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TheStreet.com: Ericsson Reports Profits Jump $681.3 Million (261 words) |
 | Ericsson said net income rose to 4.25 billion kronor, or 2.15 kronor a share, from 905 million kronor, or 0.49 kronor a share, in the year-earlier period. |
| Consensus estimates among analysts were for 3.018 billion kronor in pretax earnings. |
| Ericsson said it expects pretax profit to double this quarter from the 2.96 billion kronor reported in the year-earlier second quarter, and for sales to increase more than 25%; the company's previous sales forecast called for 20% growth. |
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Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Europe, 2004 - Sweden (3040 words) |
| The maximum pension is 83,709 kronor a year, provided the insured had 40 years of residence in Sweden (including assumed years of residence between the age at the time of death and age 65) and the surviving spouse does not receive an income-related pension. |
| Surviving child's allowance: 15,720 kronor a year (31,440 kronor for a full orphan) is paid to a surviving child up to age 18 (age 20 if a student) who is not receiving an orphan's pension. |
| The maximum benefit is 730 kronor a day for the first 100 days of a benefit period; thereafter, 680 kronor a day. |
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