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		<title>2,000 technology workers in Finland warn of strike to speed labor talks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Finnish technology workers warn of strike
HELSINKI — Some 2,000 employees in Finland&#8217;s technology sector will begin a strike in two weeks time if no agreement is reached in labor talks with company managers, union leaders said Wednesday.

The weeklong strike, due to start Dec. 1, would affect certain units at engineering firm ABB, mobile phone maker [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnair to get new chief executive</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI - Finnish flag carrier Finnair is set to get a new chief executive in January, the group announced Wednesday.

Mika Vehvilainen will join the group Jan 5, taking over from Jukka Hienonen at the end of the month.	 	
Vehvilainen, 48, is currently chief operating officer at Nokia Siemens Networks, the 50-50 joint venture between Finland&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World&#8217;s largest cruise liner, Oasis of the Seas, sets sail for home port in Florida</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matti Huuhtanen</dc:creator>
		
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World&#8217;s largest cruise ship sails for US port

HELSINKI — It&#8217;s five times larger than the Titanic, has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater. The world&#8217;s largest cruise ship is finally finished and Friday it began gliding toward its home port in Florida.
The Oasis of the Seas will meet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World&#8217;s largest cruise liner _ Oasis of the Seas _ sets sail for Miami from Finnish shipyard</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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World&#8217;s largest cruise ship sets sail from Finland

HELSINKI — The world&#8217;s largest cruise liner on Friday began its maiden voyage to Florida, gliding out from a shipyard in Finland with an amphitheater, basketball courts and an ice rink on board.
The 16-deck Oasis of the Seas spans 1,200 feet (360 meters) from bow to stern. Its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World&#8217;s largest cruise ship embarks on US voyage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI - The world&#8217;s largest cruise ship Friday morning left the Finnish shipyard where it was built and embarked on its voyage to its home port in Florida, US.

The 360-metre long &#8216;Oasis of the Seas&#8217; was built at the STX Finland shipyard in Turku operated by the South Korean group, STX.
During the initial stage of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish paper maker UPM reports 3rd quarter net profit of €40 million despite fall in sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matti Huuhtanen</dc:creator>
		
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Finnish paper maker UPM returns to profit in Q3

HELSINKI — UPM-Kymmene Corp., the world&#8217;s largest magazine paper maker, on Thursday reported a third-quarter net profit of euro40 million ($59 million), mostly thanks to one-time gains and despite a drop in sales.
Last year, UPM reported a net loss of euro87 million in the period. Revenue in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finland plans to provide fast Internet access to all homes and offices by July 2010</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/finland-plans-to-provide-fast-internet-access-to-all-homes-and-offices-by-july-2010-198095/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI — Finland plans to provide fast Internet access to all homes and offices by July.

The Ministry of Transport and Communications says telecom operators must be able to provide &#8220;every residence and business office with access to a reasonably priced and high-quality connection&#8221; with a minimum speed of 1 megabit per second.
The ministry said Friday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish government wins no-confidence vote in Parliament on political funding</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/finnish-government-wins-no-confidence-vote-in-parliament-on-political-funding-184193/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matti Huuhtanen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI — Finland&#8217;s coalition government won a clear victory in a vote of confidence over political funding in Parliament on Thursday, but pressure mounted on the prime minister over a scandal involving building materials for his house.

Lawmakers in the 200-member assembly voted 117-27 in favor of the majority center-right coalition, with 56 abstentions.
The no-confidence vote, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish government faces no-confidence vote in Parliament regarding funding</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/finnish-government-faces-no-confidence-vote-in-parliament-regarding-funding-184010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matti Huuhtanen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI — Finland&#8217;s government faced a motion of no-confidence in Parliament on Thursday over election and party funding, and Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen&#8217;s Cabinet was expected to survive the vote with the support of his four-party governing coalition.

However, Vanhanen also was facing a separate allegation in a television program on Monday that accused him of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Affluent Finland debates how to deal with beggars</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/affluent-finland-debates-how-to-deal-with-beggars-173508/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richa Sharma</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI - With her bowed head and folded hands, 40-year-old Illish Moldovan sits in a busy street of Helsinki seeking alms as her paper glass carrying a few coins waits for more. She is among some 100 immigrant Romanian beggars who have sparked a debate in this tiny and affluent Scandinavian country about making begging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish firm to help predict weather during Commonwealth Games</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/finnish-firm-to-help-predict-weather-during-commonwealth-games-162231/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richa Sharma</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI - A Finnish company has signed a $1.4-million deal with the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) to provide 60 hi-tech automatic weather stations (AWS) and equipment to predict weather accurately during the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Vaisala, which has been developing environmental and industrial instruments for the past 70 years and was roped in for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian Defense Ministry says Arctic Sea hijackers sought ransom, threatened to blow up ship</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/russian-defense-ministry-says-arctic-sea-hijackers-sought-ransom-threatened-to-blow-up-ship-143934/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Nowak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — A Russian Defense Ministry official insisted Wednesday that the hijackers of the Arctic Sea had demanded a ransom and threatened to blow up the Russian-crewed freighter if their demands were not met, state news agencies reported.

The ship&#8217;s mysterious disappearance last month is the focus of an international investigation. Some security experts said they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paper maker Stora Enso to lay off up to 1,100 workers, close mills in Finland</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI — Stora Enso Oyj said Wednesday it will lay off up to 1,100 workers, cut production and close mills in Finland as the Nordic paper maker continues to struggle with dwindling revenue.

The announcement came four weeks after the company reported a second-quarter net loss of €368 million ($523 million) and a 24-percent drop in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European piracy? Ship reports mystery attack, sails through English Channel, then disappears</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/european-piracy-ship-reports-mystery-attack-sails-through-english-channel-then-disappears-137789/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Quinn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — It has been more than two weeks since the Arctic Sea sailed through the English Channel — and then, simply, disappeared.

Russian navy vessels were trolling the Atlantic on Thursday in search for the Maltese-flagged ship, last heard from on July 28 making contact with British maritime officials and then sailing through the Dover [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missing cargo ship sails through English Channel _ and then disappears</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Quinn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — First the ship reported it had been attacked in waters off Sweden. Then it sailed with no apparent problems through one of the world&#8217;s busiest shipping lanes. And then it disappeared.

The Arctic Sea, a Maltese-flagged cargo ship, was supposed to make port in Algeria with its cargo of timber on Aug. 4. More [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish airline Finnair reports 2Q net loss of €26 million on 21 percent fall in revenue</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/finnish-airline-finnair-reports-2q-net-loss-of-e26-million-on-21-percent-fall-in-revenue-134004/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matti Huuhtanen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI — Finnair PLC on Friday saw a second-quarter net loss of €26 million ($37 million) as the airline&#8217;s chief executive announced that he is resigning in what he called &#8220;crisis&#8221; conditions.

President and CEO Jukka Hienonen said he had reached the decision because he was not satisfied with the pace of change in the airline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish airline Finnair reports 2Q net loss of $37 million on 21 percent fall in revenue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI — Finnair PLC on Friday reported a second-quarter net loss of euro26 million ($37 million) as the airline&#8217;s chief executive announced that he is resigning in what he called &#8220;crisis&#8221; conditions.

President and CEO Jukka Hienonen said he is resigning because he is not satisfied with the pace of change in the airline during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish airline Finnair reports 2Q net loss of euro26 million on 21 percent fall in revenue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI — Finnair PLC on Friday saw a second-quarter net loss of euro26 million ($37 million) as the airline&#8217;s chief executive announced that he is resigning in what he called &#8220;crisis&#8221; conditions.

President and CEO Jukka Hienonen said he had reached the decision because he was not satisfied with the pace of change in the airline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnair CEO Jukka Hienonen resigns, dissatisfied with pace of change, uncooperative unions</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/finnair-ceo-jukka-hienonen-resigns-dissatisfied-with-pace-of-change-uncooperative-unions-133297/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI — Finnair PLC president and CEO Jukka Hienonen says he is resigning because he is not satisfied with the pace of change in the airline during the current challenging times,

Hienone also blamed what he described as uncooperative unions.
Hienonen, who has headed the Finnish national carrier since 2005, says &#8220;a clear change of course is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish paper maker UPM reports 2Q net loss of euro8 million on 23 percent fall in sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI — UPM-Kymmene Corp., the world&#8217;s largest magazine paper maker, on Tuesday reported a second-quarter net loss of euro8 million ($11.44 million) as paper sales plunged due to poor demand in the recession.

Revenue in April through June fell 23 percent to euro1.84 billion ($2.63 billion), from euro2.4 billion a year earlier. The company posted a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nordic paper maker Stora Enso posts 2Q net loss on North American write-downs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nordic-paper-maker-stora-enso-posts-2q-net-loss-on-north-american-write-downs-118382/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI — Forest products group Stora Enso Oyj on Thursday posted a second-quarter net loss of euro368.3 million ($522.9 million), mainly due to a sharp decline in sales and hefty write-downs from its stake in troubled North American paper maker NewPage.

The result compares with a previous net profit of euro28.6 million in the same three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish paper maker UPM to buy pulp mill, forest plantations in Uruguay in swap deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI — Finnish paper firm UPM-Kymmene Corp. said Wednesday that it plans to take over the Fray Bentos pulp mill and forest plantations in Uruguay from Finnish forest cooperative Metsaliitto Group in an asset-swap arrangement.

Under a preliminary deal, UPM — the world&#8217;s largest magazine paper maker — will gain sole ownership of the Fray Bentos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnair Plus internet shop a boon for frequent fliers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI -  Finnair has become the first airline in the Nordic countries to open an internet shop, shifting Finnair Plus members&#8217; opportunities to use their  frequent-flyer points into a new era, the airline said Tuesday. 

From the Finnair Plus Shop, members can buy products with Plus points alone, with cash, or with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alleged kidnapper arrested after receiving ransom to free daughter of millionaire</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI — Police say they have captured a kidnapper who won a large ransom by taking the daughter of a millionaire hostage.

Until the police announcement late Saturday, the public had not been told that 26-year-old Minna Nurminen had been missing since May 27 and kidnapped.
Detective Chief Superintendent Kari Tolvanen says the family paid &#8220;a very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish railway unions to halt all passenger, cargo traffic in 1-day walkout</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI — Finnish railway workers say they will halt all passenger and cargo traffic on Monday to protest the state-owned railway company&#8217;s personnel policies and layoffs.

Finnish rail VR says the one-day strike will affect some 200,000 passengers, including those traveling by rail to Russia and commuters in the capital region.
VR said Friday it cannot provide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finland demands more environmental details of planned Baltic gas pipeline</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI — Finland says it needs more details of the environmental effects of a Baltic Sea gas pipeline planned between Russia and Germany before it can approve its construction.

The Environment Ministry says it wants information about how the pipeline would affect fishing, toxic chemicals and unexploded ammunition on the seabed and nature reserves in Finnish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finland calls for joint Nordic membership in G-20, more say in international affairs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/finland-calls-for-joint-nordic-membership-in-g-20-more-say-in-international-affairs-63002/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 02:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matti Huuhtanen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI — The five Nordic countries should have more say in international affairs, including a joint seat in the Group of 20, Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said Thursday.

Vanhanen said the Nordic region — Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland — deserves representation in the group of major economies &#8220;because our joint economic weight is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish Sanoma group&#8217;s 1Q profit falls 85 percent to euro8 million due to drop in advertising</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 00:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI — Newspaper and magazine publisher Sanoma Corp. saw first-quarter profit plunge 85 percent to euro8 million ($10.6 million) because of a rapid drop in advertising sales, the Nordic region&#8217;s largest media group said Thursday.

Revenue in January through March fell 7 percent to euro636 million ($847 million), from euro683 million a year earlier, Sanoma said. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish paper maker UPM posts euro158 million 1Q net loss as demand for all papers plunges</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matti Huuhtanen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI — UPM-Kymmene Corp., the world&#8217;s largest magazine paper maker, on Wednesday reported a first-quarter net loss of euro158 million ($205 million) as demand for all paper grades plunged.

Revenue in January through March fell 23 percent to euro1.85 billion ($2.4 billion), from euro2.4 billion a year earlier. The company posted a net profit of euro103 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish carrier Finnair posts Q1 loss of euro19 million, warns of likely full-year loss too</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matti Huuhtanen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI, — Finnair PLC on Tuesday posted a first-quarter net loss of euro18.6 million ($24.4 million) and warned that slumping demand will mean it will likely post a full-year deficit too.

Last year, the national carrier made a euro3 million net profit from January to March.
Like other airlines around the world, Finnair has suffered from falling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish sports equipment maker Amer Sports 1Q net loss doubles to euro10.8 million</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/finnish-sports-equipment-maker-amer-sports-1q-net-loss-doubles-to-euro108-million-42371/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI — Global sports equipment maker Amer Sports Corp., whose brands include Atomic, Salomon and Wilson, reported Tuesday a doubling of net loss to euro10.8 million ($14.2 million) and cautioned that the remainder of the year was &#8220;clouded by uncertainty.&#8221;

Poor consumer demand and cautious retailers continued to hit company revenue in January through March which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish unemployment continues climb to 8.3 percent in March</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/finnish-unemployment-continues-climb-to-83-percent-in-march-41940/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI — Finland&#8217;s unemployment rate continued its rise last month, to 8.3 percent, and the government on Tuesday warned of tougher times ahead.

Statistics Finland said the rate was up from 6.8 percent in March 2008 and 7.6 percent in February this year. The employment ministry warned it would increase to an average 8.4 percent this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish carrier Finnair posts 1Q loss of euro19 million on 10 percent fall in revenue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI, — Finnair PLC on Tuesday reported a first-quarter net loss of euro18.6 million ($24.4 million) as turnover fell 10 percent, and warned it expects a full-year loss.

The Finnish airline said sales fell to euro516 million ($677 million) in January through March, from euro573 million a year earlier. Last year, it made a net profit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court fines Finnish PM&#8217;s ex-girlfriend for explicit book</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI - The Helsinki appeals court has fined Susan Ruusunen, an ex-girlfriend of Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, and her publisher, Kari Ojala, for disseminating information that breached Vanhanen&#8217;s privacy.



The Helsinki appeals court Tuesday ruled that Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen&#8217;s ex-girlfriend violated his right to privacy by publishing an expose of their relationship. This overturns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnish PM&#8217;s ex-girlfriend fined for explicit book</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/finnish-pms-ex-girlfriend-fined-for-explicit-book-4344/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI - A court has fined an ex-girlfriend of Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen for writing an explicit book on their relationship.



The Helsinki Appeals Court Tuesday ruled that Susan Ruusunen violated his right to privacy by publishing the book. The court overturned a lower court&#8217;s ruling in favour of Ruusunen.


The court fined both Ruusunen and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnair&#8217;s Asian flights carried 1.3 mn passengers in 2008</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/finnairs-asian-flights-carried-13-mn-passengers-in-2008-1421/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI - Nordic carrier Finnair&#8217;s traffic grew in 2008 by 10 percent compared with the previous year, with Asian traffic alone growing by 16.5 percent, the airline said.



The average revenue per passenger kilometre, however, fell last year by more than four percent due to lower airfares.


&#8216;Finnair&#8217;s Asian flights carried a total of 1.3 million passengers [...]]]></description>
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