Nokia to Cut 4,000 Manufacturing Jobs as It Shifts Production Work

The Finnish cellphone maker plans to reduce the amount of work done at plants in Hungary, Mexico and Salo, Finland.
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The President of the United States Visits Intel Again (Video)

President Obama likes Intel. And why wouldn’t he?
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Former Nokia Plant in Romania to Start Cranking Out Toasters and the Like

Nokia said on Wednesday that it had sold a phone-making site in Romania to Italian appliance maker De’ Longhi. No terms of the deal were announced, but Nokia said it should be final this quarter and that De’ Longhi met the company’s goal of finding a buyer committed to creating manufacturing jobs at the site.

AMD’s Outlook Sinks Stock

Earnings in the quarter just ended were okay, but the outlook ahead is weak. Also, a big writedown hurts results.
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Who Says Intel Is Weak? Just Look at Those Crazy Numbers!

Think Intel is a has-been? The numbers tell a different story: It is at the height of its powers.
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Foxconn Doubling Down on Zhengzhou iPhone Plant

From 200,000 iPhones per day to many, many more.
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How Thrilled Is Texas Instruments to Have Its Chips in the Kindle Fire?

Very thrilled. Chipmaker TI does something that chip companies practically never do: It says how happy it is to have Amazon as a customer.
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Chipmaker AMD to Cut 10 Percent of Workforce

In what appears to be the first big job for new CEO Rory Read, chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices is cutting jobs to reduce operating expenses.
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Ready for a Shortage of Hard Drives?

Flooding in Thailand has hammered one of the world’s two major manufacturers of hard drives especially hard. Early estimates say supply this quarter could drop by nearly a third.
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Apple’s iPhone 4S Cracked Open, Money Spills Out

Research house IHS iSuppli has opened up Apple’s iPhone 4S to see who’s in and out among its suppliers and to estimate how much it cost to make.
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Apple Ramps Up Holiday iPad Production