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BBC NEWS | Business | Swedish car firms get bail-out
Sweden's troubled carmakers, Volvo and Saab, have been given a 28bn kronor (£2.3bn, $3.5bn) government bail-out to help them cope with falling demand. This comes after the US House of Representatives approved a $14bn (£9.4bn) rescue for US car firms. Volvo and Saab had been asking for Swedish ...
Sweden Gives Its Car Companies Money
firedoglake.com — Well, well, well. Guess that Volvo and Saab chose the right country to be based in: Sweden's... troubled carmakers, Volvo and Saab, have been given a 28bn kronor (£2.3bn, $3.5bn) government bail-out to help them cope with falling demand. This ... (more) Sweden Gives Its Car Companies Money
Sweden: Melting Pot or Crackpot?
brusselsjournal.com — National Swedish newspaper DN reports that rock throwing against buses has increased with more than 66% from... 2007 to 2008. Amazingly, this means that rock throwing is now increasing at an even faster rate than gang rapes of native girls . Curiously, ... (more) Sweden: Melting Pot or Crackpot?
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Swedish car firms get bail-out
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... have been given a 28bn kronor (£2.3bn, $3.5bn) government bail-out to help them cope with falling demand. This comes after the US House of Representatives approved a $14bn (£9.4bn) rescue for US car firms. Volvo and Saab had been asking for Swedish state support because of the financial woes of their US owners. >As well as the credit guarantees and rescue loans, the government said it would also earmark 3bn kronor in research and development funds for the car industry. Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7777395.stm

Sweden Gives Its Car Companies Money
Firedoglake — Well, well, well. Guess that Volvo and Saab chose the right country to be based in: Sweden's troubled carmakers, Volvo and Saab, have been given a 28bn kronor (£2.3bn, $3.5bn) government bail-out to help them cope with falling demand. ...

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