Sony, Kyocera close some San Diego ops due to fires
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Japanese tech firms Sony Corp  and Kyocera Corp  said they have halted some production in the San Diego, California, area because of fires raging in the southern part of the state.
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In San Diego, displaced employees might affect production at some of the companies you own.
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Fast-moving wildfires in southern California destroyed several homes Sunday, killed one person in San Diego County and closed the Pacific Coast Highway at Malibu. Four firefighters and four civilians were also hurt in the southeastern part of San Diego county.
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Circuit City Stores Inc., the nation's No. 2 chain of consumer electronics stores, said Wednesday it will close 19 superstores, five regional offices and a distribution center by the month's end as it attempts to improve its lagging finances.
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RAZR phones fail to slice into new markets Motorola has announced another round of layoffs - 4,000 to add to the 3,500 jobs it slashed in January.â¦
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Struggling cell-phone maker Motorola Inc. said Thursday it is considering separating the handset unit from its other businesses in an effort to snap a deep slump that has followed its meteoric success with the Razr.
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At least nine wildfires stoked by gusting winds burned out of control in southern California on Sunday, killing one person in San Diego and forcing hundreds to evacuate the wealthy enclave of Malibu where five homes went up in flames.
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"Due to market changes and increasing requirements for cost-effectiveness, production of mobile devices in Germany is no longer feasible for Nokia"  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 ... via SanLuisObispo.com
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com December 22, 2004, 1:59 PM PT. Sony Electronics issued a statement Wednesday refuting reports that it&#39;s getting out of the plasma TV business.
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San Diego faces the possibility of a bankruptcy filing because of a shortfall in its pension fund, but the practice is commonplace among other cities.
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Sanyo Electric Co. said Monday it will sell its troubled mobile phone operations to Kyocera Corp.
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The layoffs come as Motorola completes the spinoff of its semiconductor division. Also: Akimbo Systems signs a deal for content from Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting System & hellip;. PalmSource introduces a smart phone operating system & hellip;. and more.
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Motorola, the world&#39;s second largest mobile phone maker, is cutting 1,000 jobs although its core cellphone business will be unaffected.
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CHICAGO, Jan. 31 -- Struggling cellphone maker Motorola said Thursday that it was considering separating the handset unit from its other businesses in an effort to snap a deep slump since its meteoric success with the Razr.
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The sale of the mobile phone unit would be the latest step by Sanyo to shed businesses to focus on key operations such as rechargeable batteries.
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Wildfires threatened to shut down the last remaining major power transmission link to San Diego, which would make the Californian county an electricity "island", susceptible to major blackouts, the manager of the state power grid said Wednesday.
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Losing sales to BlackBerrys and iPhones, the smartphone maker said it will close seven of its eight retail stores in February.