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...beeper that is practically equivalent to a pocket secretary. It has a window for displaying transmitted information up to 80 characters in length and a computer memory that will store as many as four messages if the user is, for example, in a meeting. Both devices are made by Motorola, Inc., which also sells pagers under its own name...
Unions fulfill an essential function in American economic life. Within the large corporations that increasingly dominate business, there will always be a need for some formal method of dealing with problems between workers and management. Even in largely nonunionized companies like Motorola and Northrop Corp. a framework exists for handling those issues. The challenge for organized labor will be to convince a new generation of workers that they are best served by wearing the union label. -By Alexander L. Taylor III. Reported by Gisela Bolte/Washington and Paul A. Witteman/Detroit
...newest generation of memory chips was their price cutting in the early competition. In 1981 Japanese firms dropped the cost of a 64K RAM from about $23 to as low as $5, and it has stayed at roughly the same level this year. Though major American electronics companies like Motorola can afford to match that kind of price, the smaller, more specialized Silicon Valley firms like Intel and National Semiconductor are more hard-pressed to stay competitive...
Some experts, though, are starting to warn that a paucity of engineers may hold back American economic and technological development. High-tech companies in the Sunbelt and the Northeast seem most concerned. Says William Howard, a vice president of Motorola who is based in Arizona: "The shortage has slowed down our progress, slowed down our development of new processes and slowed down our ability to do maintenance. The net effect is to put things on hold or do them more slowly until we can recruit the talent." A study prepared for California Governor Jerry Brown Jr. showed that the state...
Several companies in need of engineers have started programs to help universities that train them. This week Motorola will announce a plan to donate $1.2 million to an Arizona State University engineering program. Exxon and Ford are also pumping money into engineering departments...