Major Layoffs at Motorola

Newsday reports Motorola plans to drop 4,000 jobs.

Motorola Inc., the world's second-biggest mobile-phone maker, will eliminate 4,000 jobs, the second round of firings this year as it works to return to a profit.

[The company did not indicate how many jobs may be eliminated at the former Symbol Technologies, based in Holtsville, which it acquired last year, but a Motorola spokeswoman told Newsday the reduction will apply to "all businesses and functions, companywide." Motorola had 66,000 employees at the end of last year. Symbol reported earlier last year that it employed 1,200 on Long Island, but declined to give an updated figure this year.]