Motorola ain't doing so hot these days anyway...our company does some occasionaly consulting for them, and budgets got pulled back a few months back.
I suspect Moto will not have much patience for stagnant business units. Richard Cuff On Nov 7, 2007 11:40 AM, Bruce Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA International broadcasting / shortwave blog: http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ 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
