Monday, August 13, 2012 at 10:39AM 
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
In an effort to curtail Motorola's Mobility's declining sales, Google has let go of 4,000 employees of Motorola Mobility, the company it acquired for $1.5 billion last year in order to secure valuable patents that would aid the search giant in its efforts to dominate the mobile smartphone and tablet market.
Friday, June 15, 2012 at 12:10AM 
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Nokia announced that it would cut 10,000 jobs from its workforce in order to cut costs and try to turn the company around. Included in the reductions is Nokia's R&D facility located in Burnaby, British Columbia.
Monday, October 31, 2011 at 4:09PM 
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Motorola Mobility will let go of 800 people in preparation to the acquisition by Google. The job cuts will cost around $27 million in severance as well as $4 million for factory closures according to a report form Bloomberg Businessweek. Google is purchasing Motorola Mobility for $12 billion, the acquisition was announced on August 15th.
