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...sovereignty to a higher body, the European Union. And said, we'll be more effective if we work together. We're different countries. We speak different languages. We have different backgrounds. We have different traditions. We've even been at war with each other at times, but we share a common pool of values: democracy, human rights, belief in the peaceful resolution of conflict, social cohesion and now, of course, the idea of a green economy. If we share these values, we can work together. And I think that means also regulating things: markets, our deficits, our economies...
...that fans pepper her with questions about him at readings "until I'm like, 'Enough about Sam,'" she jokes. As insatiable as the interest is, she is protective of his life. "People feel like they know me and Sam," she says, but "they know what I have chosen to share with them...
...cost of that failure? By 2008, market value had fallen by more than $37 billion in less than 18 months, and in 2009, Motorola's market share was halved from the prior year. Motorola fell from the No. 2 mobile manufacturer globally to barely eking out a spot in the top five, leading some to suggest that the handset unit should close shop. Investors, including billionaire activist shareholder Carl Icahn, began agitating for Motorola's breakup...
...wireless customers now use smart phones, according to Web research firm Crowd Science, and that portion is growing rapidly. To complement Android, Motorola developed Motoblur, one of the first user interfaces to unite social-networking tools such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. "We fundamentally changed our focus from market share to profitability with this new emphasis on smart phones," Jha says. "But that's what our research showed consumers want...
Strong brand recognition, though, will help Motorola recapture market share in Latin America, China and the U.S. Indeed, being a household name is one of the best competitive advantages Motorola retains, making its recent decision to manufacture phones branded with Google's name another questionable one. Already Motorola has had to pull Google from its phones being shipped to China after the search-engine company butted heads with the government in March. "That's O.K. for a less familiar brand like [Taiwan's] HTC," Gartner analyst Milanesi says. "But there is no value to Motorola in making phones for others...