https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German auto maker Volkswagen has promised trade unions at Scania to keep the company's assembly line in Sweden if its takeover bid is successful, newspaper Dagens Arbete reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20140402/volkswagen-vows-to-keep-scania-in-sweden-2 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:02:00 +0200 volkswagen-vows-to-keep-scania-in-sweden-2 The independent committee looking at Volkswagen's take-over bid of Swedish truck giant Scania began its work on Tuesday, stating promises that headquarters would remain in Sweden were paramount. https://www.thelocal.se/20140225/scania-review-board-dissects-volkswagen-bid Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:47:00 +0100 scania-review-board-dissects-volkswagen-bid The proposed sale of Swedish truck giant Scania to Volkswagen is hanging in the balance after two of the company's owners said they were unwilling to sell their shares to the German manufacturer. https://www.thelocal.se/20140223/scania-owners-reject-volkswagen-takeover-bid Sun, 23 Feb 2014 09:50:00 +0100 scania-owners-reject-volkswagen-takeover-bid After Swedish bank Skandiabanken suffered a massive outage of its internet banking services on Tuesday, the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen - FI) has announced plans to investigate the matter. https://www.thelocal.se/20110511/33720 Wed, 11 May 2011 18:06:00 +0200 33720 The Svea Court of Appeal has acquitted Ulf Spång, the former director of Swedish insurance firm Skandia, of charges of tax evasion. https://www.thelocal.se/20090601/19806 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:49:00 +0200 19806 “Our aim is not to make more money; the added proceeds will be used to cover non-smokers, who will be paying lower premiums in the long term,” write Skandia Norden CEO Bertil Hult, Per Täckenström, medical risk assessor at Skandia Liv, and medical insurance advisor Dr Gundars Rasmanis in an article in Dagens Nyheter. https://www.thelocal.se/20090530/19760 Sat, 30 May 2009 17:03:00 +0200 19760 Skandia AB, the Swedish subsidiary of Anglo-South African Old Mutual Plc, announced on Friday that it has come to a favourable settlement in its six-year dispute over the sale of its asset management business. https://www.thelocal.se/20081003/14730 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:28:00 +0200 14730 The Stockholm District Court has cleared former Skandia directors Lars-Eric Petersson and Ulf Spång from charges of tax evasion. https://www.thelocal.se/20080307/10336 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:02:00 +0100 10336 Lars-Eric Petersson and Ulf Spång, two former executives of insurance company Skandia, face possible prison terms as a result of alleged tax crimes. https://www.thelocal.se/20080114/9650 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:35:00 +0100 9650 Prosecutor Christer van der Kwast has asked that the Supreme Court review an appeals court ruling clearing former Skandia CEO Lars-Eric Petersson of charges in a case involving bonuses paid out by the insurance company in 2000. https://www.thelocal.se/20080102/9545 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:18:00 +0100 9545 The former CEO of Swedish insurance company Skandia, Lars-Eric Petersson, has been cleared by Svea Court of Appeal of charges surrounding his handling of the very high bonuses paid out by by the company around the turn of the millennium. https://www.thelocal.se/20071219/9452 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:20:00 +0100 9452 A former senior executive of Swedish insurance company Skandia has had his sentence for gross breach of trust reduced by a court in Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20070620/7662 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:57:00 +0200 7662 The former CEO of Swedish insurance company Skandia, Lars-Eric Petersson, has been told he does not have to pay damages to his old company. The company had demanded 300 million kronor from its former chief. https://www.thelocal.se/20061215/5817 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:25:00 +0100 5817 The former personnel director at Skandia, Ola Ramstedt, has been sentenced to two years in prison for breach of trust and bribery. https://www.thelocal.se/20061013/5211 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:19:00 +0200 5211 Prosecutors pushed hard for a tough sentence for former Skandia personnel head Ola Ramstedt at the end of his trial on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20060907/4819 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:30:00 +0200 4819 Old Mutual said on Wednesday it will hold on to Skandia and expects to double the funds under management within the next five years, according to a company press release. https://www.thelocal.se/20060620/4124 Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:48:00 +0200 4124 Former Skandia CEO Lars-Erik Petersson is to appeal against his conviction for breach of trust, for which he was jailed for two years at the end of May. https://www.thelocal.se/20060613/4058 Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:29:00 +0200 4058 Former Skandia managing director Lars-Eric Petersson has been sentenced to two years in jail for two years for breach of trust by Stockholm district court. https://www.thelocal.se/20060524/3897 Wed, 24 May 2006 17:21:00 +0200 3897 During his concluding pleadings in the trial of former Skandia chief Lars-Eric Petersson, prosecutor Christer van der Kwast demanded a prison sentence "at the high end of the punishment scale" for the crime of "breach of trust against a principal". https://www.thelocal.se/20060404/3465-2 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:35:00 +0200 3465-2 Swedish insurer Skandia, which has been bought by Anglo-South African Old Mutual, has said it is applying to delist its shares from the Stockholm and London stock exchanges. https://www.thelocal.se/20060323/3355-2 Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:16:00 +0100 3355-2