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Sweetish candy shop got an unexpected boost from a viral TikTok post

by Aleezeh Hasan and Sarah Leeson
Oct 1, 2024
Tyler Graybeal, owner of a Swedish-style store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, says keeping up with demand was difficult at first.
Attention from a viral TikTok video meant Sweetish orders went from tens a day to thousands.
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Business leaders in Sweden share concern over wave of gun violence

by Maddy Savage
Dec 11, 2023
A recent study for Stockholm's Chamber of Commerce found eight out of 10 businesses think it'll become more difficult to attract foreign talent, visitors and investors if the trend continues.
Police officers point to images of ceased weapons in Rinkeby, Sweden, in August 2022.
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COVID-19 sparked a U.S. coin shortage, but a U.K. surplus

by Victoria Craig
Oct 2, 2020
Technology has made the transition to digital payments quicker in the U.K.
"It's absolutely certain that coronavirus will accelerate the shift to digital," says Natalie Ceeney, chair of Innovate Finance. But the virus has also shown a spotlight on vulnerability and people who are getting excluded by the shift to digital.
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Sweden acknowledges its no-lockdown COVID-19 strategy might have been a mistake

by Victoria Craig
Jun 3, 2020
Given the country's high death rate, Sweden and its health officials are rethinking how they have handled the pandemic.
State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell of the Swedish Public Health Agency now says there was "potential for improvement" in the country's strategy to fight the pandemic.
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Climate change is fermenting the wine industry

by Bennett Purser and Kai Ryssdal
Nov 6, 2019
Warmer temperatures are pushing wineries to new northern territories. Elin McCoy of Bloomberg News explains.
Murre Sofrakis, the winemaker at Fladie vineyard in southern Sweden.
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Immigration influx creates economic conundrum for Sweden

by Victoria Craig
Jul 17, 2019
Sweden once welcomed more refugees per head than any other nation in the European Union.
People hold banners welcoming refugees in Malmö, Sweden.
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Sweden's immigration debate: view from the street

by Robin Elizabeth Herr and Szu Ping Chan
Jul 17, 2019
Scandinavia's largest economy has accepted more than 400,000 asylum seekers and relatives of previous immigrants in the past five years.
Adilson Silve was born in Brazil.
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Meet Sweden's Secretary of the Future

by David Brancaccio
May 10, 2016
Kristina Persson says to prepare for the future, first we have to start by talking about it.
Kristina Persson focuses on Sweden's future. 
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One woman's journey from Syria to Sweden

by James Reynolds
Sep 2, 2015
Listen to Nour Ammar's story as she travels the road to asylum.
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New technology helps Swedish care for elderly

by Marketplace Contributor
Dec 25, 2012
Sweden has taken giant steps when it comes to heath care. With one of the oldest populations and highest life expectancies in the world, the Scandinavian nation is using new medical technology to care for its aging citizens.
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