According to a new study, main reason of a stroke can be absence of a kind of antibody in the immune system.

These findings by researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden are believed to make way for a new vaccine that would enable a body in mustering up body's own ability to fight against arteriosclerosis and stroke.

Swedbank AB still swims in the troubling waters facing high risks in Latvia and Ukraine despite economic improvements there, and credit losses in Sweden may rise from current low levels as interest rates rise and stimulus measures are withdrawn over the next year, the bank's chief risk officer revealed Tuesday.

In view of the losses reported in 2009, SAS, the Scandinavian airline group has decided to issue new shares to raise its capital and cut 700 jobs.

SAS lost 1.3 billion kronor, in the fourth quarter, last year.

Ericsson, one of the largest telecom-gear makers, reported fourth-quarter core operating profit supporting market expectations on Monday. It said it has upheld market share in unfavourable situations.

Excluding loss-making joint ventures and restructuring costs, Ericsson's quarterly operating profit, was 7.5 billion Swedish crowns almost alike the forecasts.

A collaborated study conducted by researchers of Harvard University and Sweden’s Karolinska Institute found that emotional stress can increase the risk of cardiovascular events and suicide in patients with newly-detected prostate cancer.

The world’s first commercially-available 4G wireless mobile networking service has been launched by the Swedish carrier TeliaSonera. The 4G service, which boasts of speeds ranging between 20Mbps to 80Mbps, is initially available only in central parts of Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway.

Dutch luxury car manufacturer, Spyker, based in Netherlands, is currently in talks with General Motors over purchase of Sweden based Saab Automobile, merely weeks after the local Koenigsegg decided to drop its bid.

Swedish research suggests that men who don’t express their workplace anger openly if they are unfairly treated at work double their risk of a heart attack.

The researchers looked at 2,755 male employees in Stockholm who did not have a heart attack when the study began.

The Swedish manufacturer of wireless networking gear, Ericsson AB, reported Thursday weaker-than-expected profits for the third-quarter, citing declined demand for its products due to continuous fragile economic conditions.

Quoting the incoming Sony Ericsson chief executive Bert Nordberg, Dagens Industri paper reported that the company would expectedly return to profitability in 2010, if the market recovery takes root and the company’s forthcoming products do well.