Motorola President Zafirovski to Resign
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Motorola Inc., the world's second-largest cell phone manufacturer behind Nokia, said Wednesday that veteran executive Mike Zafirovski is resigning as president and chief operating officer at the end of the month.
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By Ryan Blitstein, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb. 8--Cisco executive Michelangelo "Mike" Volpi has resigned from the company for personal reasons, effective immediately, the company said today.
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Nokia (NOK1V.HE: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday the head of its networks unit had resigned and another top networks executive left, in the second major shake-up
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Motorola Inc. announced Tuesday plans to cut 1,000 jobs worldwide and take a charge of $50 million for severance benefits. The job cuts are part of a restructuring resulting from the spin off of its semiconductor division into Freescale Semiconductor.
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U.S. Federal Communications  Commission Chairman Michael Powell plans to resign after four  years as chief regulator of the telecommunications and media  industries, sources familiar with his decision said on Friday.
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Motorola Inc.'s  board will not  endorse a nomination of billionaire financier Carl Icahn to  join the board, the company said in a document filed with  regulators late on Friday.
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InfoWorld - The day after&#160;announcing that 4,000 employees will be laid off, Motorola CEO Ed Zander told investors that he plans to boost profits with a wide range of multimedia handsets instead of relying on a single blockbuster product like the Razr cell phone.
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Telstra&#39;s search for a new CEO has begun as incumbent CEO Dr Ziggy Switkowski has agreed to step down from the post. Switkowski&#39;s last day will be 1 July, 2005 and possibly even earlier if the telecommunications company can find a suitable replacement.
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Computer disk drive maker Maxtor  Corp. MXO.N on Monday said Paul Tufano has resigned as chief  executive, president and acting chief financial officer, less  than a month after the company forecast a quarterly loss that  was about double what Wall Street had been expecting.
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By Keiko Morris, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Sep. 20--Motorola Inc.
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Freescale Semiconductor Chairman and CEO Michel Mayer will leave his posts as soon as a replacement is found, the company said Friday.&quot;The time is right for me and my family to take some time off before exploring new challenges. The company is well positioned to continue its transformation,&quot; Mayer said in a statement.Freescale officials didn&#39;t respond to requests for comment.Mayer led the company when it spun off from Motorola&#39;s semiconductor group and went public in 2004. He also played a role in Freescale&#39;s buyout by four private equity firms in 2006 for $17.6 billion. The equity firms included The Blackstone Group, The Carlyle Group, Permira Funds and Texas Pacific Group.However, the company has been struggling financially, posting a loss of $525 million on sales of $1.54 billion in the fourth quarter of 2007. For 2007, the company reported a loss of $1.6 billion on net sales of $5.7 billion. Freescale&#39;s sales totaled $6.36 billion in 2006.The company&#39;s key customer remains Motorola, to which it sells chips for wireless handsets, networking infrastructure and other devices such as set-top boxes. Motorola, which is struggling financially and saw a management shakeup in recent months, is considering spinning off its handset business. Ed Zander announced in December that he would step down as Motorola&#39;s CEO.
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NAACP President Kweisi Mfume is stepping down after leading the US civil rights organization for nine years, media reports said Tuesday.
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Motorola Inc. plans to eliminate 1,000 jobs in the spinoff of its semiconductor unit, the company said Tuesday in a filing with government regulators.
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A troubled Motorola Inc. has realigned itself as its critical cell-phone business slows down.
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said Friday that he will resign from his post.
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Motorola, the world's second largest mobile phone maker, is cutting 1% of its workforce but its core mobile phone operations will be unaffected.
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U.S. Federal Communications  Commission Chairman Michael Powell plans to resign after four   years as chief regulator of the telecommunications and media  industries, sources familiar with his decision said on Friday.