Tell it straight

Article Abstract:

UK telecoms equipment producer Marconi has at last admitted the scale of its problems, and has sacked Chief Exec George Simpson and Chmn Sir Roger Hurn. For months managers had failed to recognize the crisis at the firm.

Publisher: Economist Newspaper Ltd.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2001
Officials and employees, Finance, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Marconi Company Ltd., Hurn, Roger, Simpson, George

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The runaway bride

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A planned merger between Lucent and Alcatel has been abandoned. Reasons for the failure of merger discussions, and the impact of the failure, are examined in detail.

Publisher: Economist Newspaper Ltd.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2001
Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Lucent Technologies Inc., LU, Compagnie Financiere Alcatel

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A Finnish fable

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Problems facing Nokia, which has seen its stock price fall, are examined in detail.

Publisher: Economist Newspaper Ltd.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2000
Management, Nokia Corp.

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Subjects list: Telecommunications equipment industry, Telecommunications systems
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