Ericsson that would allow the Indian handset maker to use the Swedish company's patents for making cellular phones.

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As the sole judges as to whether this can be repeated correctly, I suggest we use the two Swedish scientists, Kullander and Essen, as they attended the March 2011 demonstration and wrote a report.

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More than a quarter of the customers of Merita Nordbanken, a Finnish-Swedish firm, use its online bank, and almost 90% of those in technology-mad Finland.

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So it is a curious development to hear today it has been announced that SAAB Automobile and BMW reached an agreement to allow the Swedish group to use engines developed by BMW. The first element of the JV will be for engines to be deployed in the new 9-3 that will appear in late 2012.

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Dan Kiselman, a Swedish astronomer, will use a telescope in the Canary Islands to look for carbon dioxide.

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Q-Med, a Swedish firm, and Inamed, based in California, use hyaluronic acid, a naturally occurring molecule that helps give flesh its fullness.

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The story of Nycomed is one of the best partners Kristoffer Melinder and Toni Weitzberg at Nordic Capital, a relatively small Swedish firm, correctly saw both a coming pharmaceutical consolidation trend in Europe and the opportunity to use a regional drug company as a vehicle to build marketing operations across the emerging markets.

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