Finland highly industrialized, largely free-market economy

Finland has a highly industrialized, largely free-market economy with per capita output roughly that of Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Sweden. Trade is important with exports accounting for over one third of GDP in recent years. Finland is strongly competitive in manufacturing - principally the wood, ...........






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Finnish regulatory authority has recently mandated that an investment service provider is required to acquire authorization to operate in the Finnish financial market. Authorization is granted by either a Finnish authority or by a corresponding foreign authority, depending on the location of the service providers’ home countries.

Finanssivalvonta (Fiva), or the Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA), is the new authority for supervision of Finland’s financial and insurance sectors,, responsible, as of January 1, 2009, for most of the supervisory functions previously undertaken by the Financial Supervision Authority and the Insurance Supervisory Authority.

FIN-FSA authorisation is mandatory for service providers from outside the EEA that are seeking to operate in Finland. The regulations in the applicant's home country must meet with the internationally accepted rules governing financial supervision and the recommendations pertaining to the effective prevention of criminal abuse of the financial system. Deposit guarantees and investor protection schemes of foreign financial firms doing business in Finland are also to match those provided for in Finland.

Olympic men's semifinal hockey: U.S. 6 Finland 0 after two periods

FIRST PERIOD


Ryan Malone gives the United States an early lead, scoring unassisted at 02:04 after Finish goalie Mikka Kiprusoff makes a terrible giveaway.

Zach Parise extends the lead to 2-0 with a power play goal at 06:22.

Erik Johnson makes it 3-0 for the Americans on another power play goal at 08:36, and less than two minutes later Patrick Kane made it 4-0 U.S., scoring on a goal-mouth scramble.

Kiprusoff is replace in net by Niklas Backstrom, but the rout continues when Patrick Kane scores his second of the period at 12:31 to make it 5-0. Another Finish giveaway in their own end results in a Paul Stastny goal, making it 6-0.

The Finns begin showing some signs of life after being held to two shots through the first 15 minutes, and went on the power play in the dying seconds of the period but they couldn't beat U.S. goalie Ryan Miller.


SECOND PERIOD

The Finnish side starts the period on the power play but come away empty. No goals are scored by either side in the period.




Sat Feb 27, 2010

7pm - 9:30pm Ice Hockey - Men's - Bronze medal

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