macnn.com - 11/22/2008
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Struggling smartphone maker Palm Inc said Friday it is cutting its workforce, a move the company takes as it loses market share to rivals Apple Inc and Research in Motion Ltd. Spokeswoman Lynn Fox said the layoffs began this week, but she declined to say how many jobs ...
reuters.com - 11/24/2008
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reuters.com —
(In Nov. 21 story headlined ... "Palm cutting
jobs as competition intensifies", corrects graph 5 to reflect
that device is expected to be released in first half of 2009) SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Struggling smartphone maker Palm Inc (PALM.O: ...
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CORRECTED-Palm cutting jobs as competition ...
crunchgear.com - 11/25/2008
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Palm is laying off an undetermined number of
its 1,050 workers this week in an effort to
stem the effects of the economy and Palm’s decreasing smartphone market share. While it’s not a shock - everyone is doing it! - Palm now has to ...
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Palm cutting jobs to gain ground on Apple, RIM
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[image] Palm is responding to its recent losses by trimming its workforce of 1050 employees, in an effort to remain competitive against the iPhone 3G and the various BlackBerry models. Reuters reports that the move comes as Palm focuses on its Linux-based "Nova" operating system, as well as a device on which the platform will run. Palm spokeswoman Lynn Fox declined to say how many jobs will be cut, but said the first round began this week. In order to stay ahead of Apple and RIM, Palm has hired former Apple execs John Rubenstein and Mike Bell, but still has much to ...
Palm cutting jobs to gain ground on Apple, RIM
MacNN | The Macintosh News Network —
[image] Palm is responding to its recent losses by trimming its workforce of 1050 employees, in an effort to remain competitive against the iPhone 3G and the various BlackBerry models. Reuters reports that the move comes as Palm focuses on its Linux-based "Nova" operating system, as well as a device on which the platform will run. Palm spokeswoman Lynn Fox declined to say how many jobs will be cut, but said the first round began this week. In order to stay ahead of Apple and RIM, Palm has hired former Apple execs John Rubenstein and Mike Bell, but still has much to ...
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