol stations in Scandinavia, currently owned by ConocoPhillips of  the USA. The Commission fears that the transaction could limit  competition on the motor fuel retail markets in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[INDUSTRIAL GASES JV APPROVED.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6637/is_200712/ai_n26116271]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission cleared, on 28 November, the acquisition of  joint control by Yara International ASA Norway and US-based Praxair  Inc. of Yara's existing industrial gases business in Scandinavia.  After examining the operation, the Commission concluded that the  transaction would not significantly impede effective competition in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MACROPYGE (PROMACROPYGE) SCANDINAVICA NEW SPECIES; THE FIRST MACROPYGINID TRILOBITE RECORDED FROM THE FURONGIAN OF BALTICA]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3790/is_200711/ai_n21137465]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ABSTRACT- Macropyge Promacropyge scandinavica new species is described from the Furongian Peltura minor Zone on northwestern Mount Kinnekulle, southcentral Sweden. It represents the first macropyginid trilobite recorded in Baltica. M. (P.) scandinavica closely resembles other species of the same subgenus from southeast China, suggesting a correlation between the Scandinavian P....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hardide Coatings Limited]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hardide Coatings Limited has appointed Joe Howell as technical sales manager for its business in Aberdeen and Scandinavia providing patented tungsten carbide-based component coatings to the oil and gas, valve and pump industries.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NeoMedia Launches Advanced Auto Rejuvenation Product Line in China, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia and North America]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT MYERS, Fla. -- NeoMedia Micro Paint Repair, an innovative developer and international supplier of auto rejuvenation products and processes and a business unit of NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB: NEOM), today announced the launch of a new line of advanced polishes designed to reduce the time and improve the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Delta offers customers new U.S.-Scandinavia link with daily service to Denmark as part of ongoing international expansion; The number one U.S. airline across the Atlantic will offer customers non-stop flights between Atlanta and Copenhagen in April 2006.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-21 September 2005-Delta-Air: Delta offers customers  new U.S.-Scandinavia link with daily service to Denmark as part of  ongoing international expansion; The number one U.S. airline across the  Atlantic will offer customers non-stop flights between Atlanta and  Copenhagen in April 2006C1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD  ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[According to Reuters, gay and lesbian organizations are in an uproar. It seems that male penguins in the zoo of Bremerhaven, Germany, have been attempting to mate with one another and to hatch offspring out of stones.(While We're At It)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6383/is_200505/ai_n25549242]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Reuters, gay and lesbian organizations are in an  uproar. It seems that male penguins in the zoo of Bremerhaven, Germany,  have been attempting to mate with one another and to hatch offspring out  of stones. The zoo has imported some female penguins from Scandinavia. ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Storm strikes in heart of Europe]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BERLIN AFP &#8212; A storm accompanied by violent gusts of wind, heavy snowfalls and chilling temperatures knifed into the center of Europe after earlier causing major disruption in Scandinavia and Poland.  Winds gusting at up to 180 kilometers (112 miles) an hour were recorded at Wendelstein in Bavaria. Fallen...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hilton International and Scandic launch franchise initiative.(Europe)(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hilton International, London, will roll out a new franchise  initiative with mid-market player Scandic. While Hilton operates nearly  140 Scandic branded hotels across Scandinavia, this initiative  represents a new franchising opportunity for the company, which to date  has had little franchising experience--predominately in the Caribbean ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[E.ON earmarks 13.8 billion euros for takeovers, investment]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUSSELDORF, Germany AFP ? The leading German energy group E.ON announced a massive expansion drive in Europe with a budget of 13.8 billion euros (16.8 billion dollars) for takeovers and other investments in the next two years.  The programme was focused on central Europe and Scandinavia, it said. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lowell, Mass., Medical Products Firm Targets Scandinavia.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Frank Tutalo, The Sun, Lowell, Mass. Knight Ridder/Tribune  Business News    Mar. 29--LOWELL, Mass.--With a little help from the federal  government, a  local medical products company is eyeing Scandinavia for  future sales.  AMD  Telemedicine Inc. was one of seven U.S. companies...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Deutsche hires Dhown to head institutional debt sales.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Vivek Ahuja    Deutsche Bank has hired Raj Dhown as head of fixed income, cash and  derivatives marketing for the UK, Scandinavia, Holland and  Ireland.Dhown, who joins Deutsche Bank in London from JP Morgan, will be  responsible for fixed income, cash and derivative sales...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Testing. (Market focus: Scandinavia: the latest innovations from suppliers in Scandinavia.).]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4318/is_200301/ai_n15056922]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NIOM Laboratory holds accreditation (ISO 17025) for testing medical  devices used in dentistry. Its accreditation comprises mechanical,  chemical and biological test methods used for product development,  preclinical documentation and batch control. It conducts clinical  testing of dental materials according to international standards and  regulations including...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Scandinavian smorgasboard: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden all have some new hotels and attractions. (Destination: Europe).]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4335/is_200208/ai_n15157247]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Scandinavia has a well-earned reputation as a center of  cutting-edge design, it has cosmopolitan and culturally diverse cities,  and English is widely spoken. Despite these assets, however. the region  is not one of the first that comes to mind for American visitors.  Scandinavia receives fewer than...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2002 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Royal Ahold NV]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EUY/is_15_6/ai_61888296]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Royal Ahold NV, the world's sixth-biggest food retailer, won European Commission approval to buy 50 percent of Sweden's ICA Group to become the grocery leader in Scandinavia. Meanwhile, Royal Ahold successfully completed its offer for U.S. Foodservice. Royal Ahold will then merge its wholly-owned acquisition subsidiary into U.S. Foodservice, resulting...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2000 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Scandinavian Welfare State in the 1990s: Challenged but Viable.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HISTORICAL PREREQUISITES    Historical, cultural and institutional attributes influenced  Scandinavian political choices for social insurance institutions and  welfare policies at the time of the Bismarckian 'conception'  of national social insurance on a grand scale in the 1880s. Although not  realised at the time, the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2000 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Internet Analyst -SM- News - Scandinavia: Web Sites Shine Brightly]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_Feb_23/ai_59610924]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Business Editors      NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 23, 2000  Scandinavia is known as a popular tourist destination. Apparently, Scandinavian Web sites are also popular destinations. According to the Internet traffic measurement service Media Metrix (Nasdaq-MMXI), Danish and Swedish Web sites drew large numbers of visitors in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2000 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Internet Analyst News &#151; Scandinavia: Web Sites Shine Brightly]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_Feb_23/ai_59610972]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Business Editors      NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 23, 2000  Scandinavia is known as a popular tourist destination. Apparently, Scandinavian Web sites are also popular destinations. According to the Internet traffic measurement service Media Metrix (Nasdaq:MMXI), Danish and Swedish Web sites drew large numbers of visitors in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2000 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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