BlackBerry-maker RIM to cut 2000 jobs

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Z-mXx08fhmWJusliZO_Wi7hNAsEcdxLmK7Xe75UH_XrSPefqkn8sCkmhn_cO97TDrszE_wmg9ur6Sw_HYcmTr4Hzdr3gMhPJniJBPJHyzhZrWav3KC57eGJfoCwYPTZjH2yGoijAXb8/s1600/images+Rim+balck+berry+image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Z-mXx08fhmWJusliZO_Wi7hNAsEcdxLmK7Xe75UH_XrSPefqkn8sCkmhn_cO97TDrszE_wmg9ur6Sw_HYcmTr4Hzdr3gMhPJniJBPJHyzhZrWav3KC57eGJfoCwYPTZjH2yGoijAXb8/s1600/images+Rim+balck+berry+image.jpg" /></a></div><b><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT">BANGALORE: BlackBerry maker <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Research-in-Motion">Research In Motion</a> is cutting 2,000 jobs as part of a cost savings plan announced last month and is shuffling some senior executives. <br /> Source: TIMES OF INDIA<br /> The job cuts amount to about 10 percent of the company's workforce. The Waterloo, <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Ontario">Ontario</a> company said Monday it will notify affected employees this week. <br /> <br /> It expects to give more information on the layoffs when it reports fiscal second-quarter results on September 15. <br /> <br /> Also Monday, <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/RIM">RIM</a> says it is naming two executives to take on different parts of the chief operating officer role. COO Don Morrison went on medical leave in June. <br /> <br /> Thorsten Heins is being named chief operating officer, product and sales. Jim Rowan will become COO, operations. </span></b></div>

BlackBerry-maker RIM to cut 2000 jobs

BANGALORE: BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is cutting 2,000 jobs as part of a cost savings plan announced last month and is shuffling s...

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