Sharp plans to LAYOFF 8,000 employees and Offers 2 Factory TV

TV Sharp Aquos (ist)Tokyo -TV Producers from Japan, Sharp plans to LAYOFF 8,000 employees perform against, or 15% of total employees Sharp throughout the world. Sharp also sell 2 TV factory owns.

As many as 8,000 employees to be fired is composed of 3,000 employees working in 2 factories in China and Mexico TV was sold to the Hon Hai Precision Industry from Taiwan. While 5,000 others have been announced by the employee's Sharp advance.

Japan newspaper Yomiuri said, Sharp fired thousands of employees move and sell TV factory is to reduce costs and pay their debts.

Other newspaper even said, Sharp plans to increase the number of employees who will be laid off 10,000 people.

"We continue to work to form an Alliance of the most good with Hon Hai, but there has been no decision made Hon Hai matter of our plant sales in Mexico and China," said Sharp spokesman quoted from Reuters, Monday (21/12/2012).

Currently has a number of Sharp debt 1.25 trillion yen (US $ 16 billion). The company is also struggling to do the refinancing middle of debentures worth 360 billion yen and a convertible bond issue worth 200 billion yen, which will be due next September.

The company will provide assessment reports its assets to banks to get funding to continue its business. Sharp stock price fell more than the current 35% since August.

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Focus on Android, Google's 4,000 Employees Motorola Scotland

The atmosphere at the Office of Google (ist)New York, USA -Google start massive corporate action in Motorola. Mobile phone manufacturer that acquired USD 12.5 billion was downsized in order to focus on Android handset sales, one of which with 4,000 employees and close to fire 30 of its 90 facilities Motorola Mobility globally.

In his statement, two-thirds of employees who will be laid off it came from business areas outside the United States. Described by Google, the purpose of the streamlining is to transition the business ' from the phone to the device that featured more innovative and profitable '.

"These changes are designed to restore the business unit mobile Motorola profitability back on track after losing money in 14 of continued 16 last quarter," said Google in a statement to the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States.

However, Google warned to its shareholders not to expect too much of Motola can simply grab the rebound advantage in the next few quarters.

Google itself has set up severance USD 275 million which will be paid in the third quarter of this year. Mentioned, about a fifth of the 20,000 workers at Motorola Mobility will get a pink slip.

As quoted from on the New York Times, Wednesday (15/8/2012), this massive pruning will hit the operations of Motorola in Asia and India, with a focus on research and development unit in Chicago, Sunnyvale, and Beijing.

As known, Google purchased Motorola Mobility unit valued at USD 12.5 billion in may, for the purpose of acquiring a business division that uses the Android mobile platform and about 17,000 other valuable patents owned by Motorola.

Acquisition business Motorola phone with tens of thousands of patents was indeed a step Google to improve power saingnya to be able to counterattack against Apple in the smartphone and tablet PC markets.

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