Icelandair terminates Baltimore / Washington flights in 2008
Icelandair has shifted its focus on North Atlantic flights. The route changes will be that: flights to Toronto will be added as a new destination, the...
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Makeover for online Icelandic retailer Nordic Store
Nordic Store, which specializes in selling Icelandic products online, has been recently redesigned and relaunched in time for Christmas. The Iceland b...
Baugur considers Moss Bros takeover
Icelandic investment group, Baugur, may be preparing a bid for Moss Bros Group, a suit retailer in the UK suffering from financial problems. The bid, ...
Biofuel producing bacteria discovered in Iceland
A scientific exploration of hot springs in Iceland has uncovered a new strain of bacteria which is able to produce hydrogen and ethanol fuels. A new r...
Marel buys Stork Food Systems
Icelandic company Marel Food Systems recently doubled its size again with the purchase of Stork Food Systems for €415 million ($607 million, £300 mill...
FL Group signs property deal with Baugur
Icelandic investment company FL Group announced on Tuesday an agreement to buy the property holdings of Baugur Group in a deal worth ISK 53.8 billion ...
Personal DNA data soon available to all
deCode Genetics in Iceland is joining a handful of other companies breaking into the market of genetic information databases that are available to mem...
Tough times for Icelandic Group Plc
The last financial statement issued by Icelandic Group Plc indicated that the company is still in choppy waters. The group, which owns Seachill and Co...