Actually, the former CEO of Motorola is doing exactly that now that he is at Nortel. Also, if a product line does not have at least 15% of the world market, it is sold off, regardless of how profitable it is. This was done with a highly profitable cellular business at Nortel.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 12:35 AM Subject: Swlfest Digest, Vol 36, Issue 2 > Send Swlfest mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Swlfest digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Fwd: ARLX007 Motorola buys Yaesu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 15:27:20 GMT > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Swlfest] Fwd: ARLX007 Motorola buys Yaesu > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > If the amateur division is not outstandingly profitable, Moto will > probably spin it off as a seperate company, or just close it and stop all > support for existing products, regardless of warranty status, as they have > done before. > > -- Curt Phillips W4CP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It'll be interesting to see how this affects their ham radio and shortwave > radio gear. 73,Curt Curt Phillips, CEM CMVP > W4CP ex-KD4YU; WB4LHI > ARRL Life; QCWA; SKCC; NASWA > Tar Heel Scanner/SWL Group > WTSB AM1090- Sat. Mornings 6AM-10AM > Raleigh, NC > w4cp<at>arrl.net-- > "Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; > the sentence is death. There is no appeal, and execution is carried out > automatically and without pity." Thus spake Lazarus Long in Time Enough > for Love by Robert Heinlein. > > ARRL Web site <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Subject: ARLX007 Motorola > buys Yaesu > Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 17:07:44 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: Subscribed ARRL Members:; > From: "ARRL Web site" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX007 > ARLX007 Motorola buys Yaesu > > ZCZC AX07 > QST de W1AW > Special Bulletin 7 ARLX007 >>From ARRL Headquarters > Newington CT November 5, 2007 > To all radio amateurs > > SB SPCL ARL ARLX007 > ARLX007 Motorola buys Yaesu > > Motorola USA has announced its intention to launch a tender offer to > acquire a controlling interest in Vertex Standard Co, Ltd. Vertex > Standard is the parent company of Yaesu. Motorola will own 80 > percent of Vertex Standard; Tokogiken, a privately held Japanese > company, controlled by current president and CEO of Vertex Standard > Jun Hasegawa, will retain 20 percent, forming a joint venture. The > total purchase price for 80 percent of the outstanding shares on a > fully diluted basis will be approximately US $108 million. > NNNN > /EX > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/private/swlfest/attachments/20071106/4e885831/attachment.html > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > > End of Swlfest Digest, Vol 36, Issue 2 > ************************************** _______________________________________________ Swlfest mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above. For more information on the Fest, visit: http://www.swlfest.com http://swlfest.blogspot.com
