﻿ In tough times, Finland toys with tax breaks for angels
investing in start-ups | ZDNet   Summary: Finnish prime minister
Jyrki Katainen hopes recession-hit Finland can become northern
Europe's Silicon Valley, but is €7m-a-year angel tax break
enough?  Finland is hammering out the details of proposed tax
breaks for angel investors with the hope it will stimulate
investment in the country's start-ups and help shake off
recession.  Speaking to a mix of 3,000 attendees from European
start-ups, angels and VCs at Helsinki's Slush conference last
week, Finland's young prime minister Jyrki Katainen reflected on
the "structural changes" the recession-hit country is
undergoing.   Katainen made no mention of Finland's best-known
company, Nokia, whose difficulties are just part of the trouble
besetting Finland's technology exports; instead he stressed the
importance of start-ups to employment and Finland's future. 
"We want to become the largest hub of start-ups in northern
Europe and this our surrounding area," said