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Motorola lays off 4,000 Employees

 
The aura of the Aura luxury phone did not help to get the Motorola mobile phone division back on the bright side. Motorola announced an approximately 4,000 additional workforce reduction and expects cost savings of about $1.5 billion in 2009. This lay o... (link)

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