Customs duties can make it harder to keep prices down in IKEA's stores, according to the CEO of Ingka Group. The statement comes after the US's incoming president Donald Trump announced that he wants to raise customs duties on goods from several countries.
BusinessNow the mushroom season is approaching its end – but not for everyone. Cultivating mushrooms at home is quite simple and is tempting more and more people to start.
SwedenThe elm disease has knocked out large parts of the Swedish elm stock. On Gotland, diligent work has kept it in check, but now an increase is seen – 7,000 infected trees just this year. We must not lose momentum in combating the elm disease. Here, we have one of Europe's last stocks, says Amanda Magnusson Overmark at the Forestry Agency.
SwedenDenmark beats Sweden in an international study on students' IT skills. But the Danish research leader Jeppe Bundsgaard is far from satisfied. Just because Danish students are better than the Swedish ones doesn't mean it's enough, he says.
SwedenThe government of Laos is "deeply saddened" after several young tourists died after drinking alcohol in the tourist town of Vang Vieng.
WorldThe crisis-stricken battery manufacturer has applied for corporate restructuring in the USA – but plans to do so also in Sweden. Such a step could provide entitlement to state salary guarantee.
BusinessAnother young tourist who fell ill after drinking suspected methanol-poisoned alcohol at a hostel in Laos has died.
WorldAs backpacker tourists, they partied around in the tourist town of Vang Vieng in Laos. But the drinks seem to have contained deadly methanol. Five young tourists are now dead and several others have fallen ill. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now urging Swedes in the country to be cautious with alcohol.
WorldThe fall height is great for AI-boom's big winners Nvidia – now the world's highest valued listed company. Expectations are at 100 percent increased revenue next year and 45 percent the year after.
TechnologyThe pursuit of peaceful coexistence and the Ukraine war are in focus when China's President Xi Jinping and the US's counterpart Joe Biden meet in Peru's capital Lima.
WorldTwenty-five of the 43 apes that recently escaped from a breeder in South Carolina, USA, have been caught, according to local police. The 18 still at large are staying nearby and communicating with those on the inside – perhaps building alliances and planning.
WorldThe election of Donald Trump makes it even more urgent for the EU to address its competitiveness, urges former ECB chief Mario Draghi at a top meeting in Budapest. Swedish innovation and capital market are presented as good examples.
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