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 board of Swedish truck giant Scania has turned down a $9.2 billion takeover bid from Volkswagen telling members that their shares are worth more and not to sell up to the German manufacturer. https://www.thelocal.se/20140318/scania-board-reject-volkswagen-takeover-bid Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:15:00 +0100 scania-board-reject-volkswagen-takeover-bid The Economic Crime Authority have launched a probe into suspected insider trading at truck giant Scania in the wake of its takeover bid by Volkswagen. https://www.thelocal.se/20140308/probe-launched-into-trading-of-scania-shares Sat, 08 Mar 2014 11:30:00 +0100 probe-launched-into-trading-of-scania-shares Two top Scania bosses made substantial shares purchases in the Swedish truck making company three weeks before majority owner Volkswagen made its take-over bid. https://www.thelocal.se/20140225/scania-bosses-made-shares-purchases Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:22:00 +0100 scania-bosses-made-shares-purchases 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 Swedish-Swiss engineering giant ABB announced that its $4.2 billion offer to buy US industrial electric motor group Baldor Electric was a success, adding that it expects double-digit growth in fourth quarter operating income. https://www.thelocal.se/20110126/31652 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:35:00 +0100 31652 US competition authorities have cleared Swedish-Swiss engineering giant ABB's takeover of American motor and generator manufacturer Baldor Electric, the company announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110121/31556 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:43:00 +0100 31556 Swedish white goods firm Electrolux has lodged a bid to takeover South Korea's Daewoo Electronics, a spokesperson for the firm said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100325/25736 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0100 25736 TeliaSonera has yet to take over full control of Lithuania’s TEO LT as planned, the Nordic telecommunications operator said on Tuesday, but it has acquired nearly all of Estonia's Eesti Telekom. https://www.thelocal.se/20091013/22638 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:41:00 +0200 22638 Estonia is set to sell its share of leading telecommunications provider, Eesti Telekom, to Nordic group TeliaSonera. https://www.thelocal.se/20090923/22246 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:32:00 +0200 22246 Swedish power company Vattenfall’s €8.5 billion ($12 billion) friendly takeover of Dutch utility Nuon was approved by Nuon shareholders on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20090618/20136 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:59:00 +0200 20136 The German heavy truck maker MAN said on Wednesday it had raised its voting rights access in Swedish counterpart Scania to more than 20 percent, and emphasized its strategic interest in the firm. https://www.thelocal.se/20081224/16554 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:36:00 +0100 16554 British mobile phone giant Vodafone announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to buy Swedish company Wayfinder for 239 million kronor ($29 million). https://www.thelocal.se/20081209/16224 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:37:00 +0100 16224 Cidron Services, a company indirectly owned by the Nordic Capital Fund, has made a hostile takeover bid for the IT consultant company TietoEnator. https://www.thelocal.se/20080320/10624 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:39:00 +0100 10624 Swedish fashion brand Gant has been bought by Swiss company Maus Frères following a takeover battle that started last month. https://www.thelocal.se/20080131/9826 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:22:00 +0100 9826 Japanese company Nissan Forklift has acquired family-owned Swedish truckmaker Atlet, based in Mölnlycke outside Gothenburg. https://www.thelocal.se/20070905/8398 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:33:00 +0200 8398 Capio Diagnostics of Sweden said it has agreed to buy Unilabs and will make an offer for the outstanding shares. https://www.thelocal.se/20070807/8113 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:39:00 +0200 8113 Strålfors, a Swedish company that produces printed forms, is to be bought by Posten, the state-owned postal service in a deal worth over 2 billion kronor. Posten is offering 95 kronor per share for the family firm, and Strålfors’ board has unanimously recommended that shareholders accept the bid. https://www.thelocal.se/20060314/3273-2 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:39:00 +0100 3273-2