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With the nation's economy falling into a recession, Washington feels growing pressure for another stimulus to mitigate pain and speed recovery. Democratic congressional leaders have been itching to pass such ...

WASHINGTON -- The financial world looks ahead to the start of a new presidential administration while shrugging off the latest in a series of negative economic reports. In another sign ...

STOCKHOLM, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The Swedish central bank said on Wednesday it had allotted 4.5 billion Swedish crowns (4 million) of loans with corporate paper as collateral as it ...

STOCKHOLM (Dow Jones)--Sweden's fourth-largest bank, Swedbank AB (SWED-A.SK), must better communicate what it has achieved and what it wants to do, its newly named Chief Executive Michael Wolf told reporters ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) _ Swedbank AB on Wednesday named Michael Wolf as its new chief executive. Wolf, currently the head of credit management services company Intrum Justitia, will replace Jan ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Swedish police say a bomb has exploded at a hotel in the city of Vasteras, seriously injuring one person. Police spokesman Per Stromback describes the bomb as ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Scandinavian airline group SAS AB said Wednesday it swung to a loss of 2.01 billion kronor (0 million) in the third quarter, citing falling demand for air ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark : Sterling Airways A/S, the Icelandic-owned budget carrier, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday because of the financial meltdown, and said it will not be able to refund passengers who ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Sweden's Parliament approved a 1.5 trillion kronor (0 billion) rescue package for the nation's financial sector. The measure allows the government to give the money in credit ...

STOCKHOLM (Dow Jones)--Swedish financial institutions could end up paying billions of kronor over the next 15 years for taking part in the government's short-term guarantee fix as well as its ...