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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Motorola gives into Icahn; splits ala Palm

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9903426-7.html?tag=nl.e703

I’m sure Carl has something big in mind, but if you look at Palm or many others, these moves don’t seem to have great track records. Interesting move, but I’m not sure this was the best option for Motorola to turn things around…

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