BUSINESS NOTES SUN WORKERS URGED TO TAKE VACATIONS.Byline: - Staff and wire services Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. has asked all workers with unused vacation time to take five of those days off by year's end to cut costs. The network computer and software maker, hit hard by weakening demand for workstations and servers, recently announced plans to cut up to 300 jobs. The vacation push is the second time this year. ``We're not looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. employees ... to go without pay,'' said Sun spokeswoman Diane Carlini. ``We are encouraging employees to use vacation time which they have logged.'' Carlini said she had not been told how much money the company would save but characterized the amount as ``substantial.'' Reducing Sun's liability to pay for untaken vacation days yields savings for the company, Carlini said. Sun had a companywide shutdown the week of July 4, similar to cost- cutting efforts by other tech giants, including Hewlett-Packard and Applied Materials Applied Materials, Inc. NASDAQ: AMAT (HKSE: 4336 ) is the global leader in nanomanufacturing technology solutions with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, service and software products for the fabrication of semiconductor chips, flat panel solar displays, solar , Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. , Xilinx, and Network Appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything Inc. Motorola dropping manufacture lines Motorola Inc. announced plans Wednesday to phase out two semiconductor manufacturing lines in Arizona, continuing its consolidation and adding more job cuts to the sweeping reductions already made. The move comes with worldwide semiconductor sales off sharply and Motorola on the slide from the world's fourth-biggest chipmaker chip·mak·er n. A manufacturer of electronic and integrated circuit chips. a year ago to No. 7. The Schaumburg, Ill.-based company, which already has announced 30,000 job cuts this year - 20 percent of its work force - said the action continues its policy of shutting down older plants and investing more heavily in advanced technology. The Arizona phaseout phase·out n. A gradual discontinuation. will take place over the next 2 1/2 years. Ducommun buys assets in Arizona Los Angeles-based Ducommun Inc. said Wednesday that it has acquired certain assets of the Fort Defiance Fort Defiance may refer to:
The Fort Defiance operation supplies wiring harnesses and cable assemblies for use in commercial and military aerospace applications and other military applications. Sales for the current calendar year are expected to be about $10 million. Fort Defiance will be integrated with MechTronics of Arizona Corp., an existing Ducommun subsidiary. The acquired operation will remain at its existing facility. Founded in 1849, Ducommun Inc. manufactures components and assemblies for the aerospace industry. |
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