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The long running trademark dispute between beverage company Red Bull (originated from Krating Daeng in Thailand) and Swedish event organiser Bad Bull Entertainment has finally come to end, forcing Red Bull …
Red Bull Vanquished by Bad Bull in Swedish Trademark Battle Read MoreA joint Sundowner event, organised by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by DTAC, was held on 3 August 2011, at the Imperial Queen Park Hotel. Around 200 guests …
All Chamber Joint Sundowner Read MoreViet Nam welcomed the Swedish Government’s decision to maintain its embassy in Ha Noi, confident that it would make positive contributions to promoting the two countries’ relations, a Vietnamese Foreign …
Vietnam Happy That Sweden Keep Its Embassy Read MoreThe brutal killing of a Swede by two other Swedes on Phuket has turned the focus ti criminals from Pattaya moving to Phuket.According to sources it was a Pattaya argument that …
Swede’s Killing in Phuket Turn Focus to Pattaya Read MoreAs the Swedish Government is taking immediate action to stop the closure of Sweden’s representation in Malaysia and Vietnam, the embassies seem to be facing new challenges.Counsellor at the Embassy …
Swedish Embassies Work Hard to Restore Offices Read MoreThailand’s immigration police on Thursday arrested a Swedish man who has been hiding in the kingdom for nine years after eluding warrants in Scandinavian countries on 20 million krona fraud …
Swedish National Nabbed on 20 million krona Fraud Case Read MoreSwedish Automobile, the Dutch firm which owns beleaguered automaker Saab, said Wednesday it was issuing new shares and should be able to pay some of its workers this week for …
Saab’s Owner Issues new Shares to Pay Staff Read MoreThe Swedish Embassies in Hanoi and Kuala Lumpur will not be closed. According to the announcement, Sweden’s Government and Social Democratic Party have agreed upon the appropriation to the government offices, which …
The Closure of Swedish Embassies in KL and Hanoi Cancelled Read MoreStrong demand for oil in countries like China and India will keep prices high, Sweden’s Lundin Petroleum said on Wednesday as it reported a doubling in second-quarter core profit. The …
Lundin Raises oil Output Forecast After Strong Q2 Read MoreJust weeks after five fake Apple stores caused a media uproar, a knockoff Ikea store was found in the same city of Kunming, a location now notorious for its large …
Chinese Furniture Store Painstakingly Mimics Ikea Read MoreThe Swedish Government and the Social Democrats has agreed upon the allocation of the funds to the Government Offices. • The agreement means that the funds for the Government Offices …
The Embassy of Sweden in KL Will be Reestablished Read MorePhuket City Police tonight charged two Swedish men they say confessed to the murder yesterday of 25-year-old Maxim Schantz.According to the online newspaper, Phuket Gazette, police said they caught Tommy …
Two Swedes Murder Charged in Phuket Read MoreVietnam Airlines is presently offering a 35 per cent discount on its flights to Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland, among other destinations i Europe for all Vietnamese overseas students. Vietnamese students studying …
Discount to Overseas Students in Denmark and Finland Read MoreSwedish furniture firm Ikea has instructed its lawyers to consider whether a newly opened store in southern China constitutes an infringement of its trademark. “For us it is very important …
Ikea Lawyers Review Chinese ‘Copycat’ Store Read MoreH.E. Ambassador Per-Arne Hjelmborn hosted a reception to bid farewell in conjunction to the closure of the Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. He also officiated the opening of the honorary consulate …
Inauguration of new Swedish Honorary Consulate General in Kuala Lumpur Read MorePolice are now hunting two Swedish men believed to be responsible for the murder of a Swede expat on August 1 2011. Maxim Schantz, 25, migrated to Sweden from Russia …
Swede Maxim Schantz Stabbed to Death in Phuket Read MoreSouth African police re-opened their investigation into a controversial arms deal after Swedish defence group Saab admitted bribes had been paid to clinch a contract, a report said on Sunday.Officials …
South Africa Re-opens Arms Bribe Probe Involving Saab / BAE Read MoreVice President Jejomar Binay left for Sweden yesterday to attend the 22nd World Scout Jamboree and meet with Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf. Binay is the national president of the …
Binay off to Sweden for Scout Jamboree Read MoreRecently, a kick-off conference on “Enhancing Resilience through Strengthening Natural Resources Management and Sustaining Community Livelihoods” was organized in Cat Ba Island. Cat Ba Archipelago locates in the Northeastern teritorial …
Sweden Support Coastal and Marine Biosphere Read MoreIKEA, the global largest retailer of fittings, laid a foundation for a mall in Baoshan, Shanhai on July 26, 2011. This drives Shanghai, the financial hub of China, to become …
IKEA China 1st Multi-storey Mall Settled in Baoshan Read MoreWorkers at six New York City-area H&M stores, owned by a Sweden-based clothing retailer, won a two-month union-organizing campaign after their employer didn’t demand a secret-ballot election.The United Food and …
Workers at Six H&M Clothing Stores Join a Union Read MoreIKEA: It’s the largest home-furnishing chain in the world, and soon, it could be the first company of its kind to be powered solely on renewables.It’s IKEA, and it has …
IKEA’s Going Green with Vestas Read MoreThe European Investment Bank on Thursday confirmed a loan to Swedish carmaker Saab was approved on condition Russian businessman Vladimir Antonov did not take over, a report said. “The EIB …
Antonov Can’t Be an Owner in Saab: EIB Read MoreSwedish high street brand H&M; is teaming up with football icon David Beckham on a new line of men’s underwear. In what the company is calling “a significant relationship”, H&M; …
David Beckham Designs H&M Men’s Underwear Read MoreAs ThinkProgress reported last April, home furniture giant IKEA has set up shop at a manufacturing plant in Danville, Virginia for the past three years in order to gain access …
Huge Labor Victory After IKEA Outsourced Swedish Jobs Read MoreChina’s Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd (Owner of Swedish Volvo) announced that it will raise $153.8 million through a corporate bond sale aimed at repaying its bank loans and supplementing the operating …
Geely’s Liabilities Surge to $153.8 million Read MoreWhite-collar staff at cash-strapped Swedish carmaker Saab Automobile will not receive their salaries due on Wednesday, the firm has confirmed in a statement. The firm explained that the reason for …
No Payments to White-collar Workers at SaaB Read MoreMalaysia’s Defence Ministry is looking into purchasing Typhoon fighter jets, but Among the alternatives are Sweden’s JAS-39 Gripen and further acquisitions of the Russian Su-30 MKM, Dr Ahmad Zahid. said. reports the …
JAS-39 Gripen Still Among the Alternatives in Malaysia Read MoreThis may come as a surprise: Chinese consumers are often more willing to drop a huge chunk of money on fashion—especially Western brands—than consumers in the US and Europe. When …
Fashion-Hungry Chinese Market Expected to Triple by 2020 Read MoreThe office of Commercial Affairs, Royal Thai Embassy is introducing new trade opportunities in Asia, Thailand official B2B E-Marketplace website: www.thaitrade.com, that makes it easy for importers and exporters to …
New Official B2B E-Marketplace Website Read MoreA supplier to Saab subsidiary Saab Automobile Tools has applied for the firm to be declared banktupt, according to a Reuters report. An official at Vänersborg District Court in western …
Supplier Applies for Saab Subsidiary Bankruptcy Read MoreEricsson AB, the world’s largest maker of wireless networks, reported a 66 percent increase in second-quarter profit, missing analysts’ estimates, on costs related to job cuts and slower services growth. …
Ericsson Second-Quarter Net Misses Estimates on Job-Cut Costs Read MoreOne by one, Yan Chornai’s co-workers slumped to the floor of their garment factory in Cambodia’s capital, while producing H&M goods overcome by the sweltering heat, long shifts and choking …
Factory Faintings Put H&M Under Pressure Read MoreSuppliers to cash-strapped Swedish car maker Saab have tired of the ongoing financing uncertainty and have sought direct contact with Russian financier and would-be Saab investor Vladimir Antonov. The Saab …
Saab Suppliers Seek Antonov Contact Read MoreDuring the summer, a scandal has rolled up involving a Swedish authority, a law firm, and a company that lure Chinese people to Sweden with false work permits. Up to …
Chinese Lured to Sweden With False Work Permits Read More
In July Professor Bertil Andersson officially took over the highly prominent position as President of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. At NTU, he had already been Provost (the person in …
Professor Bertil Andersson Climbs from Provost to President of NTU Read MoreingThe Justice Initiative Facilitation Fund (JIFF) has approved funding of 4,046 million VND to ten new applicants. The Justice Initiative Facilitation Fund, which is part of the Justice Partnership Programme …
Denmark, Sweden and EU Supporting Justice Sector Reform in Vietnam Read MoreVery soon, Thailand’s first ethanol bus will start rolling the streets of Bangkok, as a demonstration project which will increase awareness of environmentally friendly fuels.Ms. Liselott M. Agerlid, Chargé d´Affaires …
Thailand’s First Ethanol Bus on the Streets of Bangkok Read MoreThirty-eight young overseas Vietnamese from Sweden, Thailand and Cambodia, among others, have gathered at the 2011 Summer Camp for Overseas Vietnamese, which opened in HCM City on July 19. During the …
2011 Summer Camp for Overseas Vietnamese Opens Read MoreSwedish household appliance-maker Electrolux on Tuesday reported a profit slump because of high materials prices and weak demand, and warned of difficult trading conditions for the rest of the year. …
Electrolux Reports Steep Earnings Drop Read MoreUPDATED:According to the Bangkok Post forty-two passengers, 19 Thais and 23 foreigners, were wounded when an express train hit a 10-wheel truck loaded with rubber wood at a railway crossing …
UPDATED: Train Accident in Ratchaburi Read MoreThe blues playing band, Soi Dog Blues Band, is back and ready to entertain their audience on Thursday July 21 at ”DET 5”, a world music bar & restaurant in …
Soi Dog Blues Band Back in Business Read MoreRagunda municipality in Jämtland in northern Sweden is celebrating the 114th anniversary Thailand’s King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) visiting this Scandanavian kingdom in 1897. The news appeared on the front page …
Swedish Town Celebrates 114th Anniversary of Thai King’s Visit Read MoreThe Beijing public health bureau has asked city hospitals to reduce the number of Caesarean sections. Last year, the Caesarean rate in Beijing was 51 percent, much higher that the …
Give Natural Birth a Chance Read MoreSwedish-Japanese mobile phone manufacturer Sony Ericsson posted a net loss of €50 million ($70 million) for the second quarter on Friday, saying that its supply chain had been hit by …
Sony Ericsson Figures Hit by Japan Disaster Fall Out Read MoreLaunched in partnership with Smart Communications and Globe Telecom—the Philippines’ two leading mobile networks—the new service allows mobile phone users in the Philippines to send and receive money to and …
Ericsson Now Offers Mobile Cash Service Read MoreOfficials of the Swedish National Criminal Police and the International Public Prosecution Office asked assistance from the Provincial Women’s Commission (PWC) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in tracing …
Five Persons Charged in Cyberporn Venture Read MoreAirAsia X, the Malaysian based long haul, low fare affiliate of AirAsia has announced that beginning 24 October, 2011, AirAsia X will commence flights from Kuala Lumpur Low Cost Carrier …
AirAsia X Change to Gatwick Airport Read MoreDespite cooling in the overall auto market in China, luxury car brands maintained a scorching pace in the first half of this year. Volvo, the Swedish premium brand delivered more …
Volvo Sale Increase 36 % in China Read MoreTroubled Swedish carmaker Saab said Monday it had hammered out details of a deal to secure last-ditch rescue funding by handing majority control to two Chinese companies, amid a new …
Chinese Firms Take Majority Control of Saab Read More