Finland leads in economic competition for the second straight year
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According to the World Economic Forumâs ranking, for the second straight year the most competitive economy is Finlandâs one. Finland hit the top for the quality of its public institutions and the high
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After the runaway success of Nokia in the late 1990's, Finland seems to be pondering whether it has lost its competitive inventive edge.
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The first weeks of January have been several degrees warmer than average in Finland.
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The number of new asylum-seekers arriving in Finland in the first half of 2004 was about 20% higher than at the same time last year.
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OECD members South Korea, Australia and New Zealand could all expect stronger economic growth in 2004 than 2003, the Paris-based organisation forecast in its semi-annual outlook.
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Finland retained its hold at the top of the world's economies in the survey with Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland also in the top 10.
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Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen was heading for her second win in two days after leading the opening leg of the first World Cup slalom of the season on Saturday.
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Domestic demand will fuel economic growth in Japan in the next financial year, its government says.
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Manufacturing activity expanded for the 19th consecutive month in December, a research group reported Monday, suggesting that the industrial sector entered the new year with solid strength behind it.
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Strong business investment and higher exports drove the U.S. economy ahead at a robust 4 percent annual rate in the second quarter, before the onset of turmoil in credit markets that is expected to brake growth.
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Denmark is now the EU's most competitive and dynamic economy, according to a report.
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The Finnish government said it would sell between 250 and 300 million shares, or as much as 6.4 percent of its stake, in Nordic telecommunications operator TeliaSonera.
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Swedish-Finnish telecom operator TeliaSonera, the largest in the Nordic countries, is the target of investment funds attracted by the company's strong balance sheet and low valuation.
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Officials of the Finnish Tourist Board said they are looking forward to the Scandinavian destination s winter lively season on the heels of a 10% increase in U.S. visitors to the country between January and ...
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A late goal by Mikko Eloranta helped Finland scrape past Germany 2-1 Monday in their World Cup Ice hockey quarter-final, sending the Finns to the semi-finals in North America later this week.
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Economic growth in the 12 nations that use the euro accelerated to 2.4 percent in the second quarter, the European Union said Monday, raising its forecast for the third-quarter but cutting it for the fourth.
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Revenues in key sectors of the U.S.  services industry grew in the second quarter, the government  said on Monday in a new survey aimed at measuring growth in the  giant tranche of the economy.