SAAB is now officially bankrupt. The company filed for bankruptcy after two Chinese companies changed their minds about buying the Swedish automaker.
There was talk that General Motors was concerned about the Chinese getting their hands on U.S. technologies, because GM supplied those parts to SAAB.
The demise of SAAB will now hurt GM’s parts sales.
“Whether you’re a street sweeper or queen, we just didn’t have a table or enough manpower in the kitchen at that time and our hands were tied.”-Nadine Schellenberger, restaurant Zum Gueldenen Stern
Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf, and German-born Queen Silvia, were refused service at one of Germany’s oldest restaurants, the Zum Gueldenen Stern founded in the 16th century.
The hostess said they were busy hosting a wedding party, and she just didn’t recognize the royals: “I didn’t recognize them, I mean without crowns and scepters…I am just not up on royal families and I don’t have time for glossy magazines.”
A letter of apology will be sent. As far as finding something to eat that night, the Swedish royals had to settle for…a lowly pizza!
Swedish officials announced that they have at least one case of the deadly e.coli that can not be connected to Germany or France. Sweden does have 53 cases where a link has been established.
The problem with this latest case is that they can’t trace it. The Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control says there are no signs that the infected individual got the e.coli from Germany or France.
So far 47 people have died in Germany, and one in Sweden. There are almost 4,000 cases in Germany.