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sentiment,Message
neutral,"Technopolis plans to develop in stages an area of no less than 100,000 square meters in order to host companies working in computer technologies and telecommunications , the statement said ."
negative,"The international electronic industry company Elcoteq has laid off tens of employees from its Tallinn facility ; contrary to earlier layoffs the company contracted the ranks of its office workers , the daily Postimees reported ."
positive,With the new production plant the company would increase its capacity to meet the expected increase in demand and would improve the use of raw materials and therefore increase the production profitability .
positive,"According to the company 's updated strategy for the years 2009-2012 , Basware targets a long-term net sales growth in the range of 20 % -40 % with an operating profit margin of 10 % -20 % of net sales ."
positive,FINANCING OF ASPOCOMP 'S GROWTH Aspocomp is aggressively pursuing its growth strategy by increasingly focusing on technologically more demanding HDI printed circuit boards PCBs .
positive,"For the last quarter of 2010 , Componenta 's net sales doubled to EUR131m from EUR76m for the same period a year earlier , while it moved to a zero pre-tax profit from a pre-tax loss of EUR7m ."
positive,"In the third quarter of 2010 , net sales increased by 5.2 % to EUR 205.5 mn , and operating profit by 34.9 % to EUR 23.5 mn ."
positive,Operating profit rose to EUR 13.1 mn from EUR 8.7 mn in the corresponding period in 2007 representing 7.7 % of net sales .
positive,"Operating profit totalled EUR 21.1 mn , up from EUR 18.6 mn in 2007 , representing 9.7 % of net sales ."
positive,TeliaSonera TLSN said the offer is in line with its strategy to increase its ownership in core business holdings and would strengthen Eesti Telekom 's offering to its customers .
positive,"STORA ENSO , NORSKE SKOG , M-REAL , UPM-KYMMENE Credit Suisse First Boston ( CFSB ) raised the fair value for shares in four of the largest Nordic forestry groups ."
positive,"A purchase agreement for 7,200 tons of gasoline with delivery at the Hamina terminal , Finland , was signed with Neste Oil OYj at the average Platts index for this September plus eight US dollars per month ."
positive,"Finnish Talentum reports its operating profit increased to EUR 20.5 mn in 2005 from EUR 9.3 mn in 2004 , and net sales totaled EUR 103.3 mn , up from EUR 96.4 mn ."
positive,"Clothing retail chain Sepp+Æl+Æ 's sales increased by 8 % to EUR 155.2 mn , and operating profit rose to EUR 31.1 mn from EUR 17.1 mn in 2004 ."
positive,"Consolidated net sales increased 16 % to reach EUR74 .8 m , while operating profit amounted to EUR0 .9 m compared to a loss of EUR0 .7 m in the prior year period ."
positive,"Foundries division reports its sales increased by 9.7 % to EUR 63.1 mn from EUR 57.5 mn in the corresponding period in 2006 , and sales of the Machine Shop division increased by 16.4 % to EUR 41.2 mn from EUR 35.4 mn in the corresponding period in 2006 ."
positive,"HELSINKI ( AFX ) - Shares closed higher , led by Nokia after it announced plans to team up with Sanyo to manufacture 3G handsets , and by Nokian Tyres after its fourth-quarter earnings report beat analysts ' expectations , dealers said ."
positive,"Incap Contract Manufacturing Services Pvt Ltd , a subsidiary of Incap Corporation of Finland , plans to double its revenues by 2007-2008 ."
positive,"Its board of directors will propose a dividend of EUR0 .12 per share for 2010 , up from the EUR0 .08 per share paid in 2009 ."
positive,"Lifetree was founded in 2000 , and its revenues have risen on an average by 40 % with margins in late 30s ."
positive,"( Filippova ) A trilateral agreement on investment in the construction of a technology park in St Petersburg was to have been signed in the course of the forum , Days of the Russian Economy , that opened in Helsinki today ."
positive,"MegaFon 's subscriber base increased 16.1 % in 2009 to 50.5 million users as of December 31 , while its market share by the number of customers amounted to 24 % as of late 2009 , up from 23 % as of late 2008 , according to TeliaSonera estimates ."
positive,"Net income from life insurance doubled to EUR 6.8 mn from EUR 3.2 mn , and net income from non-life insurance rose to EUR 5.2 mn from EUR 1.5 mn in the corresponding period in 2009 ."
positive,Net sales increased to EUR193 .3 m from EUR179 .9 m and pretax profit rose by 34.2 % to EUR43 .1 m. ( EUR1 = USD1 .4 )
positive,"Net sales surged by 18.5 % to EUR167 .8 m. Teleste said that EUR20 .4 m , or 12.2 % , of the sales came from the acquisitions made in 2009 ."
positive,Nordea Group 's operating profit increased in 2010 by 18 percent year-on-year to 3.64 billion euros and total revenue by 3 percent to 9.33 billion euros .
positive,"Operating profit for the nine-month period increased from EUR13 .6 m , while net sales increased from EUR394 .7 m , as compared to the corresponding period in 2005 ."
positive,"Operating profit for the nine-month period increased from EUR3 .1 m and net sales increased from EUR61 .5 m , as compared to the corresponding period in 2007 ."
positive,"Operating profit for the three-month period increased from EUR1 .2 m , while revenue increased from EUR20 .2 m , as compared to the corresponding period in 2005 ."
positive,"The Brazilian unit of Finnish security solutions provider F-Secure signed up 1,500 new clients last year , online news source Reseller Web quoted the division 's commercial director , Vladimir Brand+_o , as saying ."
positive,"The company 's net profit rose 11.4 % on the year to 82.2 million euros in 2005 on sales of 686.5 million euros , 13.8 % up on the year , the company said earlier ."
positive,"The Lithuanian beer market made up 14.41 million liters in January , a rise of 0.8 percent from the year-earlier figure , the Lithuanian Brewers ' Association reporting citing the results from its members ."
positive,"Viking Line 's cargo revenue increased by 5.4 % to EUR 21.46 mn , and cargo volume increased by 2.4 % to 70,116 cargo units ."
positive,"The fair value of the property portfolio doubled as a result of the Kapiteeli acquisition and totalled EUR 2,686.2 1,259.7 million ."
positive,10 February 2011 - Finnish media company Sanoma Oyj HEL : SAA1V said yesterday its 2010 net profit almost tripled to EUR297 .3 m from EUR107 .1 m for 2009 and announced a proposal for a raised payout .
positive,"A Helsinki : ELIiV today reported EPS of EUR1 .13 for 2009 , an increase over EPS of EUR1 .12 in 2008 ."
positive,"Aspo Plc STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE February 11 , 2011 at8 .45 a.m. ESL Shipping Ltd , part of Aspo Group , has signed a new , long-term contract with Rautaruukki Corporation for the marine transport of raw materials on the Baltic Sea ."
positive,"Commission income increased by 22 % to EUR 4.4 mn , and lending volume rose by 13.5 % ."
positive,"In January , traffic , measured in revenue passenger kilometres RPK , went up by 3.2 % and capacity , measured in available seat kilometres ASK , rose by 12.2 % ."
positive,"In January-September 2010 , Fiskars ' net profit went up by 14 % year-on-year to EUR 65.4 million and net sales to EUR 525.3 million from EUR 487.7 million ."
positive,"Net income from life insurance rose to EUR 16.5 mn from EUR 14.0 mn , and net income from non-life insurance to EUR 22.6 mn from EUR 15.2 mn in 2009 ."
positive,"Nyrstar has also agreed to supply to Talvivaara up to 150,000 tonnes of sulphuric acid per annum for use in Talvivaara 's leaching process during the period of supply of the zinc in concentrate ."
positive,"Sales for both the Department Store Division and Hobby Hall increased by 7 % , while sales for the clothing store subsidiary Seppala decreased by 4 % ."
positive,Sales have risen in other export markets .
positive,Sales increased due to growing market rates and increased operations .
positive,The agreement strengthens our long-term partnership with Nokia Siemens Networks .
positive,"The agreement was signed with Biohit Healthcare Ltd , the UK-based subsidiary of Biohit Oyj , a Finnish public company which develops , manufactures and markets liquid handling products and diagnostic test systems ."
positive,The company also estimates the already carried out investments to lead to an increase in its net sales for 2010 from 2009 when they reached EUR 141.7 million .
positive,"The company 's order book stood at 1.5 bln euro $ 2.2 bln on September 30 , 2007 , up by 24.2 pct on the year , with international orders amounting to 365 mln euro $ 534.3 mln ."
positive,"The company said that paper demand increased in all of its main markets , including of publication papers , and that it increased average paper prices by 4 percent compared with last year ."
positive,"The world 's second largest stainless steel maker said net profit in the three-month period until Dec. 31 surged to euro603 million US$ 781 million , or euro3 .33 US$ 4.31 per share , from euro172 million , or euro0 .94 per share , the previous year ."
positive,"Within the framework of the partnership , Nokia Siemens Networks has signed an initial framework purchase agreement with Sitronics subsidiary , JSC Mikron , which is the largest manufacturer and exporter of microelectronic components in Russia ."
positive,"Seppala 's revenue increased by 0.2 % to EUR10 .1 m. In Finland , revenue went down by 2.4 % to EUR6 .8 m , while sales abroad rose by 6.2 % to EUR3 .3 m. Sales increased in all the Baltic countries as well as in Russia and Ukraine ."
positive,"Shares of Standard Chartered ( STAN ) rose 1.2 % in the FTSE 100 , while Royal Bank of Scotland ( RBS ) shares rose 2 % and Barclays shares ( BARC ) ( BCS ) were up 1.7 % ."
positive,Shares of Nokia Corp. rose Thursday after the cell phone maker said its third-quarter earnings almost doubled and its share of the global handset market increased .
positive,"In its financial report , published on Friday , SEB said its net profit soared to SEK6 .745 bn in 2010 from a year-earlier SEK1 .114 bn and proposed a 50 % dividend increase to SEK1 .50 per share ."
positive,Sales for the Department Store Division increased by 15 % and sales for the clothing store subsidiary Seppala increased by 8 % Meanwhile sales for Hobby Hall decreased by 12 % .
neutral,"At the request of Finnish media company Alma Media 's newspapers , research manager Jari Kaivo-oja at the Finland Futures Research Centre at the Turku School of Economics has drawn up a future scenario for Finland 's national economy by using a model developed by the University of Denver ."
neutral,"In Sweden , Gallerix accumulated SEK denominated sales were down 1 % and EUR denominated sales were up 11 % ."
neutral,The company supports its global customers in developing new technologies and offers a fast route from product development to applications and volume production .
neutral,"When this investment is in place , Atria plans to expand into the Moscow market ."
neutral,"`` The new agreement is a continuation to theagreement signed earlier this year with the Lemminkainen Group , whereby Cramo acquired the entire construction machine fleet ofLemminkainen Talo Oy Ita - ja Pohjois Suomo , and signed asimilar agreement , '' said Tatu Hauhio , managing director ofCramo Finland ."
positive,"At first the contract envisaged the construction of three ferryboats with an option for two more units , further confirmed at a total value of 500 mln euro ( $ 645.8 mln ) ."
neutral,"In June it sold a 30 percent stake to Nordstjernan , and the investment group has now taken up the option to acquire EQT 's remaining shares ."
positive,"KESKO CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 28.02.2008 AT 09.30 1 ( 1 ) Kesko Corporation and Aspo plc today signed an agreement by which Aspo acquires the share capital of Kauko-Telko Ltd , a subsidiary wholly owned by Kesko ."
positive,Sponda Plc Stock Exchange Release 5 December 2006 at 15.45 EUR 1.5 BILLION SYNDICATED CREDIT FACILITY FOR SPONDA Sponda has signed an agreement for a one-year syndicated credit facility for a total of EUR 1.5 billion .
neutral,STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT 20 July 2006 1 ( 1 ) BASWARE SHARE SUBSCRIPTIONS WITH WARRANTS AND INCREASE IN SHARE CAPITAL A total of 119 850 shares have been subscribed with BasWare Warrant Program .
positive,"The contract covers HDO platform , AC800 and CXE880 optical Fttb nodes designed to increase the forward and return path capacity of the transmission networks ."
neutral,The new plant is planned to have an electricity generation capacity of up to 350 megawatts ( MW ) and the same heat generation capacity .
positive,"The OMX Helsinki 25 index was up 0.92 pct at 2,518.67 and the Helsinki CAP portfolio index was 0.91 pct higher at 4,711.19 ."
neutral,"- So , the sales growth of cars considerably influence on the tires market '' ."
neutral,"A maximum of 666,104 new shares can further be subscribed for by exercising B options under the 2004 stock option plan ."
neutral,"As a result of the share issue , the number of the company 's shares increases by 391,630 shares and the share capital by a total of EUR 15,665.20 ."
neutral,"Finnish real estate investor Sponda Plc said on Wednesday 12 March that it has signed agreements with Danske Bank A-S , Helsinki Branch for a 7-year EUR150m credit facility and with Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company for a 7-year EUR50m credit facility ."
neutral,"On the route between Helsinki in Finland and Tallinn in Estonia , cargo volumes increased by 36 % , while cargo volumes between Finland and Sweden fell by 9 % ."
neutral,"Other measures included increasing synergies and economies of scale within the Grimaldi Group and personnel adjustments , divestments and redelivery of excess tonnage ."
positive,"Rinkuskiai raised the sales by 18.1 percent , to 1.37 million liters , while the sales of Kauno Alus grew by 14.3 percent , to 960,000 liters ."
neutral,TELECOMWORLDWIRE-7 April 2006-TJ Group Plc sells stake in Morning Digital Design Oy Finnish IT company TJ Group Plc said on Friday 7 April that it had signed an agreement on selling its shares of Morning Digital Design Oy to Edita Oyj .
positive,TELECOMWORLDWIRE-7 April 2006-TJ Group Plc sells stake in Morning Digital Design Oy Finnish IT company TJ Group Plc said on Friday 7 April that it had signed an agreement on selling its shares of Morning Digital Design Oy to Edita Oyj .
neutral,"The 718,430 new Series A shares will become subject to trading on the Helsinki Stock Exchange 's Main List , together with the old Series A shares , on July 3 , 2006 ."
neutral,The fuel purchase contracts have been signed with three months ' delivery from this September to November .
neutral,Tiimari operates 194 stores in six countries -- including its core Finnish market -- and generated a turnover of 76.5 mln eur in 2005 .
positive,Under this agreement Biohit becomes a focus supplier of pipettors and disposable pipettor tips to VWR customers throughout Europe .
positive,"The combination of all services enabling us to offer a complex and strengthened service chain not only limited to the Baltic port connections but also for getting access to the world wide Grimaldi Network into the Mediterranean , Africa and North America `` says Uwe Bakosch ."
neutral,No blind-spots coming from 1 vantage point allows investigators to see the whole story in high resolution with no unbroken video .
positive,"The company still expects its turnover in 2010 to slightly increase from the level of 2009 , adding that `` market predictability is still too poor for trustworthy forecasts on the market development of the contract manufacturing business during the current year '' ."
positive,The acquisition will considerably increase Kemira 's sales and market position in the Russian metal industry coatings market .
positive,"In January-September 2007 , Finnlines ' net sales rose to EUR 505.4 mn from EUR 473.5 mn in the corresponding period in 2006 ."
positive,"Adjusted for changes in the Group structure , the Division 's net sales increased by 1.7 % ."
positive,"`` The change will optimize the operational efficiencies of our growing business , '' said Julia Prohaska , director of marketing communications for Fiskars ."
positive,"`` They would invest not only in the physical infrastructure , but would also provide know-how for managing and developing science and technology parks , '' said Sunrise Valley director Andrius Bagdonas ."
positive,"4 February 2011 - Finnish broadband data communication systems provider Teleste Oyj HEL : TLT1V saw its net profit jump to EUR2 .1 m for the last quarter of 2010 from EUR995 ,000 for the same period of 2009 ."
positive,Finnish Aktia Group 's operating profit rose to EUR 17.5 mn in the first quarter of 2010 from EUR 8.2 mn in the first quarter of 2009 .
positive,Finnish Bank of +_land 's consolidated net operating profit increased from EUR 4.8 mn in the first quarter of 2005 to EUR 6.4 mn in the first quarter of 2006 .
positive,"Finnish financial group Aktia reports operating profit of EUR 44.4 mn in January-September 2009 , up from EUR 37.3 mn in the corresponding period in 2008 ."
positive,"Finnish high technology provider Vaahto Group reports net sales of EUR 41.8 mn in the accounting period September 2007 - February 2008 , an increase of 11.2 % from a year earlier ."
positive,Net sales of Finnish food industry company L+Ænnen Tehtaat 's continuing operations increased by 13 % in 2008 to EUR 349.1 mn from EUR 309.6 mn in 2007 .
positive,An individual promotion also generated slightly higher-than-expected revenues .
positive,Biohit already services many current Genesis customers and the customer base is expected to expand as a result of this agreement .
positive,"Both operating profit and turnover for the three-month period increased , respectively from EUR0 .9 m and EUR8 .3 m , as compared to the corresponding period in 2005 ."
positive,Circulation revenue has increased by 5 % in Finland and 4 % in Sweden in 2008 .
positive,Clothing chain Sepp+Æl+Æ 's net sales increased by 7.0 % to EUR 30.8 mn .
positive,Construction volumes meanwhile grow at a rate of 10-15 percent annually .
positive,Finnish and Swedish construction markets are still experiencing an estimated 4 % annual growth in 2008 .
positive,"However , Biohit estimates its total net sales will continue to grow in 2009 , and that favourable trends in net sales will lead to a profit in 2009 ."
positive,"In 2009 , Fiskars ' cash flow from operating activities amounted to EUR121m , up from EUR97m in the previous year ."
positive,"In Lithuania , operating profit rose to EUR 190,000 from EUR 70,000 in the corresponding period in 2005 ."
positive,"In the fourth quarter of 2008 , net sales increased by 2 % to EUR 1,050.7 mn from EUR 1,027.0 mn in the fourth quarter of 2007 ."
positive,"International sales rose by 59.8 % to EUR 1,244.4 mn ."
neutral,Kalmar Espana generated net sales of some 11.3 mln euro $ 14.8 mln in 2005 .
positive,Net sales grew in the period to x20ac 402 million $ 585US million from x20ac 401 million in 2006 .
positive,Net sales increased to EUR655m in April to June 2010 from EUR438m a year earlier .
positive,"Net sales rose by 25.5 % year-on-year to EUR59 .6 m , as the number of chargers delivered went up by 41 % to 65.9 million pieces ."
positive,"Net sales totaled EUR 93.6 mn , up from EUR 93.2 mn in the corresponding period in 2005 ."
positive,"Nokia also noted the average selling price of handsets declined during the period , though its mobile phone profit margin rose to more than 22 percent from 13 percent in the year-ago quarter ."
positive,Operating profit increased by 145.1 % to EUR 8.3 mn from EUR 3.4 mn .
positive,Operating profit margin increased from 11.2 % to 11.7 % .
positive,Operating profit rose to EUR 3.11 mn from EUR 1.22 mn in the corresponding period in 2009 .
positive,Operating profit rose to EUR 5mn from EUR 2.8 mn in the fourth quarter of 2008 .
positive,"Operating profit was EUR 24.5 mn , up from EUR 23.0 mn ."
positive,"Ramirent 's net sales in the second quarterended June 30 were EURO 128.7 million about U.S. $ 163 million , a 3.3-percent increase compared with EURO 124.6 million for thesecond quarter last year ."
positive,"Revenue grew by 2 percent to x20ac 580 million $ 743 million , from x20ac 569 million ."
positive,Ruukki announced that it has signed an agreement with Aker Solutions of Norway to supply 24 suction anchors in September 2010 from its Kalajoki unit in Finland .
positive,"Ruukki 's delivery volumes and selling prices showed favourable development and the company 's comparable net sales grew by 50 % year-on-year to EUR647m , CEO Sakari Tamminen said ."
positive,Sanoma Magazines ' net sales are estimated to grow in 2006 .
positive,The bank forecasts Finland 's GDP will grow by 2 % in 2010 and in 2011 .
positive,"The circuit 's overall production rate on a weekly basis is now in excess of an average of 40,000 tonnes per day , with volumes in excess of 50,000 tonnes per day being reached on individual days ."
positive,"The company 's consolidated operating profit amounted to EUR 15.86 mn , up from EUR 4.14 mn year-on-year ."
positive,The Department Store Division reported an increase in sales of 4 per cent .
positive,The fair value of the company 's investment properties grew to EUR 2.803 billion at the end of March 2009 from EUR 2.691 million a year ago .
positive,"The last quarter was the best quarter of 2009 in net sales , and the operating margin rose to 12.2 % ."
positive,"The major breweries increased their domestic beer sales by 4.5 per cent last year , to 256.88 million litres from 245.92 million litres in 2004 ."
positive,"The transaction doubles Tecnomens workforse , and adds a fourth to their net sales ."
positive,- Operating profit rose by 26.9 % to EUR 105.8 ( 83.4 ) million .
positive,"`` After this purchase , Cramo will become the second largest rental services provider in the Latvian market ."
positive,"`` The priority for 2009 was to strengthen the company 's balance sheet and increase cash flow , '' CEO Hannu Krook said ."
positive,`` The purchase of the operations is part of YIT 's strategy to expand its offering of building system services geographically . ''
positive,21 October 2010 - Finnish fishing tackle company Rapala VMC Corp ( HEL : RAP1V ) said today its net profit rose to EUR18 .9 m for the first nine months of 2010 from EUR15 .1 m for the same period a year earlier .
neutral,"A structures BIM ( building information modeling ) software from Tekla , a model-based software provider , has been adopted for the construction management and delivery of a university project in Abu Dhabi ."
positive,"According to Finnish Metso Minerals , the value of the company 's orders has gone up to EUR 1.9 bn in 12 months ."
positive,Finnish Aldata Solution has signed a contract of supply its G.O.L.D. system to two French retail chains .
positive,Finnish Bank of +_land reports its operating profit rose to EUR 21.3 mn in the second quarter of 2009 from EUR 6.1 mn in the corresponding period in 2008 .
positive,Finnish financial group Aktia 's operating profit for 2009 increased to EUR 47.0 mn from EUR 6.6 mn in 2008 .
positive,Finnish forest machinery manufacturer Ponsse 's net sales grew to EUR 51.3 mn in the first quarter of 2010 from EUR 37.5 mn in the corresponding period in 2009 .
positive,Finnish KCI Konecranes has raised its net sales growth estimate for 2006 from over 25 % to over 35 % .
positive,Finnish Okmetic that manufactures and processes silicon wafers for the semiconductor and sensor industries and Norwegian solar wafer company NorSun have signed a contract under which Okmetic will supply NorSun mono silicon crystals for use in solar cell manufacturing .
positive,Finnish pharmaceuticals company Orion 's net sales rose to EUR 190mn in the first quarter of 2009 from EUR 180mn in the first quarter of 2008 .
positive,"Finnish Ponsse has signed an agreement with Babcock Africa for the distribution and support of Ponsse forest machines , harvester heads , and information systems in South Africa ."
positive,South African Sappi will become the largest foreign forest industry company operating in Finland as a result of the acquisition Finnish M-real Corporation 's Graphic Papers Business unit .
positive,According to Deputy MD Pekka Silvennoinen the aim is double turnover over the next three years .
positive,"According to HKScan Finland , the plan is to increase J+Ærvi-Suomen Portti 's net sales to EUR 80mn to EUR 100mn ."
positive,"Advertising and circulation revenues grew by 3.4 % and by 0.4 % , respectively ."
positive,"After the takeover , Cramo will become the second largest rental services provider in the Latvian market ."
positive,"Again , the most significant sales increase of 18.6 % was in Russia ."
positive,Alma Media expects its net sales to increase as forecast previously .
positive,Also Lemmink+Æinen 's profit for accounting period went up to EUR 3.1 mn from EUR -24.5 mn a year ago .
positive,"At the end of March 2007 , the group 's order book was at EUR 39.6 mn , up 42 % from the corresponding period in 2006 ."
positive,"At the same time profit of the company increased by 10 % in H1 and reached Ls 79,000 ."
neutral,Aviation Systems Maintenance is based in Kansas and generated net sales of USD 2.6 million for 2008 .
positive,"Besides we have increased the share of meat in various sausages and are offering a number of new tastes in the grill products and shish kebabs segment , '' Paavel said ."
positive,"Both operating profit and net sales for the 12-month period increased , respectively from EUR10 .5 m and EUR28 .8 m , as compared to the financial year 2004 ."
positive,"Both operating profit and net sales for the 12-month period increased , respectively from EUR20 .8 m and EUR177 .7 m , as compared to the financial year 2004 ."
positive,"Both operating profit and net sales for the 12-month period increased , respectively from EUR21 .5 m and EUR196 .1 m , as compared to 2005 ."
positive,"Both operating profit and net sales for the 12-month period increased , respectively from EUR4 .7 m and EUR26 .7 m , as compared to 2004 ."
positive,"Both operating profit and net sales for the nine-month period increased , respectively by 26.6 % and 3.4 % , as compared to the corresponding period in 2006 ."
positive,"Both operating profit and net sales for the six-month period increased , respectively , from EUR13 .8 m and EUR143 .6 m , as compared to the corresponding period in 2007 ."
positive,"Both operating profit and net sales for the six-month period increased , respectively from EUR0 .4 m and EUR3 .2 m , as compared to the corresponding period in 2005 ."
positive,"Both operating profit and net sales for the six-month period increased , respectively from EUR18 .1 m and EUR127 .6 m , as compared to the corresponding period in 2006 ."
positive,"Both operating profit and net sales for the six-month period increased , respectively from EUR7 .5 m and EUR655 .5 m , as compared to the corresponding period in 2005 ."
positive,"Both operating profit and net sales for the three-month period increased , respectively from EUR15 .1 m and EUR131 .5 m , as compared to the corresponding period in 2005 ."
positive,"Both operating profit and net sales for the three-month period increased , respectively from EUR16 .0 m and EUR139m , as compared to the corresponding quarter in 2006 ."
positive,"Both operating profit and sales for the three-month period increased , respectively from EUR0 .3 m and EUR13 .1 m , as compared to the corresponding period in 2005 ."
positive,"Both operating profit and turnover for the nine-month period increased , respectively from EUR2 .4 m and EUR43 .8 m , as compared to the corresponding period a year ago ."
positive,"Both operating profit and turnover for the six-month period increased , respectively , from EUR17 .6 m and EUR1149 .9 m , as compared to the corresponding period in 2007 ."
positive,"Both operating profit and turnover for the six-month period increased , respectively from EUR0 .1 m and EUR29 .0 m , as compared to the corresponding period a year ago ."
positive,Cargo volume grew by 7 % .
positive,Cargo volume increased by approximately 5 % .
positive,"comparable operating profit totaled EUR 854mn , up from EUR 730mn in 2004 ."
positive,"Digia said its consolidated net sales for January-June 2010 were EUR67 .8 m , up 9.7 % on the same period in 2009 ( EUR61 .9 m ) ."
positive,Diluted earnings per share ( EPS ) rose to EUR 0.29 from EUR 0.05 .
positive,Diluted earnings per share ( EPS ) rose to EUR 0.52 versus EUR 0.09 .
positive,Diluted earnings per share ( EPS ) rose to EUR 1.05 from EUR 0.64 .
positive,Diluted earnings per share ( EPS ) rose to EUR 3.68 from EUR 0.50 .
positive,Diluted EPS rose to EUR3 .68 from EUR0 .50 .
positive,EBIT margin was up from 1.4 % to 5.1 % .
neutral,"Editor 's note : Grimaldi generated a 1.7 bln euro ( $ 2.182 bln ) turnover in 2005 , ANSA reported on May 29 , 2006 ."
positive,"EPS for the quarter was EUR0 .00 , as compared with EUR0 .01 in the third quarter of 2008 , representing a Group net sales for the third quarter were EUR15 .3 m , up by 2.8 % as compared with EUR14 .9 m in the third quarter of 2008 ."
positive,"EPS from continuing operations came in at 0.30 eur , up from 0.17 ."
positive,"Equity ratio was 60.9 % compared to 54.2 % In the third quarter of 2007 , net sales of the Frozen Foods Business totaled EUR 11.0 , up by about 5 % from the third quarter of 2006 ."
positive,"EUR928 ,000 in Q1 2010 6 May 2010 - Finnish textile and clothing design company Marimekko Oyj ( HEL : MMO1V ) said today its net profit rose to EUR928 ,000 in the first quarter of 2010 from EUR13 ,000 in the corresponding period a year earlier ."
positive,"Finland-based Elcoteq SE , a privately held provider of electronics manufacturing services to communications companies , said Thursday it signed a long-term manufacturing supply deal with communications equipment company Andrew Corp. ."
positive,Finnish cutlery and hand tools maker Fiskars Oyj Abp ( HEL : FISAS ) said today its net profit rose to EUR 24.1 million ( USD 33.6 m ) in the third quarter of 2010 from EUR 17.9 million a year earlier .
positive,Finnish department store chain Stockmann Oyj Abp net profit rose to 39.8 mln euro ( $ 56.8 mln ) for the first nine months of 2007 from 37.4 mln euro ( $ 53.4 mln ) for the same period of 2006 .
positive,"Finnish lifting equipment maker Konecranes Oyj said on July 30 , 2008 that its net profit rose to 71.2 mln euro ( $ 111.1 mln ) for the first half of 2008 from 57.1 mln euro ( $ 89.1 mln ) for the same period of 2007 ."
positive,Finnish messaging solutions developer Tecnomen Corporation ( OMX Helsinki : TEM1V ) said on Thursday ( 11 December ) that it has received an expansion order for its Convergent Charging solution in Latin America .
positive,Finnish metal industry solutions supplier Outotec Oyj net profit rose to 50.4 mln euro ( $ 72.5 mln ) for the first nine months of 2007 from 20.1 mln euro ( $ 28.9 mln ) for the same period of 2006 .
positive,Finnish metal products company Componenta Oyj net profit rose to 26.1 mln euro ( $ 35.9 mln ) for the first quarter of 2007 from 5.3 mln euro ( $ 7.3 mln ) for the same period of 2006 .
positive,Finnish office supplies and computer accessories dealer Beltton-Group Plc said its net profit rose to 1.3 mln euro ( $ 1.7 mln ) in 2006 from 1.13 mln euro ( $ 1.5 mln ) in 2005 .
positive,"Finnish security and privacy software solutions developer Stonesoft Oyj said on January 7 , 2008 that the preliminary sales of its StoneGate products grew by 59 pct year-on-year to 3.6 mln euro ( $ 5.3 mln ) for the fourth quarter of 2007 ."
positive,"Finnish silicon wafer technology company Okmetic Oyj ( OMX Helsinki : OKM1V ) reported on Thursday ( 7 August ) an operating profit of EUR5 .3 m for the period January-June 2008 , up from EUR3 .3 m in the corresponding period in 2007 ."
positive,Finnish software developer Done Solutions Oyj said its net profit increased to 3.5 mln euro ( $ 4.6 mln ) in 2006 from 2.3 mln euro ( $ 3.0 mln ) in 2005 .
positive,First quarter underlying operating profit rose to 41 mln eur from 33 mln a year earlier .
positive,"Following the acquisition , Relacom will strengthen its presence in Finland , serving operators and office market with mobile and fixed networks construction , installation and maintenance services ."
positive,"For the first nine months of 2010 , the company 's net profit rose to EUR41m from EUR30m for the corresponding period of 2009 ."
positive,"HELSINKI ( AFX ) - Retail and wholesale group Kesko reported net sales of 659.4 mln eur for February , an increase of 10.8 pct year-on-year ."
positive,"However , net sales in 2010 are seen to have grown to EUR598 .3 m from EUR582 .3 m in 2009 ."
positive,"However , sales returned to growth in April-June 2010 , CEO Pekka Eloholma said ."
positive,"Ragutis , which is controlled by the Finnish brewery , reported a 5.4-per-cent rise in beer sales to 10.44 million litres and held an 11.09-per-cent market share ."
positive,"Svyturys-Utenos Alus , which is controlled by the Nordic group Baltic Beverages Holding ( BBH ) , posted a 4.7-per-cent growth in beer sales for January-May to 46.22 million litres ."
neutral,"In 2007 , Contempus generated revenue of NOK 69.3 ( approx ."
positive,"In addition , Kone signed a two-year maintenance contract for the escalators ."
positive,"In December alone , the members of the Lithuanian Brewers ' Association sold a total of 20.3 million liters of beer , an increase of 1.9 percent from the sales of 19.92 million liters in December 2004 ."
positive,"In January-September 2009 , the Group 's net interest income increased to EUR 112.4 mn from EUR 74.3 mn in January-September 2008 ."
positive,"In Q1 of 2010 , Bank of +_land 's net interest income increased from EUR 9.1 mn to EUR 9.7 mn ."
positive,"In Sweden , operating profit for the period under review totaled EUR 3.4 mn , up 30.8 % from the corresponding period in 2005 ."
positive,"In the fourth quarter of 2009 , Orion 's net profit went up by 33.8 % year-on-year to EUR33m ."
positive,"In the second quarter of 2010 , the group 's net profit rose to EUR 3.1 million from EUR 2.5 million in April-June 2009 ."
positive,"In the second quarter of 2010 , the group 's net profit rose to EUR3 .1 m from EUR2 .5 m in April-June 2009 ."
positive,"In the third quarter , net sales increased by 12 % year-on-year to EUR 159.5 million , or by 6 % at comparable currency rates growth ."
positive,"In the third quarter , net sales increased by 12 % year-on-year to EUR159 .5 m , or by 6 % at comparable currency rates growth ."
neutral,Incap estimates it will generate a revenue of 10 mln euro ( $ 13.2 mln ) from its Indian operations for 2007 .
positive,Its market share widened to 48.51 percent from 48.31 percent a year earlier .
neutral,Its total annual revenue comes up to about 160 mln zloty ( $ 56.9 mln-42 .3 mln euro ) .
positive,"Kesko Agro Eesti , the retailer and wholesaler of grain , agricultural and warehousing machinery and accessories , had net sales of 81 million euros in 2007 , an increase by one-tenth over the preceding year ."
positive,"Kesko 's car import and retailing business , VV-Auto , saw sales grow by 17.1 pct ."
positive,Kone 's net sales rose by some 14 % year-on-year in the first nine months of 2008 .
positive,"( ADP News ) - Feb 11 , 2009 - Finnish management software solutions provider Ixonos Oyj ( HEL : XNS1V ) said today its net profit rose to EUR 3.5 million ( USD 4.5 m ) for 2008 from EUR 3.1 million for 2007 ."
positive,"( ADP News ) - Feb 12 , 2009 - Finnish IT solutions provider Affecto Oyj ( HEL : AFE1V ) said today its net profit rose to EUR 8.5 million ( USD 11m ) in 2008 from EUR 7 million in 2007 ."
positive,"( ADP News ) - Feb 6 , 2009 - Finnish fishing tackle company Rapala VMC Corp ( HEL : RAP1V ) said today its net profit rose to EUR 19.2 million ( USD 24.6 m ) for 2008 from EUR 17.5 million for 2007 ."
positive,"( ADP News ) - Nov 5 , 2008 - Finnish electronic measurement products and solutions maker Vaisala Oyj ( OMX : VAIAS ) said today that its net profit rose to EUR 18 million ( USD 23.1 m ) for the first nine months of 2008 from EUR 1"
positive,"( ADP News ) - Oct 29 , 2008 - Finnish lifting equipment maker Konecranes Oyj ( OMX : KCR1V ) said today that its net profit rose to EUR 116.6 million ( USD 149.1 m ) in the first nine months of 2008 from EUR 73.6 million for the s"
positive,"Metso expects its net sales to increase by about 10 % in 2008 , at comparable exchange rates ."
neutral,"M-real generated a turnover of EUR5 .6 bn in 2006 and has 15,500 employees ."
positive,"Neste Oil Corp. has signed long-term procurement contracts with Honkajoki Oy and Findest Protein Oy , both owned by Finnish food manufacturers , for the supply of animal fat for biodiesel production at Neste 's 200,000 b-cd Porvoo , Finland , refinery ."
positive,Net interest income increased by 4.5 % to EUR 31.4 mn from EUR 30.0 mn in 2004 .
positive,"Net interest income was EUR 152.2 mn , up from EUR 101.0 mn in 2008 ."
positive,"Net interest income was EUR 39.3 mn , up from EUR 32.7 mn ."
positive,Net sales of the Vegetable Oil Business rose to EUR 10.6 mn from EUR 10.1 mn .
positive,"Nokia Multimedia 's net sales totaled EUR 5.7 bn , up 45 % from the corresponding period in 2005 ."
positive,Operating income rose to EUR 696.4 mn from EUR 600.3 mn in 2009 .
positive,"Operating profit of Kauppalehti group rose to EUR 1.5 mn from EUR 1.3 mn , and that of Marketplaces to EUR 1.3 mn from EUR 1.0 mn in the third quarter of 2006 ."
positive,Operating profit rose from EUR 1.94 mn to EUR 2.45 mn .
positive,Operating profit rose to 22.1 mln eur from 19.9 mln .
positive,Operating profit rose to EUR 1.6 mn from EUR 1.1 mn in the corresponding period in 2006 .
positive,Operating profit rose to EUR 103.4 mn from EUR 23.2 in the corresponding period in 2006 .
positive,Operating profit rose to EUR 13.5 mn from EUR 9.7 mn in the corresponding period in 2006 .
positive,Operating profit rose to EUR 26.7 mn from EUR 14.9 mn in the corresponding period in 2006 .
positive,Operating profit rose to EUR 27.8 mn from EUR 17.5 mn in 2008 .
positive,Operating profit rose to EUR 3.2 mn from EUR 1.0 mn in the corresponding period in 2008 .
positive,Operating profit rose to EUR 4.7 mn from EUR 3.6 mn .
positive,Operating profit rose to EUR 4.7 mn from EUR 4.6 mn .
positive,Operating profit rose to EUR 9.2 mn from EUR 6.8 mn in the corresponding period in 2007 .
positive,Operating profit rose to EUR2 .4 m from EUR1 .6 m year earlier .
positive,"Operating profit surged to EUR21m from EUR106 ,000 ."
positive,"Operating profit totaled EUR 37,7 mn , up slightly from EUR 37.2 mn in the corresponding period in 2006 ."
positive,"Operating profit totaled EUR 5.5 mn , up from EUR -0.7 mn ."
positive,"Operating profit was EUR 11.4 mn , up from EUR 7.5 mn ."
positive,"Operating profit was EUR 139.7 mn , up 23 % from EUR 113.8 mn ."
positive,"Order intake grew by 40 % year-on-year and 30 % year-on-year , respectively , to EUR 576 million and EUR 1.7 billion for the respective January-September and July-September 2010 periods ."
positive,Orders received grew by 55 % year-on-year to EUR732m .
positive,Orion Pharma 's operating profit increased by 42.5 % from 2004 .
positive,Passenger volumes rose by 8.4 % in the accounting period .
positive,Passenger-related revenue rose by 5.1 % to EUR 460.8 mn from EUR 438.5 mn in 2009 .
positive,"Press release 9 October 2009 Ruukki has signed a contract to deliver and install the steel structures for a bridge over the Kyronsalmi strait in Savonlinna , Finland ."
positive,Pretax profit rose to EUR 0.6 mn from EUR 0.4 mn in the corresponding period in 2005 .
positive,"Pretax profit rose to EUR 1,019 mn from EUR 1,007 in the corresponding period in 2005 ."
positive,Pretax profit rose to EUR 17.8 mn from EUR 14.9 mn in 2005 .
positive,"Pre-tax profit totaled EUR 397.4 mn , up from EUR 164.7 mn ."
positive,"Previously , the company had guided for EBIT and sales growth of 20 pct and 10 pct respectively for this year ."
positive,Previously the company has estimated its operating profit to reach the level of 2005 only .
positive,"Profit for the period totaled EUR 39.4 mn , up from EUR 33.9 mn in the corresponding period in 2006 ."
positive,"Profit for the period was EUR 5.9 mn , up from EUR 1.3 mn ."
positive,"Profit for the period was EUR 9.8 mn , up from EUR 6.0 mn in 2004 ."
positive,Revenue grew 12 percent to ( x20ac ) 3.6 billion ( US$ 4.5 billion ) .
positive,"Revenue in July to September grew 14 percent to ( EURO ) 467 million from a year earlier , the company said Thursday ."
positive,Revenues at the same time grew 14 percent to 43 million euros .
positive,"Ruukki has signed a contract to deliver and install the steel structures for a bridge over the Kyronsalmi strait in Savonlinna , Finland ."
positive,"Sales in Latin America increased by 42 % to EUR 432mn , and a total of 8.7 mn mobile devices were sold in the area , representing an increase of 32 % from the corresponding period in 2009 ."
positive,Sales of clothing developed best .
positive,Sanoma Magazines Finland 's net sales grew to EUR 140.1 mn from EUR 131.8 mn .
positive,"Satama 's net profit for the third quarter of 2007 rose to 275,000 euro ( $ 395,000 ) from 270,000 euro ( $ 388,000 ) for the same period of 2006 ."
positive,"Section : Regional News - The demand in Finnair 's Asian traffic , measured in passenger kilometers , was up 34.9 % in August compare to last year ."
positive,"Svyturys-Utenos Alus , which is controlled by the Nordic group Baltic Beverages Holding ( BBH ) , posted a 6.1 percent growth in beer sales for January-September to 101.99 million liters ."
positive,That would be an increase from estimated sales of 117 million last year .
positive,The agreement expands Tekla Structures ' scope of use to bridge design .
positive,The aim is to increase sales by at least one fifth in 2006 .
positive,"The chain posted sales of 298 million euros for full 2005 , a rise of 19.5 percent , year-on-year ."
positive,The company expects its net sales in 2008 to increase 5-10 % from 2007 .
positive,The company expects its net sales in the first half of 2008 to reach the previous year 's level .
positive,"The company is in the process of building a new fleet and has placed orders for 10 P-Max tankers of 65,200 dwt ."
positive,"The company 's operating income ( EBIT ) totalled EUR 0.0 mn , up from EUR -0.3 mn year-on-year ."
positive,The EPS outlook was increased by 5.6 pct for 2007 and 7.0 pct for 2008 .
positive,"The fair value of the investment properties totaled EUR 2,534.9 mn , up from EUR 2,455.1 mn in 2006 ."
positive,"The Finnish government announced Wednesday that it sold a 32 percent stake in chemicals and fertilizer group Kemira Oyj for ( x20ac ) 655.6 million ( $ 890US million ) , sending the company 's share price up 6 percent ."
neutral,The firm generated sales of 187 mln eur in 2005 .
positive,"The German company has also signed a code share agreement with another Oneworld member -- American Airlines Inc , part of US-based AMR Corp ( NYSE : AMR ) ."
positive,"The Helsinki-based company , which also owns the Salomon , Atomic and Suunto brands , said net profit rose 15 percent in the three months through Dec. 31 to ( x20ac ) 47 million ( $ 61US million ) , from ( x20ac ) 40.8 million a year earlier ."
positive,The increase in capital stock has been registered in the Finnish Trade Register on 20 November 2006 .
positive,The operating profit for Grain Trading increased to EUR 2.0 mn from EUR 1.4 mn in 2005 .
positive,The stock rose for a second day on Wednesday bringing its two-day rise to GBX12 .0 or 2.0 % .
positive,The stock rose for a third day on Tuesday bringing its three-day rise to GBX10 .50 or 1.8 % .
positive,The transaction is in line with Aspo 's strategy to expand in the Baltic Sea region and in the eastern markets .
positive,The transactions would increase earnings per share in the first quarter by some EUR0 .28 .
positive,"There has been some recovery of the base metals prices and increased demand for metals in China , however ."
positive,"This new representation extends Comptel 's global presence to a total of 18 countries , serving over 250 customers in over 80 countries worldwide ."
positive,"TietoEnator itself uses Nokia 's Intellisync Mobile Suite 's wireless email , calendar , and device management capabilities , and the company will now extend these services to its customers ."
positive,Total operating revenue grew by 27.6 % year-on-year to EUR61m .
positive,Vacon 's cash flow from operations grew to EUR 37.1 mn from EUR 21.9 mn a year ago .
neutral,Vacon will supply drives to Ruselprom in the power range from 200 kW up to 2 MW .
positive,"We also strengthen our existing partnership with Cybercom '' , says Teleste CTO Esko Myllyla ."
positive,"Via the Satlan acquisition , Teleste plans to further expand its market presence as a video services partner for cable operators , broadcasters and IPTV service providers ."
positive,"With the acquisition , the company will expand its offering to North , Central and South America , it said ."
positive,"With the extension of the new contract for a further eight engines , the plant will now produce over 100 MW , it said ."
positive,YIT says the acquisition is a part of its strategy for expansion in Central and Eastern European markets .
positive,"`` BasWare 's product sales grew strongly in the financial period , by 24 percent ."
positive,"`` The second quarter of 2010 was the firstquarter with growth in net sales since the third quarter of2008 , '' said Magnus Rosen , Ramirent CEO ."
positive,"`` The transaction strengthens our position ... in design and branded goods , '' said Fiskars president and CEO Heikki Allonen , pointing out that the two groups have relatively few overlapping operations ."
positive,1 February 2011 - Finnish textile and clothing company Marimekko Oyj HEL : MMO1V said today its preliminary operating profit grew to EUR8 .2 m in 2010 from EUR6 .3 m in 2009 .
neutral,Finnish Componenta has published its new long-term strategy for the period 2011-2015 with the aim of growing together with its customers .
positive,"Finnish Larox has signed a contract with the Talvivaara Project for the delivery of filters to the Talvivaara nickel mine in Sotkamo , in Finland ."
positive,Affecto expects its net sales for the whole 2010 to increase from the 2009 level when they reached EUR 103 million .
positive,Cash flow from operations rose to EUR 52.7 mn from EUR 15.6 mn in 2007 .
positive,Commission income rose by 25.7 % to EUR 16.1 mn from EUR 12.8 mn in 2004 .
positive,Componenta 's objective with this agreement is to increase business on its existing production lines .
positive,"Earnings per share for January-June 2010 were EUR0 .30 , an increase of 20 % year-on-year EUR0 .25 ."
positive,Earnings per share EPS rose to EUR 0.11 from EUR 0.03 .
positive,"Elisa said mobile subscriptions grew 7 percent during 2007 , mainly because of customers adopting so-called third generation mobile technology ."
positive,"EPS for the quarter came in at 0.36 eur , up from 0.33 eur a year ago and ahead of forecast of 0.33 eur ."
positive,EPS grew to 0.04 eur from 0.02 eur .
positive,Exports grew 16.5 percent to 19.1 million liters .
positive,"Finnish investment group Panostaja Oyj said its net profit went up to 8.6 mln euro $ 11.4 mln in fiscal 2005-06 , ended October 31 , 2006 , from 2.8 mln euro $ 3.7 mln in the same period of fiscal 2004-05 ."
positive,Finnish metal components supplier Componenta Oyj said its net profit went up to 3.5 mln euro $ 4.5 mln in 2006 from 2.2 mln euro $ 2.8 mln in 2005 .
positive,"Finnish silicon wafer technology company Okmetic Oyj OMX Helsinki : OKM1V reported on Thursday 30 October an operating profit of EUR7 .4 m for January-September 2008 , up from EUR6 .1 m in the corresponding period in 2007 ."
positive,"Fiskars Brands report net sales of EUR 145.8 mn , up from EUR 138.4 mn ."
positive,"GeoSentric Oyj s GeoSolutions Business Unit GyPSii , the mobile digital lifestyle application and geo-mobility social networking platform , has signed an agreement with Nanjing MyNet to make the GyPSii mobile social networking platform available to customers of China Mobile ."
positive,HELSINKI AFX - Outokumpu Technology said it has signed a 3.5 mln eur agreement with Mongolia 's Erdenet Mining Corporation for the engineering of the first HydroCopper plant to be built at the Erdenet mine site .
positive,"However , the proportion of the paid standing orders grew in 2009 ."
positive,"In addition to the demand in Finland , the export of lining stone products also increased ."
positive,"In January-September 2007 , the group 's net sales from continuing operations rose to EUR 213.1 mn from EUR 172.6 mn in the corresponding period in 2006 ."
positive,"In July-September 2008 , YIT 's net sales increased to EUR 970.8 mn , compared to EUR 906.8 mn in the corresponding period in 2007 ."
positive,"In the reporting period , net sales rose by 8 % year-on-year to EUR64 .3 m , due to the business acquisitions realized during the first half of 2008-09 , the effect of which was EUR10 .9 m in the review period ."
positive,"In the reporting period , the company 's operating profit grew by 43.2 % to EUR 6 million ."
positive,Last year 's net sales rose to EUR 68.3 million from EUR 62.2 million .
positive,"Last year the company raised its turnover to approximately 7 million litas EUR 2 mln , from 6.1 million litas in 2004 ."
positive,"ADP News - Nov 18 , 2008 - Finnish AC drives manufacturer Vacon Oyj OMX : VAC1V said today that it had set up new representative offices in Romania and Ukraine to serve the growing markets in eastern and southeastern Europe ."
positive,Marimekko Group 's full-year net sales are estimated to increase by about 10 % .
positive,Net sales surged by 30 % to EUR 36 million .
positive,"Net sales went up by 1 % year-on-year to EUR 29 million , affected by the business acquisitions , realized during the previous financial period , the effect of which was EUR 5.1 million on the review period ."
positive,"Nevertheless , its market share rose to 49.14 percent from 48.51 percent a year earlier ."
positive,Nokia - the world 's largest mobile phone manufacturer - and China Postel - China 's largest mobile phone distributor - have a long-standing partnership that continues to grow stronger over time .
positive,"October-December sales were 302 mln eur , or a 25.3 pct increase year on year ."
positive,"Olvi , which controls a 94 percent stake in Ragutis through A. Le Coq , said in its annual report published earlier this year that the Lithuanian brewery 's sales reached 15.04 million euros last year , a rise of 20.4 percent from 12.49 million euros in 2004 ."
positive,Olvi expects sales and market share to increase in the first quarter of 2010 .
neutral,"Olvi 's target is to strengthen its market share in soft drinks , mineral waters , ciders , long drinks , and energy drinks ."
positive,Operating profit increased to EUR 14.0 mn from EUR 4.9 mn in the corresponding period in 2005 .
positive,Operating profit of the Asian plants grew markedly .
positive,"Operating profit totaled EUR 825mn , up from EUR 763mn in 2004 ."
positive,"Operating profit totalled EUR 83.0 mn , up from EUR 23.5 mn year-on-year ."
positive,Production capacity will increase from 36 000 to 85 000 tonnes per year and the raw material will continue to be recycled paper and board .
positive,Profit for the period increased from EUR 2.9 mn to EUR 10.5 mn .
positive,"Profit per share was EUR 1.03 , up from EUR 0.87 ."
positive,Return on capital employed rose by 4.8 percentage points to 19.6 % .
positive,"Revenue from July to September grew 21 percent to EURO 2.3 billion , the Finnish company said Thursday ."
positive,Revenue grew 1 percent to euro742 .2 million US$ 964 million from euro735 million .
positive,Ruukki 's order book at the end of 2010 was 30 % up year-on-year and 10 % up quarter-on-quarter .
positive,Ruukki signed the contract with Norwegian company Veidekke Entreprenor AS .
positive,Sales in Finland rose by 3.9 % and international growth was 0.7 % .
positive,Sales of security and system packaging increased slightly .
positive,Stora Enso 's third-quarter pre-tax profit doubled to EUR 197mn .
positive,"Strongest growth was seen in the new markets in Russia , the Czech Republic , and Slovakia ."
positive,"The airline has ordered nine Airbus A350-900 aircraft with deliveries from 2011 , and in doing so becomes the lead airline for the latest variant of Rolls-Royce Trent series engines , called the 1700 ."
positive,"The company is now intensifying its smelter operations and increasing its annual production capacity to 230,000 tonnes of copper ."
positive,The company 's market share is continued to increase further .
positive,"The company 's scheduled traffic , measured in revenue passenger kilometres RPK , grew by just over 2 % and nearly 3 % more passengers were carried on scheduled flights than in February 2009 ."
positive,"The company said that its investments in the new market areas resulted in sales increase in Sweden , Poland , Russia and Lithuania ."
positive,"The disposal of Autotank will also strengthen Aspo 's capital structure , '' commented Gustav Nyberg , CEO of Aspo ."
positive,"The earnings per share for the quarter came in at 0.25 eur , up from the 0.20 eur of the same quarter a year earlier ."
positive,The economic occupancy rate of Sponda 's property portfolio rose to 91.2 % from 88.8 % in 2006 .
positive,"The Finnish supplier of BSS-OSS and VAS for telecom operators , Tecnotree , has received expansion orders worth a total US$ 7.3 mn for its convergent charging and next generation messaging solutions in Latin America , the company announced without specifying which operators had placed the orders ."
positive,The group 's 12-month operating profit grew 31 percent to 337.8 million euros .
positive,"The growth in the activeness of Talentum 's customers , which started at the end of 2009 , continued during the reporting period , the company stated ."
positive,The growth of net sales in the first half of 2008 has been 28 % compared with the first half of 2007 .
positive,The pretax profit of the group 's life insurance business increased to EUR 36 million from EUR 27 million .
positive,The pretax profit of the group 's life insurance business increased to EUR36m from EUR27m .
positive,"The total delivery volume of paper businesses in 2010 was 1,155,000 tonnes , up from 1,132,000 tonnes in 2009 ."
positive,The value of the firm 's forestry holdings increased by SEK 3.6 bn .
positive,"This new deal has strengthened the partnership from Telemig Celular and Tecnomen , which it has started since the beginning of Telemig 's prepaid operations ."
positive,Turnover rose to EUR21m from EUR17m .
positive,"Xerox and Stora Enso have teamed up to tailor the iGen3 to the short-run , on-demand packaging market ."
positive,YIT Construction and the town of Riihim+Æki have signed a lease contract whereby the town will occupy the Travel Centre office facilities .
positive,"The upgrade is intended to raise the network capacity from 450 MHz to 630 MHz in several cities , enabling bi-directional services for digital television as well as broadband data ."
neutral,The Finnish company Stockmann has signed the contract with the company Technopolis .
neutral,"According to its notice , Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ Helsinki Branch has on 10 August 2009 divested in total 11,958,000 Alma Media shares to Ilkka-Yhtyma Oyj and Kaleva Kustannus Oy , as the conditions of the agreement made by the companies on 1 July 2009 fulfilled ."
neutral,"As previously announced , GeoSentric Oyj entered into financing agreements with its lead investor on June 30 , 2010 enabling the Company to receive financing up to the aggregate amount of 6M ."
neutral,"At the same time , the market for automated liquid handling devices is already larger than that for pipettes , according to Biohit ."
neutral,Efore 's CEO Reijo Maihaniemi said that the company has developed and already delivered power supply units to respective systems based on this technology to Chinese sector company ZTE Corp SHE : 000063 .
neutral,Finnish Talvivaara Mining Co HEL : TLV1V said Thursday it had picked BofA Merrill Lynch and JPMorgan NYSE : JPM as joint bookrunners of its planned issue of convertible notes worth up to EUR250m USD332m .
positive,"Lead production , in turn , should increase to 60,000 tonnes through 2009 in what would be a twofold increase from current capacity levels , Zahariev said ."
neutral,"Lemminkainen Oyj said that it has signed credit agreements with Nordea Bank STO : NDA , Pohjola Bank HEL : POH1S , Sampo Bank HEL : SAMAS and Svenska Handelsbanken STO : SHB A ."
neutral,Pohjola could increase its stake to 45 % in 2013 .
neutral,Scandic Feed will also diversify Tosno 's product portfolio further .
positive,"Separately , YIT Corporation and Austrian firm E AG last week signed an agreement on the sale of E 's building system service business in Germany , Austria , Poland , the Czech Republic , Hungary and Romania for EUR 55 mln ."
neutral,The agreement with JM is one in a series of contracts that TeliaSonera has signed in recent months with residential construction and real estate management companies in Sweden .
positive,The company intends to raise production capacity in 2006 .
neutral,"The estimated value of the contract is EUR12 .4 m. Vaisala , headquartered in Helsinki in Finland , develops and manufactures electronic measurement systems for meteorology , environmental sciences , traffic and industry ."
neutral,"The mall is part of the Baltic Pearl development project in the city of St Petersburg , where Baltic Pearl CJSC , a subsidiary of Shanghai Foreign Joint Investment Company , is developing homes for 35,000 people ."
neutral,"The new facility , to be known as Technopolis Pulkovo , will introduce to the Russian market an entirely new concept of creating , operating and growing a commercially-funded science and technology park to support the growth of knowledge-intensive companies ."
positive,"Thereby , the company will expand its offering to North , Central and South America ."
positive,"To our members and partners , the use of IT will mostly be apparent in the increased efficiency of the results service , '' observes Perttu Puro from Tradeka ."
neutral,Vacon controls a further 5 % of the company via investment fund Power Fund I. EUR 1.0 = USD 1.397
neutral,"` This order is included in Wartsila 's order book in the second quarter , ' the company added ."
neutral,`` Management decided at the end of 2005 to increase cathode copper capacity .
neutral,4 ) Complete name of the shareholder : Otto Henrik Bernhard Nyberg 5 ) Further information : The amount of shares now transferred corresponds to 5.68 % of the total number of shares in Aspo Plc. .
neutral,"A data processing unit collects the data , calculates RVR values and provides the data to users via various interfaces ."
negative,A tinyurl link takes users to a scamming site promising that users can earn thousands of dollars by becoming a Google ( NASDAQ : GOOG ) Cash advertiser .
neutral,"ALEXANDRIA , Va. , March 28 -- Pertti Salmi and Hanna Vuolteenaho , both of Oulu , Finland , and Sami Viitasaari of Ii , Finland , have developed an ornamental design for a handset , the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced ."
neutral,"ALEXANDRIA , Va. , Oct. 3 -- Markka A. Oksanen and Harald Kaaja , both of Helsinki , Finland , Juha Salokannel of Kangasala , Finland , and Arto Palin of Viiala , Finland , have developed a system for providing communications security ."
neutral,"As earlier reported , Nokian Tyres is building a plant in the town of Vsevolozhsk in Russia 's Leningrad Region with an annual production capacity of 4 million tires ."
neutral,"Biohit , Inc. , has expanded its mLINE Family of Pipettors with the addition of the NEW 1-10 ml volume range ."
neutral,"Capman , the Finnish alternative asset manager , has made an acquisition for its Helsinki-focused vehicle , Real Estate Fund I. The fund has bought a seven-story office built in 1973 that underwent refurbishment at the end of the 1990s ."
negative,"Compared with the FTSE 100 index , which rose 36.7 points ( or 0.6 % ) on the day , this was a relative price change of -0.2 % ."
neutral,"Compared with the FTSE 100 index , which rose 51.5 points ( or 0.9 % ) on the day , this was a relative price change of -0.6 % ."
negative,"Compared with the FTSE 100 index , which rose 94.9 points ( or 1.6 % ) on the day , this was a relative price change of -0.4 % ."
neutral,"Deliveries are to start later in 2010 , and the volume will increase in the years 2011-2012 ."
positive,"Finland 's Nokian Tyres and Kazakhstan 's Ordabasy Corporation signed an agreement to build a plant in Astana to produce car tires , Ordabasy chairman Dinmukhamet Idrisov said at a press conference ."
positive,Finnish business software group AffectoGenimap Oyj said it had signed an agreement to acquire all the shares in Swedish sector company Intellibis Ab for 12 mln euro ( $ 15.8 mln ) on a debt-free basis .
neutral,"Finnish heat-retaining fireplaces maker Tulikivi Oyj said on August 29 , 2007 that its local tiled stoves and utility ceramics subsidiary Kermansavi Oy will merge into Tulikivi by means of absorption in order to streamline the latest 's corporate structure ."
positive,"Finnish silicon wafers manufacturer Okmetic Oyj said on June 29 , 2007 it signed an agreement with Nordea Bank Finland Plc , the local subsidiary of Swedish commercial bank Nordea Bank AB , which will refinance Okmetic 's syndicated bank facility which amounts to some 20 mln euro ( $ 26.9 mln ) ."
positive,"Furthermore , Bunge will also sign a licensing agreement for the Sunnuntai and Carlshamn Mejeri brands ."
neutral,"German Commerzbank AG 's Hamburg Branch and US JP Morgan ( NYSE : JPM ) participated as arrangers , and Dutch ING ( AMS : INGA ) as co-arranger ."
neutral,"In April 2005 , Neste separated from its parent company , Finnish energy company Fortum , and became listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange ."
neutral,"In Russia , Raisio 's Food Division 's home market stretches all the way to Vladivostok ."
positive,"In September 2010 , the Finnish group agreed to buy Danish company Rose Poultry A-S for up to EUR23 .9 m in a combination of cash and stock ."
neutral,Increase in the number of shares is based on the option rights which were granted to the management of the company under the stock option plan 2006 .
positive,"is planning to expand its product portfolio in the harbor segment , chief executive Pekka Lundmark told Financial Times Deutschland ."
neutral,It has some 30 offices worldwide and more than 90 pct of its net sales are generated outside Finland .
neutral,It has80 branches in Finland with annual revenue in Finland of ?
positive,"KAUKO-TELKO LTD PRESS RELEASE 19.06.2007 AT 14.00 1 ( 1 ) Telko Group ( Kauko-Telko ) is expanding its strategic partnership with BP Industrial Lubricants & Services ( BP ILS ) by acquiring total ownership of BP 's Swedish retail company , Molub-Alloy AB ."
neutral,"MILAN ( AFX ) - The Italian shipping group Grimaldi has increased its stake in the Finnish company Finnlines to 35.4 pct from the 30.5 pct held in June , according to news agency ANSA ."
neutral,Nokia Messaging 1.1 enables customers to receive e-mails from up to 10 e-mail accounts on their mobile phone supporting all POP or IMAP e-mail services .
positive,"Production capacity will rise gradually from 170,000 tonnes to 215,000 tonnes ."
positive,Ramirent s Danish subsidiary Ramirent A-S has today signed an agreement to acquire the business assets of the machinery rental company Jydsk Materiel Udlejning located in West Jutland .
neutral,SHARE REPURCHASE 11.01.2008 In the Helsinki Stock Exchange On behalf of Sampo plc Danske Bank A-S Helsinki Branch
neutral,Solidium picked up Tikkurila shares as a dividend at a book value of EUR15 .80 per share .
neutral,"Takoma will carry out the transaction by acquiring the entire share capital of Moventas Parkano Oy , which runs the factory in Parkano , southern Finland ."
positive,"The agreement will provide The Switch with double the converter capacity , whilst opening up further manufacturing locations in China ."
neutral,"The building owner and developer , Sun Hung Kai Properties Group , is one of the largest property companies in Hong Kong , developing all types of premium residential and commercial projects for sale and investment ."
neutral,The companies ' aim is to finalize the negotiations and sign the contracts at the start of October 2008 .
neutral,The companies signed the letter of intent for the sale on 17 September 2010 and envisaged to seal the actual agreement on 1 January 2011 .
positive,"The company also said on November 16 , 2006 its Real Estate Fund I Ky signed an agreement with Finnish window maker Fenestra Oy to build a window plant in Forssa , southern Finland ."
positive,The company has committed to further expanding the Apollo portfolio .
neutral,"The contract , which was signed yesterday , will run for five years and includes a two-year extension option ."
neutral,"The contract covers installation , training and start-up services ."
neutral,"The contract value amounts to about EUR11m , the company added ."
positive,The contracts have been signed to acquire uranium produced at the Sotkamo nickel-zinc mine in eastern Finland owned by Talvivaara .
neutral,"The expanded agreement covers the sale , marketing and distribution of Benefon 's navigation and locator devices in China ."
positive,"The OMX Nordic 40 ( OMXN40 ) index , comprising the 40 most traded Nordic stocks on the Nasdaq OMX exchange , closed up 0.43 % at 1,138.84 points on Wednesday ."
positive,"The OMX Nordic 40 ( OMXN40 ) index , comprising the 40 most traded Nordic stocks on the Nasdaq OMX exchange , closed up 1.29 % at 1,084.47 points on Friday ."
neutral,TietoEnator signed an agreement to acquire Indian research and development ( R&D ) services provider and turnkey software solutions developer Fortuna Technologies Pvt. Ltd. for 21 mln euro ( $ 30.3 mln ) in September 2007 .
neutral,To be number one means creating added value for stakeholders in everything we do .
positive,"Under the terms of the off-take agreement with Talvivaara , Cameco will provide an up-front investment , to a maximum of $ 60 million , to cover the construction cost of the uranium extraction circuit ."
positive,"Vaisala Oyj Press Release September 30 , 2010 Vaisala has signed a contract to sell its oxygen measurement technology and business to SICK Maihak GmbH ."
positive,"- BEIJING XFN-ASIA - Hong Kong-listed Standard Chartered Bank said it has signed a China mobile phone dealer financing agreement with Nokia , making it the first foreign bank to offer financing to the country 's small and medium enterprise -LR"
neutral,- Provides summary of the medical equipment pipeline products that the company is developing .
neutral,"`` Of course , we are in talks with all those coming up with new projects that involve material handling , '' Konecranes President and CEO Pekka Lundmark said , when asked whether it was talking to Reliance Industries for supplying equipment to its upcoming refinery in Jamnagar ."
positive,"`` Lidskoe Pivo 's investment program foresees the integrated modernization of production , updating transport and logistics infrastructure and developing new marketing instruments , '' Mikshis said ."
positive,`` Residentialconstruction in particular has picked up in several markets .
neutral,`` Ruukki is now included on DJSI World for the second year running and the European DJSI STOXX for the third year running .
neutral,`` The sale of the oxygen measurement business strengthens our goal to focus on our chosen market segments .
neutral,"A corresponding increase of 85,432.50 euros in Ahlstrom 's share capital has been entered in the Trade Register today ."
neutral,"A In August 2007 , Latvijas Finieris ordered all production lines for a new green veneer mill to be built in Ukmerge , central Lithuania ."
neutral,Finnish house manufacturers are targeting the strongly growing one-family house market in Russia .
positive,"After the transaction , Alma Media raised its stake in Talentum to 30.65 % of the shares and some 31.12 % of voting rights ."
neutral,Aldata said that there are still a number of operational aspects to be defined between it and Microsoft and further details of the product and market initiatives resulting from this agreement will be available at a later date .
neutral,"ALEXANDRIA , Va. , July 11 -- Hannu Kahonen of Juuka , Finland , has developed an ornamental design for a handle for fire pit door , the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced ."
neutral,"ALEXANDRIA , Va. , May 16 -- Kenneth Bower of Vista , Calif. , has developed an ornamental design for a handset , the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced ."
positive,"As the largest elevator market in the world , Chinese output of elevators continued to rise to 262,000 units in 2009 , up about 5 % yr-on-yr ."
neutral,Aspocomp intends to set up a plant to manufacture printed circuit boards with an investment of Rs310 crore .
neutral,"Baltic Pearl CJSC , a subsidiary of Shanghai Foreign Joint Investment Company , is developing a project in St Petersburg , comprising about a million square meters of residential space , two hospitals and several schools and nurseries ."
neutral,"Biohit Oyj develops , manufactures and markets liquid handling products and diagnostic test systems for use in research , healthcare and industrial laboratories ."
neutral,Calls to the switchboard and directory services have decreased significantly since our employees now have up-to-date contact information from all their colleagues and customers on their phone and can place the call directly .
neutral,"Cargotec 's share capital after the increase totals 64,046,460 euros ."
neutral,"Cargotec 's share capital after the increase totals EUR 64,299,180 ."
positive,"Compared with the FTSE 100 index , which rose 28.3 points or 0.5 % on the day , this was a relative price change of 2.3 % ."
positive,Componenta increased its stake in Turkish steel company Doktas Dokumculuk Ticaret ve Sanayi A.S. to 92.6 pct stake in March 2007 .
positive,"Earnings per share EPS are seen at EUR 0.56 , up from EUR 0.38 ."
positive,Estonia 's beer market overall grew three percent last year to 130 million liters .
neutral,Finnish food company Raisio Oyj HEL : RAIVV said on Friday it has wrapped up the divestment of its margarine operations to US sector player Bunge Ltd NYSE : BG for EUR80m USD119 .2 m .
positive,Finnish lifting equipment maker Konecranes HEL : KCR1V said on 29 July 2009 it has raised its stake in Austrian manipulator maker ACS Konecranes to 80 % and bought German sector player Knight Europe .
neutral,Finnish paper maker UPM-Kymmene Corp. on Monday announced the sale of its wrapping unit Walki Wisa to the CapMan investment group in a move to further concentrate on its core business .
neutral,Following the increase the company+EUR TM s capital totals 5.5 mln Romanian lei $ 1.98 mln-1 .56 mln euro .
positive,"HELSINKI AFX - KCI Konecranes said it has raised its stake in MMH Holdings Inc , the owner of US-based Morris Materials Handling , to 90.9 pct from 74.5 pct ."
neutral,"In 2008 , it generated net sales of EUR 9.3 million USD 13.1 m ."
neutral,"In August , Latvijas Finieris ordered all production lines for a new green veneer mill to be built in Ukmerge , Lithuania ."
positive,It delivers a different user experience and enables us to widen the market we can address . ''
neutral,Jacobs has been supporting Storengy 's investment of developing storage sites since 2006 as owner 's engineer .
positive,"ADPnews - Jun 30 , 2009 - Finnish stainless steel maker Outokumpu Oyj HEL : OUT1V said yesterday it signed a three-year EUR 900 million USD 1.3 bn revolving credit facility ."
positive,Most of the increase in net sales was due to the acquisition of Swedish Silva that produces garden tools and boats .
neutral,"Mr Ashley , deputy executive chairman of Sports Direct , sold a 43pc stake in the company for more than pounds 900m at the time of the float ."
negative,One of the challenges in the oil production in the North Sea is scale formation that can plug pipelines and halt production .
neutral,Rental of building equipment accounted for 88 percent of the operating income .
neutral,"Ruukki 's delivery includes steel structures , including installation , for Krakeroy bascule bridge and steel piles for the bridge foundations ."
neutral,Sanoma will continue to focus on investing in digital media and on strengthening its market positions .
neutral,Stockmann was established in 1862 in Finland and it became the first foreign company to enter Russia 's retail trade market in 1989 .
positive,SysOpen Digia had signed an agreement with the main shareholders of Sentera holding in total 77.39 % of the share capital and votes of Sentera .
neutral,"The acquisition is part of Suomen Helasto 's strategy to expand the LukkoExpert Security chain , Suomen Helasto CEO Kimmo Uusimaki said ."
neutral,"The broad-based WIG index ended Thursday 's session 0.1 pct up at 65,003.34 pts , while the blue-chip WIG20 was 1.13 down at 3,687.15 pts ."
neutral,The business to be divested generates consolidated net sales of EUR 60 million annually and currently has some 640 employees .
neutral,"The company generates net sales of about 600 mln euro $ 775.5 mln annually and employs 6,000 ."
positive,The company plans to expand into the international market through its subsidiaries and distributors from 2011 onwards .
neutral,The company plans to spend the proceeds from the rights offering for strengthening its balance sheet .
neutral,"The contract covers the manufacturing , surface-treatment and installation of the steel structures ."
neutral,"The corresponding increase in the share capital , EUR422 ,754 , has been entered in the Trade Register today ."
neutral,"The corresponding increase in the share capital , in total EUR 300,00 was registered in the Finnish Trade Register on May 8 , 2008 ."
neutral,"The corresponding increase in the share capital due to these subscriptions with the warrants , in total EUR 1,860.74 , was registered with the Finnish Trade Register on January 4 , 2008 ."
neutral,"The corresponding share capital increase , EUR 1,012,945.50 was entered in the Trade Register today ."
positive,"The decision to sell a share in Lenenergo was reached in line with Fortum 's strategic plans to invest mainly in generating assets in Russia , while Lenenergo is a grid company , the press release said ."
positive,"The equipment will expand container handling capacity at Namibia 's main port of Walvis Bay , on the west coast ."
positive,The expansion includes the doubling of the floor space and the addition of more lifting capacity and production equipment .
positive,The Group aims to increase its net sales and comparable operating profit in 2006 .
neutral,The order also includes start-up and commissioning services .
neutral,"The order consists of capacity expansion , maintenance services and new charging functionality , the company said ."
neutral,The phones are targeted at first time users in growth markets .
neutral,"The repayment of EUR 105 million debenture bonds is related to the Company 's previous announcement on October 21 , 2009 to collect irrevocable selling commitments from the holders of its subordinated debenture bonds ."
neutral,The revenues of the business reached NOK 12 million for 2008 .
positive,"The subscriptions increase Cargotec 's share capital by 36,780 euros ."
positive,"The subscriptions increase Cargotec 's share capital by EUR 27,060 ."
positive,"The total area of the Gorelovo plant is about 22,000 sq m. Atria invested about EURO 70mn in the plant , which should double Atria Russia 's production capacity in the St Petersburg area ."
neutral,Tielinja generated net sales of 7.5 mln euro $ 9.6 mln in 2005 .
neutral,"Tikkurila Powder Coatings has some 50 employees at its four paint plants , which generated revenues of EUR2 .4 m USD3 .3 m in 2010 ."
neutral,U.S. District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock yesterday extended a Jan. 17 temporary restraining order until March 7 .
neutral,"UK 's Sarantel to outsource part of its processes to Elcoteq plant in Estonia LONDON , Oct 13 , BNS - The British miniature antennas maker Sarantel has signed an agreement to outsource its assembly test and supply chain processes to the plant of Elcoteq in the Estonian capital Tallinn ."
neutral,"Under the rental agreement , Stockmann was committed to invest in the building of a bridge over the Gogol Street or build an underground tunnel for crossing the street by 2004 ."
neutral,We have made long-term investments in developing the system 's implementation model .
positive,"With the launch of new 3G handsets , Nokia aims to become the winner in China 's 3G market as it did in the 2G market ."
neutral,"With this subscription , Fortum 's ownership in TGK-10 has increased to slightly over 76 % of shares and voting rights ."
neutral,VNH generates annual net sales of about 5 mln eur and employs 21 people .
positive,"Earnings per share ( EPS ) for the first quarter 2007 amounted to EUR0 .07 , up from EUR0 .04 ."
negative,"Jan. 6 -- Ford is struggling in the face of slowing truck and SUV sales and a surfeit of up-to-date , gotta-have cars ."
neutral,"Rautakesko 's business operations in Norway and Russia , acquired in July 2005 , are included in the figures of the comparable period , impacting sales growth starting from August ."
positive,"Operating profit was EUR 11.07 mn , up from EUR 8.65 mn ."
negative,Peer Peugeot fell 0.81 pct as its sales rose only 6.3 pct from the same period last year .
negative,Pharmaceuticals group Orion Corp reported a fall in its third-quarter earnings that were hit by larger expenditures on R&D and marketing .
negative,"However , the growth margin slowed down due to the financial crisis ."
positive,"Significance : Teleste has emphasised that with its large size and growing economy , as well as the rapid development of its TV services distribution industry , Poland is viewed as an attractive market ."
positive,"`` We reached agreement with the union that flights will continue as normal , '' Finnair spokesman Usko Maatta said ."
positive,"In Finland , insurance company Pohjola and the Finnish motorcyclist association have signed an agreement with the aim of improving motorcyclists ' traffic safety ."
positive,"HELSINKI ( AFX ) - Nokian Tyres reported a fourth quarter pretax profit of 61.5 mln eur , up from 48.6 mln on the back of strong sales ."
positive,"Kalnapilio-Tauro Grupe ( Kalnapilis-Tauras Group ) , which is owned by Denmark 's Royal Unibrew , raised its market share to 25.18 percent from 23.74 percent , as beer sales for the seven months jumped by 14.5 percent to 40.5 million liters ."
positive,"Kalnapilio-Tauro Grupe ( Kalnapilis-Tauras Group ) , which is owned by Denmark 's Royal Unibrew , raised its market share to 25.2 percent from 23.91 percent , as beer sales for the nine months jumped by 11.4 percent to 52.99 million liters ."
positive,"Marimekko has today ( 20 November ) signed a license agreement with the Swedish chain , whereby Marimekko will license some of its popular patterns from the 1950s , 1960s and 1970s to H&M ."
positive,More staff has been recruited in Japan to further complement its network of close to 50 service locations in more than 20 countries worldwide .
positive,Nokian Capacitors ' equipment will be used to raise the capacity and reliability of the Indian grid .
positive,Rautaruukki Corporation Stock exchange release 3 December 2009 at 12 noon Ruukki 's construction and engineering divisions are to further improve and adjust their operations in Finland .
positive,"Ruukki Romania , the local arm of Finnish metal producer Ruukki , increased its capital by 900,000 euro ( $ 1.14 mln ) through cash contribution , it was reported on September 19 , 2006 ."
positive,"STX Finland Oy signed a a preliminary agreement for the building of an environmentally friendly , new generation cruise ferry for Viking Line to manage on between Turku , Finland , and Stockholm , Sweden withViking Line ABP ."
positive,The company now estimates its net sales in 2010 to increase considerably from 2009 and its operating result to be clearly positive .
positive,"The tower it chose to add , due to go into operation in the summer , will increase total capacity to 80 broadsheet or 160 tabloid pages , with the ability to run 32 - and 48-page products side by side ."
positive,"Uponor made an operating profit of EUR 151.0 mn , up from EUR 143.7 mn , which made 2007 a record year ."
positive,"Basware Corporation stock exchange release August 31 , 2010 at 16:25 Basware signed a large deal with an international industrial group Basware will deliver Invoice Automation solution and Connectivity Services to an international industrial group ."
positive,It estimates the operating profit to further improve from the third quarter .
positive,Kazgiprotsvetmet and Outotec Finland have signed an agreement on strategic cooperation in the marketing and providing of minerals processing and metallurgical plants and related services in Kazakhstan and the surrounding countries .
positive,Lemcon signed an investment cooperation agreement with the Kaluga regional administration last November .
positive,Ruukki forecast a 15-20 % annual sales growth and a positive pretax result for 2010 .
positive,Sales rose 10 pct to 566 mln eur on the back of strong volume and favourable currency effects .
positive,The growth of net sales has continued favourably in the Middle East and Africaand in Asia Pacific .
positive,"The new agreement , which expands a long-established cooperation between the companies , involves the transfer of certain engineering and documentation functions from Larox to Etteplan ."
positive,With this appointment Kaupthing Bank aims to further co-ordinate Capital Markets activities within the Group and to improve the overall service to clients .
neutral,"Cencorp , headquartered in Virkkala , Finland , develops and supplies automation solutions to the electronics and semiconductor industry that enhance productivity ."
neutral,"Following the increase , Huhtamaki Oyj 's registered share capital is EUR 358,706,290.00 and the number of shares outstanding is 105,501,850 ."
neutral,"Following this increase Huhtamaki 's registered share capital is EUR360 .62 m and the number of shares outstanding is 106,063,320 ."
neutral,"The company has also supplied more than 200 MW of power generating equipment for a number of projects in Papua New Guinea , including 12 engines of the Wartsila 32 type to Lihir Gold ."
neutral,"Under the agreement , Pfizer has been funding Biotie 's research activities on the PDE10 phosphodiesterase 10 inhibitor program since its start in late 2006 and has the sole authority to develop discovered compounds ."
neutral,"When the OMX market forwards mature on May 16 , 2008 , Novator Finland Oy 's direct shareholding in Amer Sports Corporation will exceed one-fifth 1-5 of the company 's shares and voting rights ."
positive,"To prove the efficiency of the China Mobile system , Rod Baber , an English climber , climbed to the Mount Everest summit and successfully made calls ."
neutral,"`` These tests are part of a larger campaign which includes various customer trials and demonstrations to make LTE on 800 MHz commercially viable by this summer , '' Nokia Siemens head of LTE business line , Reino Tammela , said ."
positive,"Finnish Ahlstrom Corporation will double its investments in a new specialty glassfiber reinforcement plant in South Carolina , in the US ."
neutral,"Helsinki on October 22 , 2008 SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY CORP Board of Directors For further information , please contact : Tomi Laamanen , Chairman , tel. +358 0 400 609 544 Distribution : NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. ."
neutral,Patrizia adds the acquisition to a portfolio already worth EUR3bn .
positive,Sales rose to 300.9 mln eur compared with last year 's 276.1 mln eur and in line with 299 mln eur consensus figure .
positive,The contract was signed in August with Papua New Guinea-based Lihir Gold Ltd ASX : LGL .
neutral,"The offer of some 30 million shares aimed to raise more than x20ac 500 million US$ 640 million , was expected to be completed by Oct. 9 , Outokumpu said ."
positive,"`` Our extensive co-operation will also bolster SysOpen Digia 's position in the domestic operator market , '' Kallioranta adds ."
positive,"`` With this agreement , we can continue our good cooperationand at the same time release capital that has been tied up in ourmachinery operation ."
positive,"Theodosopoulos said Tellabs could be of value to Nokia Siemens or Nortel given its `` leading supply status '' with Verizon , along with high-growth products ."
positive,"We succeeded in increasing our market share of sold apartment '' , comments Mr Kari Kauniskangas , Head of YIT International Construction Services ."
positive,"With CapMan as a partner , we will be able to further develop our business and continue to focus on providing quality restaurant services for our customers , '' says Christopher Wynne , CEO of Papa John 's Russia ."
positive,"Finnish Suominen Corporation that specialises in wet wipes , nonwovens , and flexible packaging reports net sales of EUR 44.1 mn in the second quarter of 2010 , up from EUR 43.3 mn in the second quarter of 2009 ."
positive,"Finnish telecoms software developer Tecnomen Oyj said on December 5 , 2006 it won a $ 3.3 mln ( 2.5 mln euro ) order to supply an expansion of the charging and messaging systems for the mobile and fixed networks of Brasil Telecom ."
positive,Increased trust of our clients in YIT can be seen as apartment sales accelerated .
positive,"( ADP News ) - Dec 11 , 2008 - Finnish construction and engineering company Outotec Oyj ( OMX : OTE1V ) said today it won a EUR 28 million ( USD 36.8 m ) order to expand the phosphate concentrator in Siilinjarvi of Norwegian minera"
positive,"Mr Priit Kasak , Balti Metsamasina 's owner , said the Rakvere-based company wishes to increase Valmet 's market share from 27 % to a third in a couple of years ."
neutral,"Ponsse plans to create a network that is based on strong partnership , and participates in the production of larger entities than presently ."
positive,The bank sees a potential for Getinge share to rise .
positive,"The company recorded revenues of E658 .1 million during the fiscal year ended December 2007 , an increase of 23 % over 2006 ."
positive,The cooperation will double The Switch 's converter capacity .
positive,The robust growth was the result of the inclusion of clothing chain Lindex in the Group in December 2007 .
positive,"The six breweries recorded a 5.2 percent growth in domestic beer sales last year to 270.21 million liters , from 256.88 million liters sold in 2005 ."
positive,"This truly takes efficiency to new heights , '' Mr. Metso adds ."
positive,We hope to increase traffic volumes with the opening of Freight One Scandinavia . ''
positive,"a January 11 , 2010 EPHC board of directors has approved an increase in the quarterly dividend from $ 0.03 to $ 0.05 per share ."
positive,"Finnish Cargotec 's Kalmar , the business area providing container handling solutions , has been awarded an order for a further ten E-One rubber-tyred gantry RTG cranes from Saigon Newport Company SNP , in Vietnam ."
positive,"Bilfinger investors cheered the agreement , pushing shares up 7 % , or & euro ; 3.30 , to & euro ; 50.29 , in afternoon trade ."
positive,"Kesko pursues a strategy of healthy , focused growth concentrating on sales and services to consumer-customers ."
positive,"LONDON AFX - Shares in Rautaruukki Corp have been upgraded to ` hold ' from ` sell ' by ABN Amro , with the price target raised to 25.75 eur from 14.5 , said dealers ."
positive,LONDON MarketWatch -- Nokia nok said it 's won a five-year services contract to run Hutchison Essar 's network operations in nine locations in India .
positive,"Progress Group , QPR 's representative in Saudi Arabia and North Africa , has signed a framework agreement for a long term strategic relationship with ISE ."
positive,"Ragutis , controlled by the Finnish brewery Olvi , achieved a 5.7 percent rise in beer sales to 22.6 million liters and held a 10.75 percent market share ."
positive,"The 250 sq m 2,691 sq ft store in Copenhagen 's premier shopping district was inaugurated today , further strengthening the company 's presence in Nordic capitals ."
positive,"The metal has gained 41 percent this year as demand from China , the world 's largest user , increased ."
positive,"In addition , Cramo and Peab have signed exclusive five-year rental agreements in Finland and have extended their existing rental agreements in the Swedish market for another five years ."
positive,"OUTOTEC OYJ PRESS RELEASE DECEMBER 4 , 2009 10.30 AM Outotec establishes a new subsidiary in Kolkata Outotec has established a subsidiary in India in order to better serve its Indian customers and to increase its business in the growing Indian market ."
positive,It is also 7.7 pct above the 12-month volume weighted average price of the stock .
positive,"Mobile phone shipments jumped 26 percent to almost 112 million units , while Finnish company 's global market share rose to 39 percent from 36 percent ."
neutral,"On January 29 , 2009 The largest Nordic bank Nordea and Finnish retail chain Stockmann launched a regionally unique cooperation project : they are the first to introduce a common MasterCard credit card enabling payments in different states and stores ."
neutral,"QPR has an established international customer base , spread over 70 countries in 2009 , and a variety of organizations including banks , manufacturing companies , service companies and government authorities ."
positive,"Selects Third Party Logistics Leader Transplace for Best-in-Class Technology , Procurement Capabilities ; Leading Specialty Packaging Manufacturer Employs Complete 3PL Solution for Supply Chain Visibility and Transportation Efficiency to Increase Service Levels and On-Time Deliveries"
positive,4G allows customers to use mobile broadband services with speeds up to ten times higher than with today 's 3G .
neutral,"According to Eijkens , a publisher can do much more than just publish colourful books : a publisher can provide value added to information by individualising it ."
positive,"Based on strong customer interest and feedback , using RPM mobile phone manufacturers , operators , enterprises and developer forums can significantly increase their product and service quality , user-experience and cost-efficiency '' , Tulonen continues ."
neutral,Cameco is to provide an upfront investment of up to USD 60mn for the construction of the uranium extraction circuit .
neutral,"CDP was established on the initiative of institutional investors ; however , the annually published results also interest an increasing number of customers and other interest groups of the reporting companies ."
neutral,The original contract was signed last summer .
neutral,"` It is a testament to the quality of our LTE solution and our commitment to the Japanese market ' , he added ."
positive,`` Ixonos has a rich heritage in developing leadership experiences in the smartphone segment .
positive,`` The acquisition of Elektros Pavara completes KONE 's market expansion strategy in the Baltic Countries .
positive,18 January 2010 - Finnish IT consultancy Trainers ' House Oyj HEL : TRH1V said last Friday it resolved to issue a EUR5m hybrid bond to domestic investors in a bid to strengthen its capital structure .
neutral,"ALEXANDRIA , Va. , Oct. 15 -- Aaron Moss of Hampshire , Great Britain , has developed an ornamental design for a handset , the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced ."
neutral,hybrid bond 18 January 2010 - Finnish IT consultancy Trainers ' House Oyj HEL : TRH1V said last Friday it resolved to issue a EUR5m hybrid bond to domestic investors in a bid to strengthen its capital structure .
positive,"Repair and maintenance business accounted for net sales of EUR 645.3 mn , up from EUR 563.6 mn ."
positive,"The money will be spent `` on strengthening the company 's competitiveness in the sphere of sawmill products and increasing the volume of wood delivered for processing in Russia , '' the release says ."
positive,The new technology improves the glass quality and consistency while increasing throughput .
neutral,"The reasons behind the estimate include the rise in 2008 rent levels and several fully-leased office and retail properties , which were completed and added to the company 's investment property portfolio ."
positive,"The Vaisala Group is a successful international technology company that develops , manufactures and markets electronic measurement systems and products ."
neutral,"The Vuokatti unit will be developed to focus especially on the manufacture of prototypes , the ramp-up of new products and the demanding testing and after-sales services ."
positive,We look forward to helping the company develop its operational services and further digitalize its services for its customers . ''
neutral,"AGJ recorded EUR 43 mln sales in 2006 , most of which was generated by exports to customers in Western Europe , the statement said ."
positive,"`` The number of collection errors fell considerably , and operations speeded up ."
positive,"By combining its existing solutions into a single platform , Comptel said that it has reduced the cost of deployment ."
positive,"In the second quarter of 2010 , the group 's pretax loss narrowed to EUR 400,000 from EUR 600,000 ."
positive,"26 January 2011 - Finnish metal products company Componenta Oyj ( HEL : CTH1V ) said yesterday its net loss narrowed to EUR500 ,000 in the last quarter of 2010 from EUR5 .3 m for the same period a year earlier ."
positive,8 May 2009 - Finnish liquid handling products and diagnostic test systems maker Biohit Oyj ( HEL : BIOBV ) said today ( 8 May 2009 ) its net loss narrowed to EUR0 .1 m ( USD0 .14 m ) for the first quarter of 2009 from EUR0 .4 m for the same period of 2008 .
positive,Finnish fibers and plastic products maker Suominen Corporation said its net loss from continuing operations narrowed to 1.8 mln euro ( $ 2.3 mln ) in 2006 from 3.7 mln euro ( $ 4.8 mln ) in 2005 .
positive,"Finnish metal products company Componenta Oyj ( HEL : CTH1V ) said today its net loss narrowed to EUR 500,000 ( USD 680,000 ) in the last quarter of 2010 from EUR 5.3 million for the same period a year earlier ."
positive,Finnish sports equipment maker Amer Sports Oyj ( HEL : AMEAS ) said today that its net loss narrowed to EUR 16.9 million ( USD 22.3 m ) in the second quarter of 2010 from EUR 23.2 million in the corresponding period a year earlier .
positive,"Finnish steel maker Rautaruukki Oyj ( HEL : RTRKS ) , or Ruukki , said today its net loss contracted to EUR 49 million ( USD 68.2 m ) for the first nine months of 2010 from EUR 229 million for the same period a year ago ."
positive,"For the first nine months of 2010 , Talvivaara 's net loss narrowed to EUR 8.3 million from EUR 21.9 million for the same period of 2009 ."
positive,"In the first nine months of 2010 , the company 's net loss narrowed to EUR 415,000 from EUR 7.4 million for the corresponding period of 2009 ."
positive,"In the first nine months of 2010 , the company 's net loss narrowed to EUR415 ,000 from EUR7 .4 m for the corresponding period of 2009 ."
positive,"( ADP News ) - Feb 9 , 2009 - Finnish computer services company Proha Oyj ( HEL : ART1V ) said today its net loss narrowed to EUR 113,000 ( USD 146,000 ) for 2008 from EUR 1.2 million for 2007 ."
positive,The new factory working model and reorganisations would decrease Nokian Tyres ' costs in the factory by EUR 30 million ( USD 38.7 m ) .
positive,20 October 2010 - Finnish metal products company Componenta Oyj HEL : CTH1V said yesterday that its net loss narrowed to EUR7m for the first nine months of 2010 from EUR23 .3 m for the same period of 2009 .
positive,Finnish fibers and plastic products maker Suominen Corporation said its net loss narrowed to 1.6 mln euro $ 2.0 mln in the first nine months of 2006 from 2.16 mln euro $ 2.7 mln in the same period of 2005 .
positive,"In contrast , the company 's net loss for the third quarter of 2009 contracted to EUR 76 million from EUR 256 million for the corresponding period a year ago ."
positive,"In the second quarter of 2010 , Raute 's net loss narrowed to EUR 123,000 from EUR 1.5 million in the same period of 2009 ."
positive,"ADP News - Nov 13 , 2008 - Finnish printed circuit board PCB maker Aspocomp Group Oyj OMX : ACG1V said today that its net loss narrowed to EUR 2 million USD 2.5 m in the first nine months of 2008 from EUR 57"
positive,"Metsaliitto , however , narrowed its net loss for the second quarter of 2007 to 5.0 mln euro $ 6.9 mln from 61 mln euro $ 83.7 mln a year ago ."
positive,"narrows to EUR2 .8 m 9-mo '09 29 October 2009 - Finnish software and hardware developer Elektrobit Oyj HEL : EBG1V , or EB , said today that its net loss narrowed to EUR2 .8 m for the first nine months of 2009 from EUR35 .6 m for the same period a year ago ."
positive,The diluted loss per share narrowed to EUR 0.27 from EUR 0.86 .
positive,Unit costs for flight operations fell by 6.4 percent .
positive,The loss for the third quarter of 2007 was EUR 0.3 mn smaller than the loss of the second quarter of 2007 .
positive,Airvana 's UMTS Home Base Station femto cell uses software-based functionality and off-the-shelf silicon to accelerate feature development and reduce product cost .
positive,"According to Sepp+Ænen , the new technology UMTS900 solution network building costs are by one-third lower than that of the building of 3.5 G networks , operating at 2,100 MHz frequency ."
positive,The costs of the new ropax vessels are 30 % lower than those of the present ones .
neutral,The last job losses related to these reductions will take place during 2010 .
positive,The program 's target is structural cost reductions of about EUR 30mn in 2009 .
neutral,"The third quarter result also includes a 400,000 euro ( $ 575,000 ) provision for down-sizing of lure manufacturing in Ireland ."
positive,UPM-Kymmene is working closely with its shipping agents to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions .
negative,"2009 3 February 2010 - Finland-based steel maker Rautaruukki Oyj ( HEL : RTRKS ) , or Ruukki , said today it slipped to a larger-than-expected pretax loss of EUR46m in the fourth quarter of 2009 from a year-earlier profit of EUR45m ."
negative,"( ADPnews ) - Feb 3 , 2010 - Finland-based steel maker Rautaruukki Oyj ( HEL : RTRKS ) , or Ruukki , said today it slipped to a larger-than-expected pretax loss of EUR 46 million ( USD 64.5 m ) in the fourth quarter of 2009 from a"
negative,"Result before taxes decreased to nearly EUR 14.5 mn , compared to nearly EUR 20mn in the previous accounting period ."
negative,The company slipped to an operating loss of EUR 2.6 million from a profit of EUR 1.3 million .
negative,23 April 2010 - Finnish construction and engineering company Outotec Oyj HEL : OTE1V said today it slipped to a net loss of EUR7 .3 m in the first quarter of 2010 from a net profit of EUR12 .5 m in the corresponding period last year .
negative,Cramo slipped to a pretax loss of EUR 6.7 million from a pretax profit of EUR 58.9 million .
negative,"Finnish IT solutions provider Affecto Oyj HEL : AFE1V said today its slipped to a net loss of EUR 115,000 USD 152,000 in the second quarter of 2010 from a profit of EUR 845,000 in the corresponding period a year earlier ."
negative,"In 2009 , Comptel slipped to a net loss of EUR2 .1 m from a profit of EUR6 .6 m in the previous year ."
negative,"In Q2 of 2009 , profit before taxes amounted to EUR 13.6 mn , down from EUR 26.8 mn in Q2 of 2008 ."
negative,"ADPnews - Feb 5 , 2010 - Finnish real estate investor Sponda Oyj HEL : SDA1V said today that it slipped to a net loss of EUR 81.5 million USD 11.8 m in 2009 from a profit of EUR 29.3 million in 2008 ."
negative,"ADPnews - Jul 17 , 2009 - Finland-based steel maker Rautaruukki Oyj Ruukki HEL : RTRKS said today it slipped to a net loss of EUR 184 million USD 259.7 m for the first half of 2009 from a net profit of EUR 2"
negative,"Profit before taxes amounted to EUR 56.5 mn , down from EUR 232.9 mn a year ago ."
negative,"Profit before taxes decreased by 9 % to EUR 187.8 mn in the first nine months of 2008 , compared to EUR 207.1 mn a year earlier ."
negative,Profit before taxes decreased to EUR 31.6 mn from EUR 50.0 mn the year before .
negative,"Profit before taxes was EUR 4.0 mn , down from EUR 4.9 mn ."
negative,"The company 's profit before taxes fell to EUR 21.1 mn in the third quarter of 2008 , compared to EUR 35.8 mn in the corresponding period in 2007 ."
neutral,"A state program has been worked out , legal provisions have been developed , and rules and normative documents have been specified for the functioning of a technological park ."
positive,"In August-October 2010 , the company 's result before taxes totalled EUR 9.6 mn , up from EUR 0.5 mn in the corresponding period in 2009 ."
positive,Finnish Bore that is owned by the Rettig family has grown recently through the acquisition of smaller shipping companies .
positive,The plan is estimated to generate some EUR 5 million ( USD 6.5 m ) in cost savings on an annual basis .
positive,"Finnish pharmaceuticals company Orion reports profit before taxes of EUR 70.0 mn in the third quarter of 2010 , up from EUR 54.9 mn in the corresponding period in 2009 ."
positive,"Finnish Sampo Bank , of Danish Danske Bank group , reports profit before taxes of EUR 152.3 mn in 2010 , up from EUR 32.7 mn in 2009 ."
positive,"Profit after taxes for the period was up to EUR0 .9 m , from EUR0 .01 m last year ."
positive,"Profit before taxes was EUR 5.4 mn , up from EUR 3.6 mn a year earlier ."
negative,Also construction expenses have gone up in Russia .
neutral,"Neste Oil said it will build a biodiesel production facility in Rotterdam , the Netherlands , at an estimated cost of 670 million euros , naming France-based Technip as the project 's main contractor ."
neutral,The European Central Bank ECB is anticipated to raise its benchmark interest rate in the second half of 2011 at the earliest .
negative,11 August 2010 - Finnish measuring equipment maker Vaisala Oyj HEL : VAIAS said today that its net loss widened to EUR4 .8 m in the first half of 2010 from EUR2 .3 m in the corresponding period a year earlier .
negative,"Finnish power supply solutions and systems provider Efore Oyj said its net loss widened to 3.2 mln euro $ 4.2 mln for the first quarter of fiscal 2006-2007 ending October 31 , 2007 from 900,000 euro $ 1.2 mln for the same period of fiscal 2005-06 ."
negative,"ADP News - Apr 22 , 2009 - Finnish business information systems developer Solteq Oyj HEL : STQ1V said today its net loss widened to EUR 189,000 USD 245,000 for the first quarter of 2009 from EUR 10,000 for the same peri"
negative,Salonen added that data shows producers ' pulp inventories in North America are declining . '
negative,The Elcoteq group recently announced that the last three months of the previous year brought to it a major loss of more than half a billion kroons ( EUR 32 mln ) for the fifth quarter running .
positive,"For the current year , Raute expects its net sales to increase and the operating result -- to be positive ."
positive,"Turnover surged to EUR61 .8 m from EUR47 .6 m due to increasing service demand , especially in the third quarter , and the overall growth of its business ."
positive,"As a result , the company currently anticipates net sales to increase and the operating result to be positive ."
positive,"Asimilar agreement was signed between China Mobile Ltd. ( SEHK : 0941 and NYSE : CHL ) , the largest mobile carrier , and theGPS and social networking service provider , promoting GyPSii service before Beijing 2008 Olympic Games , according to thelatest news ."
positive,"`` UPM 's deliveries increased during the third quarter by 4 percent , and the efficiency of operations improved , '' Chief Executive Jussi Pesonen said ."
positive,"Global sports equipment maker Amer Sports Corp. , whose brands include Atomic , Salomon and Wilson , saw a 64 percent increase in third-quarter net profit to EURO 47.4 million $ 65 million on strong sales and cost cuts ."
neutral,"Exports make up more than 80 per cent of our sales , so the name Glaston also reflects a truly internationally operating company , '' explains Kyro 's President & CEO Mika Seitovirta ."
neutral,"Westend ICT Plc s new 409,665,891 shares and increase of share capital with EUR 2,000,000 based on the resolutions of extraordinary shareholders meeting on 27 December 2010 have today registered in the Trade Register ."
positive,"Due to rapid expansion , the market share of Tallink in terms of passenger carriage through Tallinna Sadam Port of Tallinn totaled 55 percent in November against 45.7 percent in November 2005 ."
positive,"Finnish industrial investor Panostaja Oyj OMX Helsinki : PNAAS OMX Helsinki : PNABS said on Friday 11 July that it has signed a deal to acquire the entire share capital of Kospa Oy , the manufacturer of waste disposal equipment ."
positive,"Stora Enso R shares rose 1.20 pct to 11.84 eur , UPM-Kymmene was also dragged higher , rising 1.68 pct to 17.56 eur and M-Real B added 2.38 pct to 4.30 eur ."
negative,Cash Flow from Operations for the most recent quarter also reached a eight year low .
positive,Both loans will be used to finance strategic investments such as shopping center redevelopment projects and refinancing of maturing debt .
positive,"The stock price rose 70.0 ores or 0.9 % to close at SEK77 .65 , ending a two-day streak of losses ."
positive,"Earnings per share ( EPS ) amounted to EUR0 .98 , up from the loss of EUR0 .02 ."
positive,"Earnings per share ( EPS ) were EUR0 .03 , up from the loss of EUR0 .083 ."
positive,"Operating profit totalled EUR 0.4 mn , up from an operating loss of EUR 0.8 mn year-on-year ."
positive,"Operating profit totalled EUR 7.0 mn , up from a loss of EUR 4.0 mn in the second quarter of 2009 ."
positive,Operating result including non-recurring items rose to EUR 146mn from a loss of EUR 267mn in 2009 .
positive,"Tiimari , the Finnish retailer , reported to have geenrated quarterly revenues totalling EUR 1.3 mn in the 4th quarter 2009 , up from EUR 0.3 mn loss in 2008 ."
positive,"Earnings per share EPS amounted to EUR0 .03 , up from the loss of EUR0 .08 ."
positive,"Operating profit totalled EUR 5.8 mn , up from a loss of EUR 1.7 mn in the fourth quarter of 2009 ."
positive,"Operating profit was EUR 0.6 mn , up from a loss of EUR 19mn a year earlier ."
positive,The investments and operational changes enable additional optimisation of the working hours and thereby further cost savings of some 7 % -9 % .
positive,"Okmetic 's products are based on high-tech expertise that generates added value for customers , innovative product development and an extremely efficient production process ."
neutral,"Shareholder 's full name and ID code : - Petri Ailus , born 15.9.1966 For further information , please contact Isto Hantila , CEO , tel. +358 9 591 8342 ."
positive,"9 September 2010 - Finnish stationery and gift retailer Tiimari HEL : TII1V said today its net sales rose by 2 % year-on-year to EUR5 .7 m in August 2010 , driven by growth in Finland , while demand in the Baltics remained weak ."
positive,"By 14:29 CET on Monday , shares in Bavarian Nordic had climbed 1.21 % to DKK250 on the stock exchange in Copenhagen after having lost 7.41 % in the past month ."
positive,"For example , net sales increased by 5.9 % from the first quarter , and EBITDA increased from a negative EUR 0.2 mn in the first quarter of 2009 ."
positive,"Mobile phone sales rose 25 % to 5.87 billion euros , while enterprise solution sales dropped 39 % to 186 million euros ."
negative,RISING costs have forced packaging producer Huhtamaki to axe 90 jobs at its Hampshire manufacturing plant .
negative,"`` However , the rapidly increasing costs and the strengthening of the euro were challenging for the whole industry , and they impacted on our results . ''"
negative,"At this growth rate , paying off the national debt will be extremely painful ."
negative,Operating loss increased to EUR 17mn from a loss of EUR 10.8 mn in 2005 .
negative,"The payment of 2.779 million litas in interest on a long-term loan provided by Ragutis ' majority shareholder , Estonia 's A. Le Coq , also added to the losses ."
negative,"At the moment , Valio is not worried , but if the ban continues for long , it may become quite a problem ."
positive,Sponda will record a profit from the sale of 8.5 mln euro ($ 12.4 mln).
positive,"Cencorp estimates that its net sales in the last quarter will be as earlier stated , EUR4 .3 m to EUR5 .0 m , and operating profit (EBIT)is estimated to be positive ."
positive,`` Our customer has been satisfied with Basware Invoice Automation solution and extends the implementation to new geographies .
positive,Repeats sees 2008 EBITA above 18 pct of sales .
positive,` By separating side businesses we will be able to faster expand and develop Tapro retail network .
positive,"` Our strategic cooperation with Rentakran brings us new customers and already-working relationships with the authorities of the new territories , ' said Jarmo Laasanen , a senior manager at Cramo ."
neutral,"` Patja has worked well for us for more than a decade , and Fujitsu 's new bid was competitive ."
positive,"`` After the share purchase is completed , financing will also be provided to expand Latvia 's broadband infrastructure and to develop new areas of business , including acquisitions of other companies . ''"
positive,"`` In terms of profitability and earnings 2007 was the best year in our history , '' Chief Executive Veli-Matti Mattila said ."
positive,`` The Government has had a very professional approach in assessing the offer .
positive,"`` The margarine business has been put into good shape in the last two years , making it a natural addition to Bunge , which is looking to leverage its position in the Central and Northern European markets , '' Raisio CEO Matti Rihko said in a statement ."
positive,`` This is a win for all OEMs targeting to develop WiMAX products .
positive,"A portion , $ 12.5 million , will be recorded as part of its winnings in a prior patent dispute with Finnish phone maker Nokia Oyj ."
positive,"Finnish electronics manufacturing services company Elcoteq signing a cooperation agreement with a Japanese mobile phone manufacturer , bypasses Elcoteq Tallinn , says Jan Kotka , CEO of Elcoteq Tallinn ."
positive,"According to A-Rehu 's Managing Director , Jouko Lahtinen , the project will stabilise costs and improve supply security ."
positive,"According to CEO Matti Karppinen , Frozen Foods posted a good result in 2010 , as it did in 2009 ."
positive,"According to Viking Line 's Managing Director , Nils-Erik Eklund , the company 's Board of Directors is very satisfied with Viking Line 's performance ."
positive,Actions to improve operational efficiency and adjust operations are expected to deliver annualised permanent cost savings of around EUR 4.5 million and will be effected mostly during the first half of 2010 .
positive,"At the same time , sales development in Russia was boosted by the opening of Stockmann Nevsky Centre in St Petersburg ."
positive,"Benefon , a wireless and GPS technology company , will supply Karputer with its TWIG navigation platform , a GPS satellite navigation and voice guidance service ."
positive,"Biohit and VWR have been in close cooperation for a number of years in the US , where Biohit is one of VWR 's focus suppliers ."
positive,Combining this deep domain expertise with our Application Service Management ASM and outsourcing service offerings has now proved to be a winning combination .
positive,Demand was brisk as expected and order levels have remained high .
positive,"During the past decade it has gradually divested noncore assets and bought several sports equipment makers , including California-based Fitness Products International and Sparks , Nevada-based ATEC , a leading maker of baseball and softball pitching machines ."
positive,Espoon kaupunki awarded contracts for personal care products .
positive,"Exports accounted for 65.4 % of net sales , representing an all time record for the company ."
positive,Finland 's Poyry Energy has won a contract to advise builders of a new cogeneration power plant in Lithuania 's second-biggest city of Kaunas and to supervise the construction process .
positive,"Finnish construction company YIT Oyj said on November 13 , 2007 it won a 70 mln euro $ 102.8 mln contract to construct the new office building for local property company Tapiola Real Estate Oy ."
neutral,In 2005 Cargotec 's net sales exceeded EUR 2.3 billion .
positive,"In 2006 , Kone received an order from Aker Yards to supply 43 customised elevators for the very first Genesis cruise ship which is scheduled to be completed in 2009 ."
positive,"In addition to fireplace exports , demand for lining stone has exceeded the level of the earlier part of the year and will continue to be clearly brisker for the remainder of the year ."
positive,Kalmar has been awarded a new 5-year contract to supply its Rough Terrain Container Handler RTCH .
positive,Major Order in India Comptel Corporation has received a significant long-term order for mediation and provisioning solutions being used by a leading operator in India .
positive,Managing Director Kari Inkinen says that Sponda 's leasing operations developed highly favourably .
positive,Net cash flow from operations is expected to remain positive .
positive,"Of the price , Kesko 's share is 10 mln euro $ 15.5 mln and it will recognize a gain of 4.0 mln euro $ 6.2 mln on the disposal which will be included in the result for the second quarter of 2008 ."
positive,Olvi has posted a strong set of figures for the first six months of this year .
positive,Operating profit improved by 27 % to EUR 579.8 mn from EUR 457.2 mn in 2006 .
positive,Our standardised services have met with a positive reception among our customers as well as at Itella .
positive,Performance in the second half of 2009 exceeded expectations .
positive,Ponsse projects the forest machine markets to improve more than expected in 2010 from the previous year .
positive,"Ragutis , which is based in Lithuania 's second-largest city Kaunas , boosted its sales last year 22.3 per cent to 36.4 million liters ."
positive,"Raisio 's bid to buy Glisten is a `` win-win '' deal for both companies , the chairman of the UK snacks firm told just-food today 10 February ."
positive,Stora Enso owns 43 percent of Bergvik and earns therefore SEK 1.5 bn on the value appreciation .
positive,Talvivaara also maintains its assumption of turning cash flow positive before the year end .
positive,"Thanksto improvements in demand and the adjustments we have made , theutilization rates of Cramo 's fleet have substantiallyimproved . ''"
positive,The acquisition is expected to improve access to chrome ore resources in Turkey .
positive,The aim is an annual improvement in Ruukki Construction 's operating profit of more than EUR 3 million USD 4.1 m starting in 2009 .
positive,"The company estimates that the trend in demand for sports equipment will be steady in 2006 , '' Amer 's report said ."
positive,The estimated synergy benefits are at least EUR7m annually .
neutral,The goal will be achieved via organic growth possibly supplemented by acquisitions .
positive,The Group 's business is balanced by its broad portfolio of sports and presence in all major markets .
neutral,The Group 's business is balanced by its broad portfolio of sports and presence in all major markets .
positive,The objective of the planned measures is to achieve significant savings in the next few years .
positive,The rebuilds are designed to improve the machines ' performance and product quality .
positive,"The transaction will have a positive impact of around EUR2m on earnings , which Ruukki will recognize during the fourth quarter of this year ."
positive,"When the situation normalises , the company will be able to increase the amount of residential units for sale in St Petersburg and Moscow , in particular ."
positive,"` This is a repeat order to follow successfully installed 159 elevators in the same Delhi metro system , ' Kone spokeswoman told Thomson Financial News ."
positive,"`` Our customers now have the chance to make bookings for all the services they want at one location , '' said Mikko Tuomainen , in-charge of Finnair 's Internet ( sales ) ."
positive,`` Stonesoft sees great promise in the future of IPv6 .
positive,`` The combined activities will create value for shareholders and be good for our employees and customers .
positive,`` The trend in the sports and leisure markets was favorable in the first months of the year .
positive,"`` We continued actively to focus R&D and to position our offering away from point solutions towards dynamic end-to-end solutions , '' Ervio stated ."
positive,16 February 2011 - Finnish industrial machinery company Metso Oyj ( HEL : MEO1V ) said today it will deliver minerals processing equipment and basic engineering to Canadian miner Northland Resources ( OSL : NAUR ) ( TSE : NAU ) .
positive,27 January 2011 - Finnish IT solutions provider Affecto Oyj ( HEL : AFE1V ) said today it has won a EUR1 .2 m ( USD1 .6 m ) contract from state-owned Lithuanian Social Insurance Institution ( SODRA ) .
positive,"According to Finnish pension insurance company Varma , Varma was the recipient of over two thirds of the revenue of the earnings-related pension cover that was under competitive tendering in Finland ."
positive,Finnish construction group Lemmink+Æinen has been awarded two road building contracts by the Lithuanian transport administration .
positive,"Finnish construction group YIT has been awarded a contract to install heating , air conditioning and cooling systems to the new head office of the automobile association ADAC in Munich in Germany ."
positive,"Finnish flexible packaging manufacturer Suominen Corporation reports net sales of EUR 54.5 mn in the first quarter of 2008 , compared with EUR 54.3 mn a year earlier ."
positive,Finnish forest machinery manufacturer Ponsse has agreed with Volvo on the start of cooperation in Latin America .
positive,"Finnish Metso Paper has been awarded a contract for the rebuild of Sabah Forest Industries ' ( SFI ) pulp mill in Sabah , Malaysia ."
positive,"Finnish Metso Paper has won an order to supply an uncoated fine paper machine to MCC Paper Yinhe , in China ."
positive,Finnish Outokumpu Technology has been awarded several new grinding technology contracts .
positive,Finnish Rautaruukki has been awarded a contract to supply and install steel superstructures for the Partihallsf+¦rbindelsen bridge in Gothenburg in Sweden .
positive,"Lule+_ municipality has awarded YIT a 2-year contract , for property management of about one third of the municipality 's properties , with a total area of 140,000 sq. metres ."
positive,"The shopping center to be opened in St. Petersburg , Russia in November 2010 will turn the cash flow of Finnish department store chain Stockmann 's Russian operations positive for the first time in 2011 ."
positive,"According to Atria 's President and CEO Matti Tikkakoski , the company 's Swedish operations significantly improved in the first quarter ."
positive,"According to CEO Kai Telanne , the company 's newspapers achieved the best financial result ever ."
positive,"According to Kesko , the company agreed with the city administration about lease of the building in 2006 , its resettlement and construction of a five-star hotel Hilton for 120 rooms ."
positive,"According to Nordic financial group Nordea 's analyst Sami Sarkamies , this makes Nokia 's portfolio competitive again ."
positive,"According to Ringman , Finnish paper companies have acquired know-how and capacity in paper recycling , which has turned out to be a successful strategy ."
positive,"According to Schmardin , Nordea will most likely try to win customers over from other pension fund providers ."
positive,"According to the CEO of Nordea Bank Estonia Vahur Kraft , Nordea Finland and Stockmann have been cooperating for more than ten years ."
positive,"Adanac Molybdenum of Canada has ordered grinding technology for its molybdenum project in British Columbia , Canada , while Shalkiya Zinc of Kazakhstan has awarded a contract for grinding technology for the Shalkiya zinc-lead project in Kazakhstan ."
positive,All of Raisio 's divisions recorded an operating profit .
neutral,"An estimated 30 pct of mobile calls are made from the home , and France Telecom hopes that 15 pct of its Orange clients will sign up for the service by the end of 2008 ."
positive,"And the broker repeated its ` buy ' rating , based on expectations that current restructuring will lead to a clear improvement in performance in Europe in 2007 ."
positive,"Arvo Vuorenmaa , the Loviisa plant 's general manager said the application for the new licence was a `` standard '' procedure and that he was `` quite confident '' about approval being granted ."
positive,"As a domestic business , Best-In is already close to Finnish dog owners ."
positive,"BasWare 's CEO Ilkka Sihvo comments in conjunction with the Interim Report : `` As a whole , BasWare succeeded well in the second quarter of 2007 ."
positive,Cash flow from operating activities is estimated to be positive .
positive,Cision says the sale will return its U.K. operation to profitability .
positive,"Citigroup , Inc ( NYSE : C ) has announced that its Global Transaction Services ( GTS ) business has been awarded a new mandate by Finland-based Pohjola Bank Group ."
positive,"Comptel , a vendor of dynamic Operations Support System ( OSS ) software , has been selected by Orascom Telecom ( OTH ) as partner for provisioning and activation solutions for mobile services ."
positive,"Department store sales improved by 14 % to EUR 1,070.6 mn ."
positive,DMASIA-16 August 2006-Benefon extends manufacturing capability with ASMobile -_ 2006 Digitalmediaasia.com & DMA Ltd. .
positive,"Finland 's national carrier Finnair PLC carried a record 8.5 million passengers in 2005 , an increase of 4.5 percent on the previous year , the airline reported Tuesday ."
positive,"Finnair PLC carried a record 8.8 million passengers in 2006 , an increase of 3.5 percent on the previous year , the Finnish national carrier reported Tuesday ."
positive,"Finnish consulting and engineering group Poyry Plc ( OMX Helsinki : POY ) said on Wednesday ( 1 October ) that it has been awarded a contract by Tanqia Dibba FZC as owner-engineer for the wastewater system of Dibba , Emirate of Fujairah , UAE ."
positive,"Finnish financial solutions developer Basware Corporation ( OMX Helsinki BAS1V ) said on Tuesday ( 23 September ) that it will deliver a complete Invoice Automation solution to a large US engineering , construction and technical services organization ."
positive,Finnish handling systems company Cargotec Oyj ( HEL : CGCBV ) said today that it won a EUR 13 million ( USD 16.6 m ) contract to deliver MacGregor hatch covers for ships ordered by Norwegian shipowner Grieg Shipping .
positive,Finnish operator Elisa and Aker Yards have signed a long-term service deal through which Elisa will deliver all necessary voice and data services for Aker Yards in Finland .
positive,"Finnish steel maker Rautaruukki Oyj ( Ruukki ) said on July 7 , 2008 that it won a 9.0 mln euro ( $ 14.1 mln ) contract to supply and install steel superstructures for Partihallsforbindelsen bridge project in Gothenburg , western Sweden ."
positive,"Fiskars has a strong portfolio of international brands , which include Fiskars , Iittala , Gerber , Silva and Buster ."
positive,"For Teleste , the acquisition marks an entry into services business in a market where it has long been an established and significant supplier of products ."
positive,"Forestries were also higher , driven by yesterday 's bullish analyst comment on Stora Enso in Dagens Industri , dealers said ."
positive,"Furthermore , efficiency improvement measures initiated earlier are now bearing fruit , '' CEO Jan Lang said ."
positive,Global Banking News - 28 September 2010 Tieto Corporation and Pohjola Bank ( PINK : POJLF ) are to cooperate on SWIFT services .
positive,Hearst will be able to consolidate about 20 % of all Russian market for advertising in press after the purchase .
positive,"Helsingin Uutiset , Vantaan Sanomat and Lansivayla reach some 385,000 readers , or more than 40 % of the consumers in the greater Helsinki region ."
positive,"HELSINKI ( AFX ) - Metso said it will upgrade one of UPM-Kymmene 's four paper machines at the latter 's mill in Jaemsaenkoski with a new coating color supply system , machine and process controls and quality measurements ."
positive,"However , Simdax will remain available in the markets where it already has been approved as it has marketing authorisations or submitted applications in more than 40 countries , Orion added ."
positive,"However , the broker gave an `` outperform '' recommendation on the stock ."
positive,"However , the total orders received will still be above last year s levels ."
positive,"In accordance with our strategy , we strengthened our local presence by establishing a representative office in South Africa in October ."
positive,"In addition , Lehdentekijat Oy will start producing a new membership magazine , Viisas Raha ( Wise Money ) for the Association ."
positive,"In future , the company intends to look for know-how from outside the company and to cooperate with other actors in the sector ."
positive,Industry Investment is very interested in Glaston 's solar energy projects .
neutral,It also has potential clients in the growing environmental and recycling technology sectors .
positive,It is now the leading private road ambulance service company in Finland .
positive,"Known as Post Bank , the concept would see Fidelity Bank rolling out 75 offices in Ghana Post premises , to provide financial services to the people ."
positive,"Kone 's factory located at Ayanambakkam , a suburb to the west of Chennai , is a fully integrated facility which gives it the capability to address costs ."
positive,Last year SysOpen Digia invested in IBM product know-how in the building of portal and trading place systems and successfully implemented customer solutions supported by it .
positive,"( ADP News ) - Oct 1 , 2008 - Finnish consulting and engineering company Poyry Oyj ( OMX : POY1V ) said today it was awarded a EUR 5.2 million ( USD 7.4 m ) extension to their existing consultancy engineering contract with Venezuel"
positive,"( ADP News ) - Oct 31 , 2008 - Finnish food company Raisio Oyj ( OMX : RAIVV ) said today that its net profit jumped to EUR 16.4 million ( USD 20.9 m ) for the first nine months of 2008 from EUR 1.1 million for the same period of 2"
positive,"( ADP News ) - Sep 30 , 2008 - Finnish security and privacy software solutions developer Stonesoft Oyj said today that it won a USD 1.9 million ( EUR 1.3 m ) order to deliver its StoneGate network security products to an unnamed Russian te"
positive,"Meanwhile , Electrowatt-Ekono Philippines , Inc. was also awarded a three-year operation and maintenance ( O&M ) contract by FR Cement Corporation ."
positive,"Meanwhile , Nokia said that it will be able to deliver a complete range of services from deployment operations to consulting and integration to managed services as a result of the buyout ."
neutral,Metso Paper 's delivery will comprise an Advantage DCT 200 tissue machine including quality control and distributed control systems ( QCS-DCS ) .
neutral,Net sales in 2007 totalled EUR 329 million and the operating margin was above 19 % .
positive,"Nevertheless , Fitch notes that the business fundamentals of the three banks currently remain sound ."
positive,"Nokia controls more than 50 percent of phone sales in India and Africa , and has a strong prosition on most other emerging markets ."
neutral,"Nokia will provide Indosat turnkey services , including civil works , network planning , implementation and integration of a WCDMA 3G-HSPA network ."
positive,NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-26 June 2006-Metso Corporation wins EUR50m equipment order in Australia -_ 1998-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Finnish engineering and technology group Metso Corporation said on Monday ( 26 June ) that it has received a EUR50m equipment order in Australia .
positive,"Of the sales price , a sales gain of some 3.1 mln euro ( $ 4.5 mln ) will be recognized in Incap 's earnings for 2007 ."
positive,Outotec 's net profit for the second quarter of 2007 jumped to 16.8 mln euro ( $ 23.1 mln ) from 4.6 mln euro ( $ 6.3 mln ) a year ago .
positive,Panostaja Oyj s ( Panostaja ) Board of Directors decided on 16 December 2010 on a new long-term incentive and commitment plan for members of the management team .
positive,"Pioneer Library System was one of 127 libraries , municipalities , arts , culture and higher education and science organizations to have been awarded grants to participate in The Big Read , the largest federal reading program in U.S. history ."
positive,Pretax profit jumped to EUR 21.9 million from EUR 3.1 million .
positive,"Profitability ( EBIT % ) was 13.9 % , compared to 13.1 % in the previous-year period ."
positive,Raute Corporation has received orders worth over EUR 12 million from OOO Ilim Bratsk DOK in Russia .
positive,"Recovery has been evident in the liquid handling business , particularly in areas outside Europe and primarily in North America and Asia ."
positive,"Sales improved to SEK 1,553 mn , compared with SEK 1,408 mn ."
positive,"Savon koulutuskuntayhtyma , Finland based company has awarded contract for specialist agricultural or forestry machinery ."
positive,SKF 6 April 2010 - Alandsbanken has given a `` buy '' recommendation on Swedish industrial company SKF AB ( STO : SKF B ) with a share price target of SEK150 .
positive,Sony Ericsson and Nokia dominated the list of best-selling handsets with five models each .
positive,"Speaking to just-drinks today , a spokesperson for Olvi said : `` We have performed very well in all four countries we operate in - namely , Finland , Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania . ''"
positive,Sports equipment sales also progressed well owing to the prolonged winter season .
positive,Stockmann MasterCard has widened the scope of this cooperation to Estonia and Latvia .
neutral,Stora Enso will record a capital gain of EUR 33 million as a non-recurring financial item in its fourth quarter 2006 results .
positive,TELE2 Affarsvarlden gave a `` buy '' recommendation on mobile operator Tele2 AB and a share price target of 142 crowns ( $ 23.54 - 15.19 euro ) .
positive,That topped consensus forecasts for earnings of 0.21 euros a share .
positive,The acquisition of Kaupthing Sverige will bring a significant positive non-recurring addition to the group 's performance .
positive,The acquisition will have an immediate positive impact on Aspocomp 's financial result .
positive,The amending of the proposal simplifies the proposed plan and increases the incentive for key employees to stay in the Company .
positive,"The Australian company Mirabela Nickel has awarded Outokumpu Technology a contract for grinding technology for its nickel sulfide project in Bahia State , Brazil ."
positive,"The broker has initiated both Palfinger AG and Konecranes OYJ with ` buy ' recommendations , with 51 and 42 eur price targets respectively ."
positive,"The buyer aims to thus reinforce its position in Denmark , Martela Group managing director Heikki Martela said ."
positive,The companies have agreed on long-term cooperation to mechanise harvesting in Stora Enso 's eucalyptus plantations in Southern China .
positive,The company aims to maintain this trend in profitability during the current year .
positive,The company also said that in Poland a profitability program has been launched at the Oborniki steel frame and sandwich panel plant .
positive,"The company has established a 3G base station at about 17,000 feet at the foot of Mount Everest that will enable mountain climbers at the 29,035-foot summit to surf the Internet and even send videos of their exploits ."
positive,The company is also featured in the Ethibel Pioneer Investment Register and included in Innovest 's Global 100 list of the world 's most sustainable corporations .
positive,"The company 's goal is to achieve annual savings of EUR 2 million ( USD 2.7 m ) , of which two thirds are to be realized in 2010 ."
positive,The company said it observed a current stabilisation in prices and there is potential for higher prices for deliveries in the first quarter of 2011 .
positive,The company will also be compensated for acting as a reserve batch plant .
positive,The Group also has a strong global position in other fishing categories .
positive,The Group 's cash flow from operations will be positive .
positive,The mill has long traditions and holds an established position in the markets .
positive,"The move is aimed at boosting sales , cost-efficiency and market share in Finland ."
neutral,The newspapers of Alma Media and Arena Partners will enter a cooperation agreement on using Alma 's marketplace services in their respective regions .
positive,"The original name Componenta +_m+_l , as a subsidiary of the Finnish Componenta Group , has been changed to +_m+_l Components and the company has seen a 63 % growth in Q1 2010 , in comparison to Q1 2009 ."
positive,The parties have also agreed on options that allow UH to extensively implement later on also functionalities of human resources management .
positive,"The pilot project proved that RIFD technology is ideal for our purposes '' , comments Olli Saarinen , Material Handling Supervisor at Yara ."
positive,"The planned facility , estimated to cost around $ 814 million , would be the largest biodiesel plant in the world , and use palm oil certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil ( RSPO ) ."
positive,This combined with foreign investments creates interesting opportunities for Solteq .
positive,"This is Done Logistics ' largest order in Norway , the diversified group said ."
positive,This resulted in improved sales figures in Sweden .
neutral,"To choose BasWare as the tools for our Financial Service seemed like a natural continuation of our cooperation '' , says Tommi Leskinen , Financial Applications Manager , Neste Oil Corporation ."
positive,"Under the agreement GeoSentric will provide GyPSii-powered hotel information and reservation services to visitors to China , including such popular cities as Beijing and Shanghai ."
positive,"Vaisala also said it expects net sales of EUR 253.2 million for 2010 , compared with EUR 252.2 million recorded in 2009 ."
positive,Validating our fgVoIP client through Symbian Signed represents a significant step forward in accomplishing this goal .
positive,"Wartsila won the contract in October 2007 and the plant will be installed at Manturovo in the Kostroma region of Russia , about 600 km northeast of Moscow , Russia ."
positive,"We are honored to be recognized by Gartner as a specialist in Business Process Modeling and Analysis , in the company of many of the largest software vendors in the world ."
positive,We are now in a position to pursue novel clinical candidates going forward . ''
positive,- UPM-Kymmene upgraded to ` in-line ' from ` underperform ' by Goldman Sachs .
positive,`` Consumers have very well received our packed fresh meat .
positive,`` Demand for sports equipment was good in 2005 .
positive,"`` Last year , Finnair recorded a 32.6-percent growth on the Asian sector , carrying more than 1.10 million passengers between the two continents . ''"
positive,`` The additional flight linking Mumbai with Helsinki was dictated by the strong traffic demand between Asia and Europe .
positive,`` The lowering of prices by us and by our competitors shows that the real estate market has stabilised and returned into balance and apartments are acquiring a fair price in the eyes of our clients .
positive,"`` The new structure provides better communication , faster decision-making and cost savings , '' Proha said ."
positive,"`` This contract demonstrates our ability to apply our minerals and metals technologies in adjacent industries , such as oil shale processing ."
positive,`` We are pleased to deliver the Basware Invoice Automation solution to a major retail company in the US .
positive,"`` We have tailored our solutions to meet Solel 's technical requirements , and the result is both cost-effective manufacturing and highest-quality reflectors . ''"
positive,`` We 've been feeling quite positive about the region as a whole .
positive,21 December 2010 - Finnish industrial machinery company Wartsila Oyj Abp HEL : WRT1V said yesterday it had won an order to design a liquefied natural gas LNG powered platform supply vessel PSV for Norwegian oil service provider Eidesvik Offshore ASA OSL : EIOF .
positive,Finlan 's listed food industry company HKScan Group controlled companies in the Baltics improved revenues by EUR 3.5 mn to EUR 160.4 mn in 2010 from EUR 156.9 mn in the year before .
positive,"Finnish airline Finnair has won a deal with the UK public sector to be the official airline for flights from London Heathrow to Osaka in Japan , as well as flights between Manchester in the UK and Helsinki in Finland ."
positive,Finnish Cargotec has been awarded a significant order for a total of 292 Hiab loader cranes by BAE Systems in the US .
positive,Finnish Cargotec 's Kalmar has received a significant order from the US Department of Defense .
positive,Finnish Outotec has been awarded a contract to supply a new zinc roaster with gas cleaning and sulphuric acid plant for the OZK Kardzhali zinc smelter in Bulgaria .
positive,"Finnish P+¦yry has been awarded an engineering contract by CFR , the national railway company of Romania ."
positive,"According to a report by Neomarkka , Kuitu Finland 's customers are interested in buying the company 's products when it restarts production ."
positive,"As a result , the distribution companies will start to distribute , in addition to their current product offering , Shimano reels , rods and other Shimano fishing tackle products on an exclusive basis ."
positive,Cargotec Germany GmbH has been awarded a contract by Stadtverwaltung Mainz for chassis bodies under Open procedure .
positive,CEO Erkki J+Ærvinen is happy with the company 's performance in 2010 .
positive,Deliveries have started and the network will be ready for a launch soon .
positive,"Earnings per share for the quarter were also higher year-on-year at 0.33 eur versus 0.27 , and above market expectations of 0.28 eur ."
positive,"EBITDA for the year 2009 improved to EUR484m , as compared with EUR472m in 2008 ."
positive,"Estonian telecoms company Elisa 's customer numbers cross 400,000 TALLINN , Oct 22 , BNS - The Estonian telecommunications company Elisa won approximately 50,000 new clients in the nine months of this year , bringing the number to 401,800 by the end of September , the company said ."
positive,"Exel Composites ' long-term growth prospects remain favourable , however ."
positive,fi is developing cooperation in keyword advertising with Microsoft .
positive,"Finnish construction group Lemminkainen Oyj HEL : LEM1S said today it has won a contract to provide technical services for the Nevsky Centre shopping mall to be opened in November in St Petersburg , Russia ."
positive,Finnish mobile operator DNA will function as a subcontractor to Maingate and will be responsible for telecommunications connections .
positive,"Finnish software developer Basware Oyj said on November 30 , 2006 its U.S. subsidiary Basware , Inc. won an order to provide software for contract lifecycle management to an unnamed U.S. medical technology company ."
neutral,"Honka 's subsidiaries in France and Germany will also benefit by , for example , arranging customer events in conjunction with World Cup skiing competitions ."
positive,"However , sales volumes in the food industry are expected to remain at relatively good levels in Finland and in Scandinavia , Atria said ."
positive,Incap and Lankapaja aim to enter into actual agreement to transfer the sheet-metal production to the buyer in February in order to complete the transfer on 1 March 2011 .
positive,Mr Kivimeister said John Deer former Timberjack stands to win in the situation : it controls around 60 % of Estonia 's forest machinery market .
positive,Nokia and Elisa will work together to bring a superior mobile gaming experience for Elisa customers .
positive,Nordea sees a return to positive growth for the Baltic countries in 2011 .
positive,Operating profit improved by 16.7 % to EUR 7.7 mn .
positive,Operating profit improved by 39.9 % to EUR 18.0 mn from EUR12 .8 mn .
positive,Operating profit improved by 44.0 % to ER 4.7 mn from EUR 3.3 mn in 2004 .
positive,Operating profit improved to EUR 20.3 mn from EUR 11.4 mn .
positive,Outokumpu 's chief executive Juha Rantanen expressed his confidence in China market .
positive,"Previously , the company anticipated its operating profit to improve over the same period ."
positive,Productional situation has now improved .
positive,Rautaruukki said construction group YIT has awarded it a 2.5 mln eur contract to supply the steel structures for a new bridge spanning the Kemijoki river in Northern Finland .
positive,"Sales came in at 241 mln eur , compared with 211.4 mln , and also beating consensus forecasts of 235 mln eur ."
positive,"Sales VAT inclusive expanded by 19 percent , to 351 million euros ."
positive,Strong growth has continued also in China .
positive,Synergy benefits will start to materialise in the second quarter .
positive,Teleste and Sentry 360 have formed an integration partnership between Sentry s advanced 360-degree immersive camera product line and Teleste s enterprise video management systems .
positive,"Thanks to the multiplying effect of wagon performance , transport will be much more efficient , '' says development manager Juha Malkia from VR Cargo ."
positive,The ` buy ' recommendation was reiterated .
positive,The aim is to achieve EUR 2.5 mn yearly savings .
positive,The borrower was happy to do the roadshow and this paid off as the hit ratio from it was high .
positive,"The company , which makes garden tools , scissors and other consumer goods , said earnings were boosted by 6.9 mln eur of income it received from its 16.7 pct shareholding in Finnish engineering group Wartsila ."
positive,The company anticipates its turnover for the whole 2010 to surpass that of the previous year when it was EUR 67.1 million .
neutral,The company negotiated an amendment to the financial covenants of the present credit agreements in regard to the situation on 30 September 2010 .
positive,The EPS improved to EUR0 .38 from EUR0 .27 .
positive,The expansion aims to attract new customers both in Finland and abroad .
positive,The Federal Secretary for Transport and Communication of Mexico has awarded Poyry and its Mexican partner Sintra a consulting contract in connection with the Buenavista-Cuautitlan suburban railway .
positive,"The financial impact is estimated to be an annual improvement of EUR2 .0 m in the division 's results , as of fiscal year 2008 ."
positive,"The financial impact is estimated to be some 1.5 MEUR annual improvement in the division 's result , starting from fiscal year 2007 ."
positive,The Finnish group anticipates a sales gain of EUR42m after tax and expenses .
positive,"The launch of the plant in June went well , and it has been producing the advanced fuel for a couple of weeks ."
positive,The parties have agreed to negotiate definitive distribution and license agreements by the end of June 2010 .
positive,The rationalization of the operations seeks to achieve over EUR 1 million in yearly savings as from the second quarter of the current financial year .
positive,"The sale , which will result in a gain of some EUR 60 million in the second quarter of 2010 for Oriola-KD , supports the Finnish company 's strategy to focus on pharmaceutical wholesale and retail operations ."
positive,The stock of new machines is reasonably small and new orders bring work .
positive,The third order awarded to Outokumpu Technology is by Shalkiya Zinc of Kazakhstan for the Shalkiya zinc-lead project in Kazakhstan .
positive,These companies will be able to keep their market positions .
positive,This acquisition supports our strategy of being close to our customers all around the world offering both equipment and related services .
neutral,This lays a foundation for sustainable business development for the long term .
positive,"Turun kaupunkin , Finland based company has awarded contract to Lemminkainen Talotekniikka Oy for electrical installation work ."
positive,The world 's biggest magazine paper maker said the program to improve efficiency will include closing several of its least competitive mills and would cover all the company 's operations resulting in annual savings of some euro200 million US$ 240 million .
positive,These moderate but significant changes resulted in a significant 24-32 % reduction in the estimated CVD risk .
positive,Uponor improved its performance in spite of the decrease in residential construction in the US .
neutral,The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. .
positive,"Israeli cable network operator HOT Telecom has chosen Teleste , an international technology group , as its exclusive provider of FTTx equipment in Israel , according to Teleste today ."