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Story we’re following: Job cuts at Motorola Mobility

December 24, 2018 at 12:23 p.m.

What's the context of Motorola Mobility's decision, announced Monday, to lay off 4,000 of its 20,000 employees worldwide -- including hundreds in the Chicago area? First, here's the story on...

Tech notebook: Food Genius graduates from 1871 tech hub

December 24, 2018 at 11:08 a.m.

Technology startups are known for moving fast. Sometimes this happens in a literal sense, as with Chicago-based Food Genius, a company that has relocated four times in 14 months. Last...

Nokia, Groupon bring real-time deals to Lumia phones

December 24, 2018 at 11:13 a.m.

Chicago-based daily deals provider Groupon is partnering with Finnish mobile handset maker Nokia, building its real-time Groupon Now! offers into the Nokia Maps function on its Lumia smartphones.The Lumia devices,...

Online payments firm seeks to triple workforce

December 24, 2018 at 11:06 a.m.

Chicago-based online payments technology company Braintree is looking for a few good engineers — or maybe 150 of them. The company said Monday it is planning to triple its workforce...

Braintree to add 150 jobs in West Loop

December 24, 2018 at 10:58 a.m.

Chicago-based online payments technology company Braintree is looking for a few good engineers — or maybe 150 of them. The company said Monday it is planning to triple its workforce...

Motorola strengthens Chicago’s tech hub

August 23, 2021 at 11:25 a.m.

Rather than a zero-sum game of moving jobs from the suburbs to Chicago, Motorola Mobility's planned relocation from Libertyville to the Merchandise Mart next year has many upsides. For one...

Motorola Mobility strengthens Chicago’s tech hub

August 23, 2021 at 11:22 a.m.

When Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Thursday that Motorola Mobility would move its 3,000-employee headquarters from Libertyville to the Merchandise Mart along the Chicago River, it sounded like yet another...

Motorola strengthens Chicago’s tech hub

December 24, 2018 at 10:50 a.m.

Rather than a zero-sum game of moving jobs from the suburbs to Chicago, Motorola Mobility's planned relocation from Libertyville to the Merchandise Mart next year has many upsides. For one...

Motorola Mobility strengthens Chicago’s tech hub

December 24, 2018 at 10:46 a.m.

When Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Thursday that Motorola Mobility would move its 3,000-employee headquarters from Libertyville to the Merchandise Mart along the Chicago River, it sounded like yet another...

Motorola Mobility leaving Libertyville for downtown Chicago

December 23, 2018 at 3:50 p.m.

Motorola and the Merchandise Mart have more than 160 years of local history between them. Now the two institutions are giving Chicago's burgeoning high-tech scene a major boost. Smartphone-maker Motorola...

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