German Fin Min attacks Nokia over plant closure
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German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck  said on Friday that Nokia's (NOK1V.HE) decision to close a  plant in Germany was an example of "caravan capitalism," and  that the firm was risking its reputation.
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Nokia Corp., the world's largest mobile phone maker, took legal action earlier this week against two European manufacturers for allegedly infringing on technology patents and registered designs.
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Nokia Corp., the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said Tuesday it plans to lay off "a few hundred" research and development workers globally including up to 250 in Finland in a move to cut R&amp;D costs.
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Nokia has taken legal action against  small European handset makers Sagem and Vitelcom on allegations  of patent infringements, the world's largest mobile phone maker  said on Thursday.
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After last year&#39;s reports of exploding batteries in Nokia Corp. phones and amid growing concern about electromagnetic radiation from wireless devices in general, Siemens AG warned
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Finnish phone maker Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it will close a manufacturing plant and automotive supply unit in Bochum, Germany, and was in talks to sell a research and development unit in Bochum to Sasken Technologies.
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Nokia, the world's biggest mobile  phone maker, said the winner of a fight over patents on third  generation (3G) mobile telecoms technology would set the  conditions for all future wireless standards.
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Siemens AG tried Sunday to blunt fierce criticism from politicians, labor unions and the media for unloading its mobile phone business on a Taiwanese company which has failed to keep it afloat.
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Siemens AG tried Sunday to blunt fierce criticism from politicians, labor unions and the media for unloading its mobile phone business on a Taiwanese company which has failed to keep it afloat.Comment
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By Kevin J. O'Brien  The Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia, locked in a multimillion- dollar patent dispute with the U.S. chip maker Qualcomm, said Thursday that it had sued its adversary in U.S.
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"It is true that we support infrastructure in economically less privileged regions, also in Germany"  Anti-Nokia anger in Germany for closing a factory is growing. Besides public demonstrations several top level politicians are publicly ditching the firm's phones. via MobileMonday
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Nokia Chief Executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said in an interview published Thursday that the company will not change its decision to shut a mobile phone manufacturing plant in Bochum, Germany, despite widespread protests and possible damage to Nokia's image.
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2,300 layoffs Nokia is shut down its Bochum plant in Germany by mid 2008. The closure will affect at least 2,300 Nokia employees, the company said today.â¦
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Nokia , the world's top cellphone maker, said on Tuesday it plans to close its plant in Bochum, Germany, by mid-2008 and may cut up to 2,300 staff as it moves production to lower-cost regions.
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Germany pledges to fight against the country's Airbus plants being disproportionately hit by expected job cuts at the firm.
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Competitors say the industry leader, Nokia, is still vulnerable to the vagaries of the cellphone business, with its fickle consumers and aggressive challengers.
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The dispute between the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) and Finnish phone maker Nokia intensified Wednesday after the state demanded Nokia pay back subsidies it received for a plant that is to be closed.