Finland's Euro-Skeptic Timo Soini Set for Defeat in Presidential Election - Bloomberg


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Finland's Euro-Skeptic Timo Soini Set for Defeat in Presidential Election
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Niinistoe, 63, as finance minister for the seven years through 2003 helped rebuild Finland's economy after the early 1990s recession and banking crisis. He lost in 2006 to President Tarja Halonen, who's stepping down after a two-term limit.
Niinistoe Wins First Round in Finnish Presidential Election BusinessWeek
Finnish voters likely to face run-off in presidential race Irish Times

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Niinistoe Leads Finland's Presidential Vote - Bloomberg


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Niinistoe Leads Finland's Presidential Vote
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Niinistoe, 63, a member of Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen's National Coalition party, served as finance minister for the seven years until 2003 and helped rebuild Finland's economy after the early 1990s recession and banking crisis.

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Finland's left has become a victim of its own success - The Guardian (blog)


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Finland's left has become a victim of its own success
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When talking about the crisis of the Finnish left, it should be remembered that their conservatives are way to the left of Britain's Tories. In a country where even the conservatives have labelled themselves "a labour party", what is the left needed ...

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Nokia To End The Assembly Of Cellphones In Europe - Zimbabwe Metro

Nokia To End The Assembly Of Cellphones In Europe
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Nokia's Finnish factory in Salo, which was the cornerstone for its success in 1990s, has been the last remaining major phone assembly plant in the Western Europe for some time. Most rivals have moved their production to Asia.

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Europe faces malaise and must reform, World Bank says - Reuters

Europe faces malaise and must reform, World Bank says
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The European Union is focusing on cutting fiscal deficits to regain investor confidence and avoid another crisis, but the World Bank said that task remains huge, forecasting that Western Europe is unlikely to reach pre-crisis public debt levels of 60 ...

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Europe's sovereigns feel benefit of ECB support - FTSE Global Markets (blog)

Europe's sovereigns feel benefit of ECB support
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He points to the experience in the 1990s of Sweden, Denmark and Finland (which took a decade or more to restore their credit ratings) and adds it would be even more difficult for the eurozone countries in the present environment.

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Forecasting toolkit challenged by 'new abnormal' - Financial Times

Forecasting toolkit challenged by 'new abnormal'
Financial Times
Consider the eurozone banking crisis. Not so long ago Stephen Cecchetti and his economist colleagues at the Bank for International Settlements, an organisation that was magnificently prescient about the crisis, looked at 40 systemic banking crises ...

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