10/14/2008
Finland Escapes Iceland's Fate Thanks to Legacy of 1991 Crisis (Bloomberg)
Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The financial crisis in the icy northern European country was worsening. Banks were failing, the unemployment rate was 20 percent and a decade-long housing boom had turned bust.
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10/13/2008
Kanerva rallies Finland fans (UEFA News)
Finland coach Markku Kanerva is calling on the home fans in Turku to urge them on to victory as they seek to overturn a 2-1 deficit against Austria in the second leg of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs.
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10/13/2008
Finland prepares for banking crisis just in case (Eu Business)
(HELSINKI ) - Finland's government said Monday it would soon introduce new legislation for the financial sector in line with a joint agreement by eurozone leaders at the weekend.
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10/13/2008
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-10-13 15:41 Finland limits aid to interbank guarantees for now (Interactive Investor)
HELSINKI, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Finland will for now only provide state guarantees for interbank loans of the steps agreed to prop up euro zone banks, because its lenders are holding up well to global turmoil, its finance minister said on Monday. "At the moment, only state guarantees to new debt instruments are timely," Finance Minister Jyrki Katainen told a news conference. "This is done to get ...
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10/13/2008
Finland beat Azerbaijan with Forssell penalty (Deepika)
HELSINKI, Oct 11 (Reuters) Striker Mikael Forssell converted a 62nd-minute penalty to give Finland a 1-0 win over Azerbaijan in their World Cup Group Four qualifier today.
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10/14/2008
Non-smokers live longer and better (UPI)
HELSINKI , Finland, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Smoking can shorten men's lives from seven and 10 years, but it also results in lower quality of life and and lower income, Finnish researchers said.
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10/14/2008
Austria and Finland Among Top Three in Promoting Prosperity, Australia Currently Leads the World, Legatum Prosperity ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
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10/11/2008
Finland 1-0 Azerbaijan: Forssell penalty winner (ESPN Soccernet.com)
Striker Mikael Forssell converted a 62nd-minute penalty to give Finland a 1-0 win over Azerbaijan in their World Cup Group Four qualifier on Saturday.
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10/14/2008
Aceh peace deal offers lessons for Thailand's South (Asia News Network)
ormer Finland president, Martti Ahtisaari just wouldn't take no for an answer, and in the end his determination paid off. A war that lasted three decades between the Acehnese and the Indonesian govern .....
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10/14/2008
Finnish CPI Inflation Stable At 4.7% in September (INO News)
(RTTNews) - Tuesday, a report by Statistics Finland said consumer price annual inflation remained stable at 4.7% in September compared with August. On a monthly basis, consumer prices increased 0.5%.
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