Ingrid Lunden
Sep 29, 2011 6:27 AM
No one ever said turnarounds were easy, and Nokia (NYSE: NOK)—currently the world’s largest handset maker—is one big ship. Today the company announced that it would be downsizing its manufacturing, as well as its mapping and commerce divisions, which will result in job losses totalling 3,500.
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Ingrid Lunden
May 26, 2011 7:05 AM
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is paring down its operations big-time in the lead-up to using Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS for its new portfolio of smartphones. One thing that is staying behind, though, is the company’s mapping division, which is actually getting more work, as it becomes the default mapping and navigation…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Sep 30, 2008 7:22 AM
A big second round for local search startup Zvents... The San Mateo, CA-based company has raised $24 million from *Nokia* Growth Partners, *AT&T*, and Navteq (in the process of being bought by Nokia), along with past backers Vantage Point Venture Partners and Red Rock Ventures. The company previously raised $7…
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Rafat Ali
Mar 3, 2008 7:32 PM
The world’s going crazy with 10-K’s…and we’re making it easy for you. Our motto, just in case you didn’t know: We kill ourselves, so you don’t have to. Some of the main ones below with some relevant points culled out: —Getty (NYSE: GYI) Images: The images company is in the…
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