reuters.com - 12/31/2008
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Mobile phone maker Motorola Inc ( MOT.N ) said on Tuesday it will lay off 400 more employees in the fourth-quarter than it originally planned, resulting in additional charges. In October, Motorola announced a cost-reduction plan that included cutting a total of ...
mediacenter.motorola.com - 1/6/2009
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Las Vegas – CES – Jan. 6, 2009
– Today Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced two new...
mobile devices that will make social responsibility and social connectivity even more accessible to people everywhere. MOTO™ W233 Renew is the world’s first mobile ...
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phonescoop.com - 1/6/2009
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Today Motorola announced three new handsets that will
become available through several different carriers over the course...
of the next few months.Renew W233: According to Motorola, the W233 is the first phone made from recycled water bottles. It has ...
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Motorola Rolls Out Eco, Touch and PTT Phones
tmonews.com - 1/1/2009
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8 Responses to “Moto renew shows itself, T-mobile
going green” Rob Says: December 31st, 2008 at 9:26...
pm Wow! That looks so cool…wait no, no it doesn’t. Thanks again Moto for another **** non-feature filled phone for my carrier of choice, appreciate ...
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Motorola to layoff 400 more employees before year-end
Unwired View —
... 1,500 employees during the fourth quarter of 2008. With this change, the number is now up to 1,900, but the overall total number of layoffs will remain unchanged at 3,000. It appears the company had to do it earlier than expected to save $800 million in 2009.
Motorola’s mobile devices segment will be the one taking the biggest damage from this round of layoffs. But all of its other business segments will be affected by these ongoing plans as well.
Via Reuters
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Filed under: Culture, Motorola, MiscThe words "job security" and "Motorola" haven't coexisted in a non-sarcasic manner for quite some time, and things just seem to be deteriorating by the day. Not even two full months after the flagging company announced that 3,000 employees would be sent packing, a new Reuters report has it that the axing process in Q4 will be accelerated. Specifically, some 1,900 (versus 1,500 as originally predicted) will be cut in an attempt to save $800 million in 2009, though there's no word on how ...
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