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Nordic telecoms operator TeliaSonera (TLSN.ST) said on Monday the rollout of its 4G network in Sweden and Norway would cost 500 million crowns ($70.24 million) in 2010.

The world's first commercial mobile network using upcoming LTE technology opened on Monday in the capitals of Norway and Sweden, ahead of schedule.

Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co (BAIC) said on Monday it had acquired some assets of General Motors' Saab unit as part of a push to develop its own-brand cars.

Sports-car maker Spyker is still in talks to buy Saab, the Dutch company's top executive said on Sunday after a report China's BAIC had agreed with General Motors to buy some of the Swedish company's assets.

Saab can still find a buyer for the whole firm, a spokesman for the loss-making auto maker said on Sunday after The Wall Street Journal reported China's BAIC had agreed with General Motors to buy some of the Swedish company's assets.

European leaders promised on Friday to provide developing countries with 7.3 billion euros ($10.8 billion) over three years to try to win their support for a climate change deal in Copenhagen.

Dutch sports car maker Spyker Cars NV remains interested in buying Swedish auto brand Saab from General Motors and is not aware of any deadlines imposed on the process, a spokesman for Spyker said.

EU regulators are optimistic about achieving a satisfactory result from their review of U.S. software company Oracle Corp's (ORCL.O) plan to buy Sun Microsystems Inc (JAVA.O) despite competition concerns, Europe's antitrust chief said.

Tiger Woods and his embattled wife Elin Nordegren may leave the country to get away from it all according to a report from FOXNews.com.

Saab remains optimistic a buyer can be found for the whole company in the face of indications its owner, General Motors Co, is talking to China's BAIC about a partial sale of assets tied to the Swedish brand.

General Motors Co is talking to BAIC, China's fifth largest car maker, about a partial sale of assets associated with its Saab brand, including tooling and technology, two people with direct knowledge of the discussions said.

General Motors Co is talking to BAIC, China's fifth largest car maker, about a partial sale of assets associated with its Saab brand, including tooling and technology, two people with direct knowledge of the discussions said.

General Motors Co is talking to BAIC, China's fifth largest car maker, about a partial sale of assets associated with its Saab brand, including tooling and technology, two people with direct knowledge of the discussions said.

Wanderlust's Editor-in-Chief Lyn Hughes travelled to the Icehotel in Arctic Sweden to experience a host of natural and manmade phenomena.

Cisco Systems Inc's veteran dealmakers may have learnt some new lessons from their drawn-out pursuit of Norway's Tandberg ASA, the video conferencing leader.

A very large, 30-year study of just about everyone in Scandinavia shows no link between cellphone use and brain tumors, researchers reported on Thursday.

Sweden's SKF said on Thursday its automotive business had fared better than expected so far in the fourth quarter, but warned the phasing out of incentive schemes in Europe could dent sales going into 2010.

Sweden said it was too early to say if loss-making Saab would survive after U.S. parent GM announced on Tuesday it would consider offers for the car firm until the end of the year.

The European Union hailed the start of a new era Tuesday after its Lisbon reform treaty went into force, carrying with it the bloc's hopes of become a more powerful force on the world stage.

Australia's major rivers are shrinking and farms are gripped by drought as scientists warn of climate change, but that has not convinced some skeptical politicians to back carbon-trade laws.

French film director Luc Besson, known worldwide for blockbusters like The Big Blue and The Fifth Element, says his movies face the toughest criticism at home where they are seen as not quite French enough.