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Hello MOTOS

Motorola’s days as lone entity on the New York Stock Exchange are over. This morning the company’s long-planned split became official when Motorola Mobility Holdings, which handles the company’s mobile and consumer products business, and Motorola Solutions, which oversees next-generation communications products for enterprise and government, began trading under the tickers MMI and MSI, respectively. As of this writing, both are doing relatively well, with Motorola Mobility up more than 7 percent at $32.39 and Motorola Solutions up .23 percent at $37.40.

Motorola Split Set for Jan. 4

Breaking up is, well, a lot of paperwork. Motorola filed the details Tuesday afternoon on its plan to split itself in two. The spinoff of the cellphone unit will take place Jan. 4, with holders getting one share of the mobile unit, known as Motorola Mobility, for every eight shares of Motorola they own.

Netbooks Come Into Their Own

Walt reviews the latest entrants in the “netbook” category–devices that are between a laptop and a smart phone in size and versatility–and finds some compelling choices.
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Netbooks Vs. Notebooks: ThinkEquity Sees New Smaller Devices Eating Into Revenues, Profits At Apple, Intel

Is the notebook market slowing down? ThinkEquity analyst Vijay Rakesh thinks so. This morning, in fact, he trimmed estimates on both Apple (AAPL) and Intel (INTC) on concerns about a slowdown in the notebook market.