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Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Smart Phone Patents
(AP) – Microsoft Corp. is suing Motorola Inc. for infringing on its smart-phone patents. The software maker on Friday said Motorola phones that use Google Inc.’s Android software step on Microsoft...
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Motorola Takes A Bite Out Of Apple Patents
CHICAGO (STMW) – Motorola’s mobile division is suing Apple for alleged patent infringements in the iPhone, iPad, iTouch and in some computers. Motorola Mobility’s three complaints — filed in federal...
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Motorola Mobility To Stay In Libertyville
UPDATED 05/06/11 12:46 p.m. LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. (CBS) – Motorola will be staying in its Libertyville home for the long haul. Gov. Pat Quinn said Friday that the state will provide $100 million in tax...
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Walter’s Perspective: Sears, Motorola And Business Bullying
By WALTER JACOBSON May 10, 2011 Are you making plans to go shopping at Sears, in this great state of Gov. Pat Quinn? He is offering Sears multi-millions of our tax dollars in tax breaks, because the...
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Motorola To Cut 185 Jobs In Illinois
CHICAGO (STMW) – Motorola Mobility, the smartphone maker based in Libertyville, will cut 800 jobs worldwide — but a company spokeswoman said the downsizing has nothing to do with the company’s planned...
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Walter’s Perspective: Say No To Tax Breaks For CME
CHICAGO (CBS) – Hear ye, hear ye, the Illinois General Assembly is back at work for the people of Illinois and it’s not doing very well – cutting our services and raising our taxes. But, for some...
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5 Chicago High Schools To Begin Offering Associate’s Degrees
CHICAGO (CBS) – Mayor Rahm Emanuel is joining Chicago Public Schools officials, the City Colleges of Chicago, and corporate leaders in unveiling beefed up plans for five new high schools that could...
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Police: Man Sold More Than 8,000 Counterfeit Phones
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. (STMW) – Local and federal authorities arrested a man accused of producing more than 8,000 counterfeit Motorola mobile telephones sold online and through businesses in Lincolnshire...
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Motorola To Shift 3,000 Jobs From Suburb To Chicago’s Merchandise Mart
CHICAGO (CBS) – News became official Thursday that Mayor Emanuel’s administration landed its biggest catch yet: 3,000 high-tech jobs. Google will move its Motorola cell phone unit from suburban...
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Former Deloitte & Touche Partner Admits To Insider Trading
CHICAGO (CBS) — A former partner in the prestigious accounting firm Deloitte and Touche has pleaded guilty to making $420,000 by trading on inside information about clients. As WBBM Newsradio’s John...
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Motorola Mobility To Cut 20 Percent Of Its Workforce Worldwide
UPDATED 08/13/12 – 4:52 p.m. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (CBS) — As many as 4,000 employees around the world are about to lose their jobs with Illinois-based Motorola Mobility. As WBBM Newsradio’s Regine...
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Sen. Kirk Works With Students To Develop Anti-Bullying Game App
(CBS) — A game app for Android smart phones has been created by kids, for kids, to combat bullying, and it’s coming to a school near you. U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) said it was rough enough for him...
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Old Motorola Headquarters Coming Down, New Data Center To Replace It
CHICAGO (CBS) — Demolition will soon begin on a 63-year old building in Franklin Park that once served as the headquarters for the Motorola Corporation. The facility at 9401 W. Grand Av. once made...
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