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Sprint Trimming Work Force By 8,000
phonescoop.com - 1/26/2009
Sprint Trimming Work Force By 8,000
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Today Sprint announced that it is taking drastic cost-cutting measures in an effort to save money. Part of the cost cutting comes in the form of staff reductions. Sprint will layoff 8,000 employees by March 31, with about 10% ... (follow link to read)
Sprint Pricing
nextelonline.nextel.com - 1/22/2009
Sprint Pricing
— nextelonline.nextel.com — Treo sale (more) Sprint Pricing

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bestbuy.com - 1/26/2009
Sprint - Palm Treo Pro 850 Cell Phone - Black - PTR850HK
— bestbuy.com — Operates with wireless technology on GSM/GPRS 900/1800 networks Built-in Wi-Fi 802.11b network for Internet capability for connecting to your computer. TFT-LCD color touch screen display With 320 x 320 resolution makes navigation of features a breeze. ... (more) Sprint - Palm Treo Pro 850 Cell Phone - Black - PTR850HK

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mediacenter.motorola.com - 2/2/2009
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— mediacenter.motorola.com — Libertyville, Ill., Overland Park, Kan. and Irvine, Calif. – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), Sprint (NYSE: S) and Boost Mobile have teamed up to announce the upcoming availability of Motorola Stature i9, the thinnest flip phone in the Nextel Direct ... (more) Motorola Media Center

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CrunchGear:  Sprint axing 8,000 employees, Philips 6,000

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Sprint axing 8,000 employees, Philips 6,000
CrunchGear — Talk about a case of the Mondays. Sprint and Philips are the latest to announce layoffs with Sprint cutting 8,000 and Philips 6,000 employees. You know the drone. It’s cause we can’t borrow against our overinflated home’s equity to buy these companies latest crap anymore. We’re too busy dumping all of our cash into organic foodstuff now. The Sprint layoffs are expected to be completed by March 31st and Philips’ are on top of the recently announced 3,000 cuts. Alright, back to work before you get cut reading this in your cube. ...

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