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Swedish authorities OK Nordea bank’s HQ move from Stockholm to Helsinki

23 August 2018 11 h 56 min — 23 August 2018 11 h 58 min Yle News 0 Comments Banks, finance, Helsinki, Nordea, Stockholm

Regulators in Sweden have given Nordic banking giant Nordea the green light to relocate the bank’s headquarters from Stockholm to

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How alternatives to traditional banking can help rural Alaskans

13 July 2018 14 h 12 min — 13 July 2018 14 h 15 min Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, banking, development, economy, finance, housing, indigenous, Knik Tribal Council, Palmer, rural

About a dozen people, including a baby, sit in a classroom at the Knik Tribal Council office in Palmer (southcentral

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Finland gets new minister of Economic Affairs

29 December 2016 16 h 45 min Yle News 0 Comments economy, finance, Mika Lintilä, Sauli Niinistö

President Sauli Niinistö appointed long-serving Centre Party MP Mika Lintilä to the post of Economy Minister on Thursday afternoon. Lintilä

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Sanctions, low oil prices cost Russia $600 billion

5 February 2016 16 h 52 min — 9 February 2016 16 h 46 min Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments economy, finance, politics

The combined shock of financial sanctions and low oil prices will make Russia lose $600 billion in the period 2014-2017,

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Finnish economy in a rut, 1.2% growth in 2016

18 December 2015 15 h 59 min — 5 January 2016 16 h 37 min Yle News 0 Comments exports, finance, Gasum, politics, trade

The Finance Ministry is predicting close to zero economic growth for 2015, but is pegging output at 1.2 percent for

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Bank of Finland forecasts slow growth in 2016

11 December 2015 16 h 55 min — 5 January 2016 16 h 37 min Yle News 0 Comments banking, exports, finance

The Bank of Finland forecasts slow growth next year, with no boost to exports on the horizon. Economic growth will

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Nordea forecasts continued slump for Finnish economy

10 December 2015 21 h 14 min — 5 January 2016 16 h 37 min Yle News 0 Comments banking, exports, finance

Nordea’s fresh economic forecast warn of continued slow growth in the Finnish economy—in stark contrast to much of the rest

Economists are far from exuberant in their characterisation of Finnish finances. Words like dismal, weak, low-key and no change abound in their responses.(Jyrki Lyytikkä / Yle)

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Zero growth at best for Finland: Yle Poll

11 August 2015 18 h 36 min — 12 August 2015 15 h 38 min Yle News 0 Comments economists, economy, finance, labour, recession

The nation was hoping for economic turnaround this year. Instead, 2015 threatens to become Finland’s fourth consecutive year of recession.

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Yukon Zinc granted creditor protection after mine closure

20 March 2015 14 h 00 min CBC News 0 Comments cleanup, finance, mine, wolverine, Yukon, zinc

Yukon Conservation Society concerned about $3 million environmental security owed by Wolverine Mine Yukon Zinc has been granted creditor protection

Children and adults watch Santa Claus getting ready to start the long journey to children all over the world, one day before Christmas Eve at the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, Finland in 2012. (Kaisa Siren/AFP/Getty Images)

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Christmas tourism to Finland’s Arctic boasts fifth year of growth

29 December 2014 20 h 22 min — 30 December 2014 20 h 06 min Yle News 0 Comments economy, finance, Kuusamo, Lapland, Rovaniemi, travel

Holiday tourism to the north of Finland has exceeded expectations this year. Charter flights to airports in Rovaniemi, Kittilä and

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Rouble collapse hits Finland, Forex stops buying Russian currency

18 December 2014 16 h 47 min — 19 December 2014 19 h 37 min Yle News 0 Comments economy, energy, finance, markets, Russia, Sanctions

Effects of the Russia rouble’s nosedive will undoubtedly be felt in Finland. One Finnish expert says the only thing that

Norwegian kroner. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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Norway’s krone follows oil-price downhill

17 December 2014 21 h 20 min — 19 December 2014 19 h 37 min Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments central bank, economy, energy, finance, Russia

Like the Russian ruble, the Norwegian krone is diving with falling oil-prices. Down more than 4 percent on Tuesday to

Keith Martell, CEO of the First Nations Bank of Canada, says the bank is opening a branch in Yellowknife because of the large aboriginal population and resource development in the region. (CBC)

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First Nations Bank to open in Yellowknife, Canada

12 April 2013 10 h 17 min CBC News 0 Comments aboriginal, finance, NWT

The First Nations Bank of Canada will open a branch in Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) this