
Soccer faces epic fight against match-fixing
Soccer is falling under a cloud of suspicion as never before, sullied by a multibillion-dollar web of match-fixing that is corrupting increasingly ...

Rio teacher out to prove 'gringos' can samba, too
With their gyrating hips and feet that move so fast they dissolve into a blur, samba instructor Carla Campos' students are barely distinguishable from ...
Finnish nuclear reactor delayed further until 2016
Finnish utility TVO says the completion of the country's fifth nuclear reactor will be further delayed and the company does not expect it to go online ...
Finnair turns a profit in Q4 after cost cuts
Higher revenues and lower operational costs have helped Finnair PLC return to profit in the last three months of 2012. The Finnish airline says Friday ...
Stora Enso to slash 600 jobs despite Q4 profit
Nordic paper maker Stora Enso Oyj says that despite strong fourth quarter earnings it will slash 600 jobs due to the weak European economy.
Finnair chief resigns to head Cargotec
Finnair CEO Mika Vehvilainen has announced he will step down on Feb. 28 to head the international cargo handling company Cargotec. The Finnish carrier ...

Nokia returns to profit but sales keep dropping
Struggling Nokia Corp. turned a fourth-quarter net profit of €202 million ($270 million) compared with a loss of $1 billion a year earlier, but ...
Ex-Nokia CEO Kallasvuo heads TV software company
Former Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo has joined Swedish TV software company Zenterio as chairman of the board. Kallasvuo, who headed the Finnish ...
Nokia sheds 300 IT jobs, transfers 820 workers
Struggling Nokia Corp. is downsizing by more than 1,000 jobs, part of a wide-ranging plan to cut costs and streamline operations. The Finnish firm ...

US teen Shiffrin wins WCup slalom for 3rd victory
American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin interrupted her homework for a couple of hours on Tuesday, giving her enough time to pick up another win in women's ...
Nokia: Q4 mobile phone sales beat own forecast
Nokia Corp. signaled Thursday its smartphone partnership with Microsoft was starting to reap rewards as it revealed that fourth-quarter mobile phone ...
Nokia, RIM settle old disputes in new patent pact
Nokia Corp. and Canadian smartphone rival Research In Motion have agreed on a new patent licensing pact which will end all existing litigation between ...

US crime author has dark take on Finnish society
In the doorway of a Helsinki bar on a snowy December afternoon, American author James Thompson is being offered a pair of Russian army night vision ...
Finland lowers economic growth forecasts
Finland expects economic contraction this year and little improvement in 2013 as the export-dependent country continues to suffer from reduced demand ...